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Matthew McConaughey has led impassioned calls for action as celebrities and public figures plead for stricter gun control after a mass shooting at an elementary school in southwest Texas on Tuesday.   Gabriel Olsen / FilmMagic       Two teachers and 19 children were killed at...

Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh was shot dead Wednesday as she covered an Israeli army raid on Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.  The Qatar-based TV channel said Israeli forces shot Abu Aqleh, 51, deliberately and...

    Lebanon's politicians face first electoral test since Beirut blast, economic devastation and 2019 revolution   Michelle Ghoussoub · CBC News · Posted: May 08, 2022 7:00 AM PT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago   Thousands of Lebanese living in Canada are heading to polling stations Sunday to...

Steve Marcus / AP Dave Chappelle was apparently unharmed after an audience member rushed the stage and physically attacked the comedian in the middle of his performance in Los Angeles Tuesday night. Security staff chased the attacker until they detained him off stage...

The United Arab Emirates has released a Lebanese physician after holding him for more than three weeks over a tweet he published years ago, a person familiar with the case said. The case of Dr. Richard Kharrat came to attention...

By Sorin Furcoi Published On 23 Apr 202223 Apr 2022   Comprising seven gallery spaces housing objects from around the world, the 19,000-square-metre (204,514-square-foot) 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum has opened its doors next to Khalifa Stadium in the capital, Doha. A member...

Former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson punched a fellow airline passenger after the person "threw a water bottle at him," Tyson's spokesperson has said. Video taken on the plane shows Tyson leaning over his seat as he lands repeated punches an...

ent 0   Queen Elizabeth II is marking her 96th birthday privately on Thursday, retreating to the Sandringham estate in eastern England that has offered the monarch and her late husband, Prince Philip, a refuge from the affairs of state. Elizabeth is expected...

  A Lebanese woman armed with a hunting rifle that she used to shoot twice at a German Shepherd dog and kill it outside her home in Lebanon’s Western Bekaa region. The woman’s video went viral and sparked social media...

DUBAI: Muslims will observe Ramadan two times in year 2030, some astronomers have predicted. They say the fasting month will fall twice in that year, first in January and then again in late December, a phenomenon that last occurred in...