* Silver jumps back after massive tumbling * Graph: Asset Performance 2020 tmsnrt.rs/2yaDPgn * Graph: World FX Rates in 2020 tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh (through all time, updated prices, market activity and comments) By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Global stocks rose on Wednesday and were ready to close at …
Read More »
Beirut, Lebanon The carpenter of the Lebanese Ministry of Justice, Marie-Claude Najem, says that there is enough reason to distrust the judicial power of Lebanon, but last week’s explosion of Beirut is an “opportunity” for this vital institution to earn public trust by holding those responsible accountable. Many have questioned …
Read More »
The Israeli army said it carried out overnight attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip after incendiary balloons were launched from the Palestinian enclave. The army said on Wednesday that the attacks “had revenge” for firing multiple fireballs from the Hamas enclave in recent days. Fighter jets, attacking helicopters …
Read More »
The United States is circulating a revised resolution that would extend a UN arms embargo on Iran indefinitely, and is seeking more support in the 15-member Security Council, where veto power Russia and China have voiced strong opposition. U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft said the new concept “takes into account advice …
Read More »
Iraq canceled a ministerial visit and summoned Turkey’s ambassador on Wednesday when it blamed Ankara for a drone attack that killed two senior Iraqi military officers. Iraqi officials called the attack a “blatant Turkish drone attack” in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, where Turkey’s army has held weeks-long …
Read More »