The Brexit Secretary said the next round of negotiations with Brussels will take place next week David Davis has conceded in front of peers that Britain’s Brexit withdrawal agreement will “probably favour“ the EU. Speaking in the House of Lords European Union Select Committee, the Brexit Secretary said: “In ... Read More »
Jordan water crisis worsens as Mideast tensions slow action
SHARHABIL, Jordan – From a hillside in northern Jordan, the Yarmouk River is barely visible in the steep valley below, reduced from a once important water source to a sluggish trickle overgrown with vegetation. Jordan’s reservoirs are only one-fifth full, a record low, and vital winter rains are ... Read More »
Global atmospheric CO2 levels hit record high
UN warns that drastic action is needed to meet climate targets set in the Paris agreement The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased at record speed last year to hit a level not seen for more than three million years, the UN has warned. The new report ... Read More »
Catalonia: Leader’s flight to Brussels sees first day of work for ‘independent’ Catalan state descend into chaos
Spanish officials say that even as he tweeted to suggest he was outside the regional presidency building, Carles Puigdemont was already making plans to escape to Belgium The first working day for the administration of Catalonia, Europe’s newest “independent” country, unfolded in an extraordinary and dramatic fashion with its ... Read More »
The first year of President Aoun’s reign: The construction workshop is not easy and it needs all the Lebanese to solidarity first and trust themselves, partners and their country
The President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, said that the construction work is not easy, especially after all the years of destruction that have been exposed to everything in Lebanon. It needs all the Lebanese, for their solidarity first, and for their trust in themselves, their partners and their ... Read More »
The Media Office of Al-Riyashi: All what is mentioned in the Central News Agency about Lebanon TV is far from the truth
The Information Office of Information Minister Melhem Al-Riyashi issued the following statement:”The media office is concerned to confirm that everything contained in the news published by the Central News Agency today, entitled” Lebanon TV crisis from political rams to the fate of employees and paralysis of the station, the Minister ... Read More »
Riyashi received the director of the United Nations Information Center and a sports media delegation
Minister of Information Melhem Al-Riyashi, Director of the United Nations Information Center Margo El-Helou, accompanied by a delegation from the Center, including Cynthia Khoury, Maryam Sulaiman and Rasha Salman, and discussed means of cooperation between the Ministry and the Center. Al-Riyashi also received a delegation from the Sports Media Association ... Read More »
Berri signs state budget
Speaker Nabih Berri Monday signed the 2017 state budget and sent it to Prime Minister Saad Hariri, a statement from the Speaker’s office reported. Parliament endorsed Lebanon’s first state budget in more than a decade on Oct. 19. Despite violating the Constitution by not including an audit document of past ... Read More »
Iran says it will press ahead with missile programme in defiance of Trump’s hostility and US sanctions
Comments come days after US House of Representatives votes for new sanctions on Iran Iran will continue to produce missiles for its defence and does not consider that a violation of international accords, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday in a speech broadcast on state television. Mr Rouhani spoke days ... Read More »
President Aoun to Kuwait next week to boost bilateral ties
President Michel Aoun will head to Kuwait on Nov. 5 for a two-day official visit in which he will hold talks with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah. Aoun will lead a ministerial delegation that includes Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, Telecommunications Minister Jamal Jarrah, Minister of State for Administrative Development ... Read More »