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Drug companies reach settlement, averting first federal opioid trial
CLEVELAND- Four large drug companies reached a last-minute $260 million legal settlement over their role in the U.S. opioid addiction...
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The war in Yemen is a homegrown affair
By: Gerald Feierstein Many international commentators continue to present the war in Yemen through the lens of Saudi Arabian intervention...
Waste-to-energy: The green answer to the UAE’s power issues?
Over the past few years, the UAE has been in a constant state of transformation. Factors such as climate change...
Training youths to fit MidEast job market ‘time-critical’, say experts
The Middle East youth unemployment epidemic is showing little sign of abating. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), one...
Washington should wake up to the fact that Hezbollah runs Lebanon
The US State Department has invited Gebran Bassil to Washington to speak at a conference, despite the Lebanese foreign minister’s...
US sanctions on Hezbollah officials are a call to action for the Lebanese state
by: Makram Rabah Last week the US Treasury issued a new list of names designating three members of Hezbollah under...
Lebanon to cut ministers’ pay in bid to ease protester rage
BEIRUT - Lebanon’s cabinet is expected to halve ministers’ wages on Monday among other reforms in a bid to ease...
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Senior Israeli official attends Bahrain security meeting focusing on Iran
MANAMA - A senior Israeli official attended a maritime security conference in Bahrain on Monday in another sign of Gulf...
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Lebanon’s Hariri agrees to reforms amid nationwide protests over economic crisis
BEIRUT- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri agreed on Sunday a package of reforms with government partners to ease an economic...
Read moreSyria critic Lindsey Graham reverses stance, says Trump’s policy could succeed
WASHINGTON - Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been one of the most vocal critics of President Donald Trump’s...
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