As parliamentary elections inch closer, doubts over them taking place seem to wane, Speaker Nabih Berri indicated Wednesday. “The collective determination by the Lebanese affirms the need and duty for parliamentary elections to take place as scheduled and this has become a reality that can’t be doubted,” Berri was quoted ... Read More »
President Michel Aoun met German Ambassador to Beirut Martin Huth Thursday to discuss the German president’s anticipated official visit to Lebanon, set to take place next Monday. During their meeting, Huth briefed Aoun on preparations for President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit, stressing the importance Germany places on developing the relationship between ... Read More »
Prime Minister Saad Hariri returned to Beirut Thursday night after concluding his official meetings on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum. According to a statement from his office, in his final day at the major international summit in the Swiss alpine town of Davos, Hariri discussed Lebanese-Iraqi relations Iraqi ... Read More »
The former Secretary of State also reportedly hinted at a run for president Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has reportedly said he believes President Donald Trump will not make it another year in office. Mr Kerry recently met with Hussein Agha, a close associate of Palestinian President ... Read More »
Announcement is another sign of eased relations between Pyongyang and Seoul North Korea issued a rare announcement asking all Koreans to work towards a “breakthrough” in efforts to reunify with the South. The call from Pyongyang continued a thaw in relations following months of mounting tension on the Korean Peninsula. It ... Read More »
Trump says he is willing to talk with Robert Mueller in investigation into Russian interference in 2016 election Donald Trump said late Wednesday that he would be willing to speak to the special counsel office’s under oath, adding that he was “looking forward” to talking with Robert Mueller, who ... Read More »
Most of the foreigners worked for a private Afghan airline, says interior ministry Fourteen foreign nationals and four Afghans were killed when the Taliban attacked Kabul‘s Intercontinental Hotel overnight on Saturday, Afghanistan’s interior ministry said. The number of casualties is expected to rise following a 13-hour siege that ended on ... Read More »
Theresa May appears to have been snubbed by Donald Trump, amid reports that the White House is preparing to announce that their first guest for a state visit will be the French president, Emmanuel Macron. Two diplomatic sources told CNN that the announcement was expected to come this week, ... Read More »
One man was killed and at least 11 people injured, some critically, when rocks from an erupting volcano rained down on skiers at a mountain resort in central Japan on Tuesday and an avalanche soon after the eruption engulfed about a dozen skiers. Six of those trapped were members ... Read More »
MONROVIA: To the cheers of a crowd fired by his promise to bring them jobs and prosperity, former football star George Weah was sworn in as president of Liberia on Monday, completing the country’s first transition between democratically-elected leaders since 1944. Weah, 51, took over from Nobel laureate ... Read More »
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