From minefields in Bosnia to military bases in Indonesia, from Holocaust museums to Julian Assange’s embassy, Pokémon seem to be everywhere. As Pokémon Go takes over the world, Saudi clerics have renewed a fatwa against the gaming series and Japan’s authorities have released safety guidelines in preparation for the official ...

8 tips for summer gardening Our long, wet spring seems to have given way, at last, to the typical hot, dry summer. Gardeners now face a whole new set of problems. Since we can’t change the weather, let’s try and help our gardeners make the best of it. What practical ...

Scientists say more studies are needed to determine if there’s a new way to spread Zika. Brazilian researchers said that they have found Zika in Culex mosquitoes in the northeastern city of Recife in what could prove to be an important discovery. But they cautioned that more study was needed. ...

Samer Attar, a surgeon with Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, is a volunteer with the Syrian American Medical Society and the Aleppo City Medical Council. “Please don’t cut off my leg,” a Syrian man pleaded. He had been shopping when a missile hit a crowded market. The blast seared off his ...

One of the most tortured men in the history of Guantánamo Bay has received clearance from the wartime prison’s quasi-parole board to leave after nearly 14 years of detention without charge. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian citizen whose harrowing account of his torture at Guantánamo Bay became an international bestseller ...

The U.S. presidential race isn’t only drawing attention and controversy in the United States it’s being closely watched across the globe. A U.S. presidential election is a complex, multi-stage process that is both confusing and uncertain. It begins when candidates begin to declare their intentions to run for president, often ...

To license media outlets, applications should be submitted to the Ministry of Information – Diwan Department. Following are the most prominent types of licenses that can be obtained:  License to establish a publishing house (Article 71)  License to sell publications, books, photos and drawings  License to own a printing house

Contact the Directorate of Lebanese Studies and Publications for information regarding the contents of the magazine issues. Release dates of “Lebanese Studies” magazine:  The first issue: Spring 1996  The second issue:  Summer 1996  The third and fourth issues: Fall 1996 and Winter 1997  The fifth and sixth issues: Spring-Summer 1997  The ...

One of the oldest radio stations in the Arab world. The Lebanese Radio station was established in 1938 as Radio Levant by the French Mandate and was based in the Government Palace building (Grand Serail), the former Prime Minister’s headquarters and the present Ministry of Interior. After the end of ...

The National News Agency was established in 1961 by legislative decree No. 7276 and was known as the Directorate of National News Agency.  The Agency was established to act as an important informational tool and a formal reference to the public authorities and to both public and private media outlets. The ...