VATICAN CITY, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Pope Leo plans to visit Lebanon, the country's senior Catholic official announced on Wednesday, in what could be the first visit outside Italy by the new leader of the global Church. The pope will travel to Lebanon "by December", Cardinal Bechara.

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s nearly $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has taken an $8 billion write-down on some of its most high-profile gigaprojects—vast developments meant to reshape the kingdom’s economy and image.

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DUBIA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Larijani said on Wednesday in Beirut that Tehran does not interfere in Lebanese decision-making, and that foreign countries should not give orders to Lebanon.

Aug 13 (Reuters) - Lebanon rejects any interference in its internal affairs from any party, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran's top security body, on Wednesday.

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BEIRUT, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S has presented Lebanon with a proposal for disarming Hezbollah by the end of the year, along with ending Israel's military operations in the country and the withdrawal of its troops from five positions in south Lebanon, according to copy of a.

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Israel's Leviathan natural gas field has signed a deal worth up to $35 billion to supply gas to Egypt, the largest export deal in Israel's history.

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JERUSALEM/DUBAI, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Israel is evacuating most of its diplomatic mission staff in the UAE, Israeli media reported late on Thursday, after Israel's National Security Council sharpened its travel warning for Israelis staying in the Gulf country.

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BEIRUT, July 31 (Reuters) - Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun called on Hezbollah and other political parties on Thursday to hand over their weapons to the army, a move the powerful militant group is resisting as Washington ramps up pressures for it to remove its arsenal.

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BEIRUT, July 29 (Reuters) - Washington is ramping up pressure on Beirut to swiftly issue a formal cabinet decision committing to disarm Hezbollah before talks can resume on a halt to Israel's military operations in Lebanon, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

July 27 (Reuters) - Syria is expected to hold its first parliamentary election under the new administration in September, the head of the electoral commission told state news agency SANA on Sunday.

Reuters - U.S. envoy Tom Barrack is set to meet on Thursday with Israel's minister for strategic affairs and Syria's foreign minister in Paris to discuss security matters relating to southern Syria, Axios' Barak Ravid reported on X, citing sources familiar with the matter.

For more than two weeks, mysterious explosions and fires have erupted across Iran, setting ablaze apartment complexes and oil refineries, a road outside a major airport and even a shoe factory. In public, Iranian officials have shrugged off the events as mere coincidence or.