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The Lebanese flag is flown as people celebrate in Martyrs' Square in Beirut on Monday night after Nawaf Salam was chosen to form Lebanon's next government. EPA

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The Lebanese flag is flown as people celebrate in Martyrs' Square in Beirut on Monday night after Nawaf Salam was chosen to form Lebanon's next government. EPA

Lebanese rejoice over new President and Prime Minister appointments

Arsenio Dominguez, secretary general of the International Maritime Organisation, is sharpening focus on Egypt and the fortunes of the Suez Canal. AFP

UN’s maritime chief heads to Egypt after 70% fall in Suez Canal freight traffic

Steve Witkoff with president-elect Donald Trump last week. Reuters

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A Halo Trust worker clearing mines from a field in the town of Musibin in Syria's Idlib province. AFP

Dozens in Syria killed by landmines as families return home

The UK's Minister for the Middle East, Hamish Falconer, addresses the event at the UK Parliament on Monday. Victoria Pertusa / The National

UK minister issues warning over Israeli UNRWA ban

Lebanon's former army chief Joseph Aoun is now the country's president. Reuters

CommentAoun may be a lever for foreign powers in Lebanon, but right now that’s no bad thing

A TikTok influencer protests outside the US Supreme Court, with the deadline on which the app could be banned in the US fast-approaching. Getty Images

Clock ticking on TikTok's future as ban date deadline approaches

Trump and Carter reflect two sides of the American reality

The Lebanese flag is flown as people celebrate in Martyrs' Square in Beirut on Monday night after Nawaf Salam was chosen to form Lebanon's next government. EPA

Lebanese rejoice over new President and Prime Minister appointments

Arsenio Dominguez, secretary general of the International Maritime Organisation, is sharpening focus on Egypt and the fortunes of the Suez Canal. AFP

UN’s maritime chief heads to Egypt after 70% fall in Suez Canal freight traffic

Steve Witkoff with president-elect Donald Trump last week. Reuters

Who is Steve Witkoff, Trump’s new Middle East envoy?

A Halo Trust worker clearing mines from a field in the town of Musibin in Syria's Idlib province. AFP

Dozens in Syria killed by landmines as families return home

The UK's Minister for the Middle East, Hamish Falconer, addresses the event at the UK Parliament on Monday. Victoria Pertusa / The National

UK minister issues warning over Israeli UNRWA ban

Lebanon's former army chief Joseph Aoun is now the country's president. Reuters

CommentAoun may be a lever for foreign powers in Lebanon, but right now that’s no bad thing

A TikTok influencer protests outside the US Supreme Court, with the deadline on which the app could be banned in the US fast-approaching. Getty Images

Clock ticking on TikTok's future as ban date deadline approaches

Trump and Carter reflect two sides of the American reality

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FILE PHOTO: Judge Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) speaks at the ICJ at the start of a hearing in The Hague Netherlands May 16, 2024. REUTERS / Yves Herman / File Photo

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Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, left, with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri as he delivers a speech in Beirut on Thursday. AFP

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Joseph Aoun joined the Lebanese army in 1983 and steadily climbed the ranks. AFP

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