BEIRUT( Reuters)-Lebanese politician Saad al-Hariri abandoned his effort to form a new government on Thursday, saying it was clear he would not be able to reach an agreement with President Michel Aoun, plunging the country deeper into crisis. Lebanon is suffering an economic depression the World Bank has described as one of the most severe in modern history.... Its currency has lost more than 90% of its value in less than two years, leading to spiraling poverty and crippling shortages." It is c

proposal for the new format was tabled and agreed upon by the Special Cabinet Committee on National

formation of cabinet and award of prized positions to the ruling coalition members is not an easy

The U.S. Economy Today Fed Pauses Rates Will Rates Stay High?... Treasury’s leadership limited the influence of American trade officials, as a succession of Treasury secretaries assigned a high priority to economic policy coordination with China and to opening China’s financial markets to Wall Street firms.Mr.... Trump dismantled the interagency working group system and said each agency would negotiate separately with China....

The U.S. Economy Today Fed Pauses Rates Will Rates Stay High?... Yellen said in a statement. The U.S. and China still have major economic disagreements on tariffs, technology controls and investment restrictions.... Treasury’s leadership limited the influence of American trade officials, as a succession of Treasury secretaries assigned a high priority to economic policy coordination with China and to opening China’s financial markets to Wall Street firms.Mr....

AMSTERDAM( Reuters)-Government formation talks in the Netherlands on Friday became the longest on

The Syrian National Dialogue Congress, which now represents the so-called Sochi format, came to an

BEIRUT( Reuters)-Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri urged the country's top politicians on Tuesday to form a government no later than this week.... Lebanon, which is suffering a deep economic crisis, has been run by a caretaker administration since the government resigned more than a year ago. Prime minister-designate Najib Mikati, the third to attempt to form a government, said last week there were big hurdles ahead.... In his remarks on Tuesday, Berri said political factions should not

The first Cabinet formation by the Aam Aadmi Party( AAP) in Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab Cabinet will

Office( PMO) told Dawn that portfolios of five members of the cabinet, hailing from the PML-N, were