August 2016 – Page 39 – odiaspora.org

Frau wegen Burkini im Schwimmbad gemoppt

15 August 2016

Frauen im Ganz-Körper-Badeanzug (Burkini) haben in einer Therme in Bad Saarow (Oder-Spree) in Brandenburg den Unmut anderer Badegäste zu spüren bekommen. Eine junge Berlinerin, die zusammen mit ihrer aus dem Libanon stammenden Familie am Samstag dort Badegast war, stellte Strafanzeige, wie ein Polizeisprecher am Montag in Frankfurt […]

Festival de Baalbeck. Dans la bulle de Mika

15 August 2016

A Baalbeck pour le 60e anniversaire du Festival, la pop star Mika a fièrement revendiqué ses origines libanaises durant tout son spectacle et fait entrer le public dans sa bulle devant un Bacchus en ivresse et à son comble. «Même si l’identité libanaise ne représente […]

Pétrole: vers une baisse de la production?

15 August 2016

L’Agence internationale de l’énergie (AIE) a abaissé jeudi sa prévision de croissance de la demande mondiale de pétrole en 2017, en raison de perspectives macroéconomiques plus sombres dans la foulée du Brexit. La consommation mondiale d’or noir devrait croître de 1,2 million de barils par […]

Les chrétiens d’Alep aident les musulmans qui fuient les combats

15 August 2016

Un centre d’assistance aux réfugiés en provenance du sud-ouest d’Alep a ouvert auprès de l’église orthodoxe de Saint-Elie, dans le district de Wilal. D’après un correspondant de Rossiya Segodnya sur place, les membres de l’organisation ont distribué des objets de première nécessité à plus d’une […]

Islamic State faces uphill ‘branding war’ in Afghanistan, Pakistan

15 August 2016

SLAMABAD (Reuters) – The U.S. drone strike that killed Islamic State’s commander for Afghanistan and Pakistan was the latest blow to the Middle East-led movement’s ambitions to expand into a region where the long-established Taliban remain the dominant Islamist force. Islamic State has enticed hundreds, […]

Fayyad: Approving Aoun candidacy not concession

15 August 2016

NNA – MP Ali Fayyad said that approving the candidacy of General Michel Aoun was not a concession but a response to the national interest. His stance came Sunday during an honorary ceremony held by Hezbollah at the Huseiniyya of Talousa Village. “If General Aoun […]

Fneish : Lebanon plunged into political crisis

15 August 2016

NNA – Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Mohammad Fneish, said on Sunday that Lebanon was plunged into a deep political crisis, ranging from presidential crisis to other files. Fneich reminded that his party was clear in supporting Aoun for Presidency. “To ensure order in […]

Army: Hostile gunboats fire 3 explosives within territorial waters

15 August 2016

NNA – An Israeli enemy gunboat violated the Lebanese territorial waters off Ras Naqoura between 4:11am and 4:18am on Sunday, to a distance of about 370 meters, firing an explosive into the water and speaking through loudspeakers in Hebrew, coupling with the sound of sirens […]

Lebanon stops Saudi woman, kids heading to join IS in Syria

15 August 2016

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry said Friday a woman and her three children have been stopped in Lebanon from entering Syria to join the Islamic State group. The ministry said that Saudi officials received a warning from the woman’s husband about her plans […]

AlRahi inaugurates ‘Patriarchs Hall’ at ‘Our Lady of Qannoubine’ Convent, presides over Assumption Mass

15 August 2016

NNA – Maronite Patriarch Bshara Butros al-Rahi visited, on Sunday, the Convent of “Our Lady of Qannoubine” in the Holy Valley, where he presided over Assumption Mass marking Saint Mary’s Day, and inaugurated the “Hall of the Patriarchs” who lived at the Convent between 1440 […]

Azzi during cabinet session: To counter financial crisis via electing president, disassociating Lebanon from conflicts

15 August 2016

NNA – Labor Minister, Sejaan Azzi, called for adopting political measures prone to elect a president, disassociate Lebanon from conflicts, reinforce political and security stabilities and adopt expanded administrative decentralization, in order to counter the economic and financial crises in the country. Azzi’s fresh stance […]

Kurds Aim to Take Mosul From ISIS in New Offensive

15 August 2016

Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a fresh attack on the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) forces early on Sunday as part of a campaign to capture Mosul, the militants’ de facto capital in Iraq, Kurdish officials said. The advance began after heavy shelling and air strikes […]