Month: December 2016

A massive explosion Tuesday at a popular fireworks market near Mexico City killed at least 31 people and injured 70 others. The San Pablito market in the city of Tultepec, about 30 kilometers north of the capital, was packed with shoppers buying fireworks for the […]

Foreign Affairs Minister, Gibran Bassil, on Tuesday participated in the Arab European ministerial meeting that was held today at the headquarters of the Arab States League in Cairo under the chairmanship of Tunisian Foreign Minister Khamis Al Jahinawi, in presence of EU’s Federica Mogherini, Secretary […]

President Michel Aoun on Tuesday condemned the assassination of Russia’s ambassador in Turkey and the truck attack that killed 12 people and wounded 50 others in Germany. “This terrorist act is totally against the principle of the dialogue of civilizations which the late ambassador was […]

Prime Minister Saad Hariri assumed his duties at the Grand Serail on Tuesday, two days after a new cabinet was lined-up. Hariri arrived at noon at the Grand Serail and was welcomed by the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers Fouad Fleifel, and senior government […]

ISTANBUL —  The Russian and Turkish presidents say the assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey will not harm ties between the two countries. “We share the same understanding with Mr. Putin that our expanding areas of cooperation with Russia, particularly on Syria, will not be […]

The evacuation of the besieged city of Aleppo, Syria, should be completed in no more than two days, the foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey said Tuesday. More than 37,000 people have been evacuated and the goal is have all remaining people in Aleppo removed […]

JUDY WOODRUFF: It’s been a day of horror in the capital cities of Germany and Turkey. First Berlin, where a truck drove into a crowd of Christmas shoppers, leaving the street full of dead and wounded. We get more now from Ira Spitzer. He’s the […]

Tuesday was supposed to be a day of triumph for Russian diplomacy, when Russia aimed to replace the United States as the indispensable power in the Middle East. Instead, it became a day of mourning, with a Turkish honor guard in Ankara loading the flag-draped […]

Gun ownership has traditionally been associated with the right wing in America but the election of Donald Trump has prompted some left-wingers to join gun clubs – and even start preparing for the collapse of society. “I really didn’t expect to be thinking about purchasing […]