On the Central Bank of Libya's own page on the history of exchange-rate policy there is a line most readers pass over. When the Libyan ‘‘pound’’...

The Libyan Business Council (LBC) held a meeting yesterday at the headquarters of the Privatization and Investment Board (PIB) with the Commercial Att...

Israeli national security minister declares 'we are the owners of the place in Al-Aqsa' amid heavily guarded incursion.

Athletes transported to the wrong venues, three matches in 18 hours and an accommodation crisis add to organisers' woes.

Relatives of the victims tell the BBC they are relieved to finally have a ruling 12 years after the crash.

Seven rebel groups from across Ethiopia have announced a new alliance against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government.

In rare access to Yemen's conflict zone the BBC travels to the front line with pro-government soldiers.

In rare access to Yemen's conflict zone the BBC travels to the front line with pro-government soldiers.

Jordan Bardella, the head of Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) party, has denied allegations made by French investigative website Mediapart that he wrote anti-Semitic comments on private chats in 2013, when he was aged 17 or 18. Bardella, seen as a likely prime minister if Le Pen wins next year's presidential election, said he would take legal action over the claims.

Annette Young is pleased to welcome Victor GAETAN, Senior International Correspondent for the National Catholic Register. He sees Pope Leo XIV's visit to France as more than a successful pastoral journey. He says it offers a window into the intellectual and political character of Leo's nascent papacy. What has been particularly striking is the breadth of his appeal: Leo has been welcomed by people of different faiths and across France's political spectrum. He also sees a direct intellectual connection between the present Pope and Leo XIII, particularly through Rerum Novarum, which confronted the social consequences of technological and economic transformation at the end of the XIX century.

BEIRUT: Lebanon hopes for a new staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund, Finance ​Minister Yassine Jaber has said, adding that a full IMF program still required ‌Beirut to pass a final law to address losses from its financial crisis. Lebanon first signed a staff-level agreement with the IMF in April 2022, more than two years after its financial system imploded following decades of ​profligate spending and corruption in the ruling elite. But it was slow to implement ​the promis

JEDDAH: More than 126,000 pupils, teachers and caregivers across Saudi Arabia are set to receive online safety training over the next three years through an initiative delivered by INJAZ Al-Arab and supported by Google.org. The program will expand Abtal Al Internet, Google’s Arabic-language online safety curriculum, across public schools in the Kingdom. It has been endorsed by the Ministry of Education. INJAZ Al-Arab said the training would reach 120,000 primary school pupils, 3,750 teachers and

Sudan’s military is rejecting accusations from Ethiopia that Khartoum is backing armed groups fighting government forces in the north, calling the claims “baseless.”

Sheep took over Southwark Bridge in London on Sunday, 27 September, as the city hosted its annual Woolmen’s Sheep Drive.