Lebanon is counting on international assistance in the return of Syrian refugees and Palestinians who fled to Lebanon from the Damascus suburbs to escape war, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday at a meeting with Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Greg Kelly, one of Nissan's former directors and a close associate of ex-CEO Carlos Ghosn, denied at the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday allegations that he helped Ghosn in financial misconduct

A fire broke out early on Tuesday in a shopping mall in the center of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed on Monday with Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani the need to resolve a dispute between Arab monarchies of the Gulf and further counter Iran's influence in the region, State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said in a statement