DUBAI — Qatar's new coronavirus contact tracing app was unveiled with a security risk that allowed for the data of more than 1 million users to be potentially harvested and requests a slew of odd and seemingly unnecessary app permissions.
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DUBAI — The wife of detained Qatari Sheikh Talal Al-Thani has asked her husband be released as fears of coronavirus spreading through the prison intensify.
"For sure he is not safe, as I said before, and as it turned out, I was right," Asma Arian, (...)
BEIRUT -- Food prices have been on the rise in Lebanon, and an increasing number of Lebanese are struggling to provide for their families, and some are foregoing other expenses like necessary medication to put food on the table. With compounding (...)
DUBAI -- Bahaa Hariri, son of former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri has said the world is close to gradually going back to normalcy in a post-coronavirus world, but in Lebanon, there is no strong government that can help boost economic (...)
DUBAI — Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab and Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni on Friday signed a request for assistance from the International Monetary Fund, according to a statement.
"This is a historic moment in the history of Lebanon. We have (...)
& Leen Alfaisal
DUBAI -- Lebanese police intercepted around 25 ton of drugs in an eight-truck convoy that were set to be smuggled to an African country, Lebanese security forces said on Friday.
Security forces closely monitored the situation for (...)
SINCE coronavirus started its sweep across the globe, researchers have been racing to learn everything they can about the new virus – especially how we can become immune to it. Yet there are still many unanswered questions.
So far, researchers know (...)
DUBAI -- The world's estimated 1 billion smokers are likely to experience more severe symptoms of coronavirus and should quit the toxic habit, warn health officials.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization (...)
and Mona Alami
CORONAVIRUS lockdowns hit poor people working in the informal economy hardest, but they are also the least likely to receive aid or healthcare from the government or heed calls to stay home, experts say.
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DUBAI -- Dubai was hit by bright lightning and booming thunder Saturday night, and floods occurred across the city.
It had rained on and off during the day, but Saturday night brought more rain, hail, and the accompanying lightning show that lit up (...)
and Ismaeel Naar
DUBAI -- A weekly scheduled Qatar Airways flight arrived in Beirut from Tehran on Friday night with Lebanese authorities claiming it was carrying cargo, raising suspicions among analysts as the Rafic Hariri International Airport is (...)
LEBANON faces further economic disaster and is unlikely to secure international help due to the new government's links with Hezbollah and inability to enact reforms, experts say.
The country, mired in economic crisis, needs $20–24 billion in (...)
Despite calls to de-escalate tensions, US President Donald Trump and Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have been engaging in an undiplomatic spat on Twitter.
As Iran attacked bases hosting US troops in Iraq following the assassination of Iranian (...)