US president-elect speaks of six months to end conflict, after pledging to solve it in ‘24 hours’ from taking office ...

Lebanese lawmakers elected army commander Joseph Aoun as president on Thursday, ending more than two years of political stalemate. After two rounds of voting in a fiery parliamentary session, Aoun was ...

In 2022 a new PM, with her new Chancellor, came up with a bafflingly ill-considered set of Budget proposals and triggered a ...

Insurers are bracing for losses of as much as $10bn from wildfires in Los Angeles after blazes ravaged some of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in California, according to early estimates from ...