Economy

Group behind alleged influence peddling and business corruption complaint says case solely based on media reports.

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s parliament on Thursday delayed municipal elections for a third time in two years, state media reported, as militants in the country’s south exchanged near-daily fire with Israel for over six months. The powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah group has been trading fire with Israeli forces across the border since the day after its Palestinian ally Hamas carried out a deadly attack on Israel on October 7, triggering the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.

ATHENS: A Greek military vessel serving in the European Union’s naval mission in the Red Sea intercepted two drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi militants toward a commercial ship, officials at the Greek Defense Ministry said on Thursday. “On Thursday morning Greek frigate Hydra, while it was escorting a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden, fired at two drones,” an official told Reuters. “It destroyed one while the second moved away,” he added. Another defense official confirmed the details of the incident.

Dozens of pilot whales were stranded on a beach in Western Australia on Thursday.

Diplomatic mission condemns raids on Dutch and Polish offices of Chinese company Nuctech.

Peace Corps found 'overwhelming support and enthusiasm' for return to Pacific island nation, report shows.