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For Lebanese, recovery too heavy to bear a month after blast
Middle East
September 6, 2020
For Lebanese, recovery too heavy to bear a month after blast
BEIRUT (AP) — A month after Beirut’s devastating explosion, Ghassan Toubaji still sits under a gaping hole in his ceiling…
US to cut $100 million in aid to Ethiopia over dam dispute
Egypt
September 3, 2020
US to cut $100 million in aid to Ethiopia over dam dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has decided to cut $100 million in aid to Ethiopia amid a dispute with…
Egypt dispatches aid plane to Lebanon with COVID-19 treatment packages
Egypt
September 2, 2020
Egypt dispatches aid plane to Lebanon with COVID-19 treatment packages
Egypt’s Ministry of Information announced Wednesday that an Egyptian airplane loaded with 550 coronavirus treatment packages has arrived in Lebanon.…
Displaced Yemenis suffer as aid shortfall closes clinics
Middle East
August 26, 2020
Displaced Yemenis suffer as aid shortfall closes clinics
HAJJAH (Reuters) – Ahmed Mansour and his colleagues worked eight months without pay in a health center in a Yemeni…
Egypt sends two planes loaded with food aid to Lebanon
Egypt
August 25, 2020
Egypt sends two planes loaded with food aid to Lebanon
Egypt on Monday dispatched two military airplanes loaded with food to Lebanon as part of its efforts to aid the…
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church sends 12 tons of aid to Lebanon
Egypt
August 22, 2020
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church sends 12 tons of aid to Lebanon
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and patriarch of the See of St. Mark sent a relief shipment to Lebanon, as…
Red Cross trains thousands of North Koreans to help cope with coronavirus, floods
World
August 10, 2020
Red Cross trains thousands of North Koreans to help cope with coronavirus, floods
SEOUL (Reuters) – The Red Cross has trained 43,000 North Korean volunteers to help communities, including the locked-down city of…
Macron tells donor conference: ‘Lebanon’s future is at stake’
Middle East
August 9, 2020
Macron tells donor conference: ‘Lebanon’s future is at stake’
FORT BREGANCON (Reuters) – World powers have a duty to support the Lebanese people after a massive blast devastated their…
Lebanon faces ‘grim’ prospect of food, medical and housing shortages
Middle East
August 9, 2020
Lebanon faces ‘grim’ prospect of food, medical and housing shortages
The UN described the situation in Beirut as “really dire” on Friday as hundreds of thousands of people face the…
Video: Second batch of Egyptian aid to Lebanon arrives in Beirut
Egypt
August 8, 2020
Video: Second batch of Egyptian aid to Lebanon arrives in Beirut
Egypt’s ambassador to Lebanon Yasser Elwi announced Saturday that the second batch of Egyptian aid to Lebanon, composed of 14…