Month: October 2016

The Baabda Presidential Palace reopened its doors before the journalists and reporters on Saturday. In this context, the press adviser at the palace Rafiq Chlela said that the preparations to welcome the new president are almost complete, with the exception of the national anthem and […]

Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have greater numbers of harmful mutations in their mitochondrial DNA than family members, report Zhenglong Gu of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and colleagues, in a study published October 28th, 2016 in PLOS Genetics. Increasingly, studies point […]

Relationships between the ancestors of modern humans and other archaic populations such as Neanderthals and Denisovans were likely more complex than previously thought, involving interbreeding within and outside Africa, according to a new estimator developed by geneticists. Findings were reported at the American Society of […]

At least two Los Angeles citizens have been arrested on allegations of smuggling US fighter jet parts to Iran. Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Uzbek President Islam Karimov and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon (L-R) pose fore a family photo during Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) […]

Jabhat Fatah al-Sham militants attacked government forces in Aleppo. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, at least five people were killed and seven injured as a result of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (also known as al-Nusra Front, or Jabhat al-Nusra) attack on government forces in Aleppo. […]

Mosul residents have been caught between the devil and the deep blue sea following the beginning of the US-led coalition’s military operation against Daesh in Iraq. UN human rights organizations warn that the situation may turn into a “displacement catastrophe.” People walk along a street […]

Washington has traditionally focused on completing combat missions with minimal US losses and paid no attention to non-American civilian casualties, political analyst Oleg Glazunov of the Moscow-based Plekhanov Russian University of Economics told Radio Sputnik. Mosul, he added, will be no exception. Glazunov explained that […]

Commenting on the recent reports that Russia has started exchanging intelligence data with the Turkish Army to ensure the effectiveness of Ankara’s Euphrates Shield operation in Syria, retired Turkish Air Force Lt. Gen. Erdogan Karakus told Sputnik that the move signals major changes in Turkish […]

Family and friends filled the Saint Nicolas Church in Beirut’s Ashrafieh area Sunday as they said their final goodbyes to one of Lebanon’s most beloved singers and composers, Melhem Barakat, who passed away two days ago