Speaker Nabih Berri discussed regional developments with Iranian President Hasan Rouhani on his third day of high-level meetings in Tehran Wednesday. “The meeting was positive and Rouhani noted the calm situation in Lebanon and his hopes that it would remain this way,” Voice of Lebanon (93.3FM) quoted Berri as saying ... Read More »
The number of new asylum seekers in Germany fell sharply last year to 186,000, the government said Tuesday, easing pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel as debate rages on whether to impose a cap on migration. The figures are a far cry from the record 890,000 arrivals registered in 2015 after ... Read More »
President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the port city of Calais, where hundreds of migrants hide out while trying to make an end run to Britain. The northern city, laced with high fences and a wall, is the closest point between France and Britain, with two cross-Channel transport systems, the Eurotunnel ... Read More »
Lebanese Army head Gen. Joseph Aoun Monday inspected the military academy in Baabda’s Fayadieh and met with new students who he told that only merit would allow them to graduate. During the inspection, Gen. Aoun met with the head of the academy, officers and first-year students that were admitted to ... Read More »
Speaker Nabih Berri Tuesday renewed his warning against Israel’s plan to build a wall along Lebanon’s southern border. Berri said that the United Nations peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon has been informed by Israel that construction work on a wall will begin at the end of the month, despite Lebanon’s ... Read More »
Prime Minister Saad Hariri called Monday on rival Lebanese parties to fully comply with the government’s policy of dissociation from regional conflicts, in the latest attempt to reassure Arab Gulf states infuriated by Hezbollah’s deep involvement in the war in Syria and other regional disputes. “We have agreed in the ... Read More »
President Michel Aoun assured gathered diplomats Tuesday that Lebanon is maintaining security and political stability. Aoun was delivering a speech before diplomats and other foreign envoys in an annual event held at the beginning of the New Year at Baabda Palace. Aoun also reiterated that the Parliamentary elections slated for ... Read More »
Liam Fox has previously said he would have 40 deals ready to sign a minute after Brexit Brussels will demand a veto over any trade deals signed by Britain during the Brexit transition period, in a new blow for Theresa May’s plan to make the UK a “great, ... Read More »
BERLIN/PARIS: Emboldened by a preliminary coalition deal between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Social Democrats (SPD), Germany and France will try to inject new momentum into their stalled EU reform efforts this week when their finance ministers meet in Paris. Peter Altmaier, one of Merkel’s closest party allies, will pay ... Read More »
A powerful earthquake struck off Peru’s coast early Sunday, tumbling adobe homes in small, rural towns, killing at least one person and injuring dozens, officials said. The sole fatality was a man crushed by a falling rock, officials said. They said many of those injured were in Caraveli province, a ... Read More »
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