The vote for the presidency, reserved for a Maronite Christian under Lebanon's delicate sectarian power-sharing system, pitted the Hezbollah-backed Sleiman Frangieh against financial official Jihad Azour, who has mainly been endorsed by Christian and independent legislators. But neither had the requisite support, with Azour garnering 59 votes and Frangieh 51...
Dozens of Iran girls hospitalized due to poisoning
TEHRAN, IRAN - Dozens of schoolgirls in Iran were hospitalized on Tuesday after a mysterious poisoning, an Iranian news agency reported, the latest in a spate of suspected attacks in the Islamic republic. Hundreds of cases of respiratory distress have been reported in the past three months among Iranian schoolgirls mainly...
Saudi officials seize a big haul of drugs at border
Saudi officials of the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) have seized more than 2.1 million Captagon pills at Haditha Border Entry Point in some seven attempts to smuggle contraband into the kingdom.
