Politics

  Finland and Sweden on Wednesday submitted a joint application to join NATO as Russia's invasion of Ukraine forces a dramatic reappraisal of security in Europe. The reversal of the Nordic countries' longstanding policy of non-alignment came as the war nears...

  Ukrainian fighters in Azovstal plant seek help for wounded, and pledge to continue battling till the end. By Zaheena Rasheed, Usaid Siddiqui and Virginia Pietromarchi Published On 8 May 20228 May 2022   Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says “evil has returned” to Ukraine after Russia’s invasion in...

    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...

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  President Michel Aoun has stepped into the ongoing debate in the country over electoral spending, days after a war of words erupted over the issue between the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces. "With the rise in the levels...

  Russia's foreign minister urged the U.S. and NATO to stop supplying Kyiv with arms if they are "really interested in resolving the Ukraine crisis", Chinese state media reported Saturday. Months into an invasion that failed in its short-term aim of...

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...

A former top-ranking State Department official is set to plead guilty for improperly helping a wealthy Gulf country try to influence U.S. policy and not disclosing on a government ethics form gifts he received from a disgraced political fundraiser. Court...

Sherry Fonseka joined millions in 2019 in electing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a military strategist whose brutal campaign helped end Sri Lanka's 30-year civil war 10 years earlier. Now he is one of thousands who, for weeks, have protested outside the...

  World leaders rushed to congratulate France's centrist President Emmanuel Macron on his re-election and defeat of far-right leader Marine Le Pen in elections Sunday. Here are some of the main reactions: - European Union - "I am delighted to be able to...