January 2017 – Page 8 – odiaspora.org

Israel Removes Lebanese Army Barricade, Installs Spy Device

20 January 2017

Israeli forces on Thursday removed a sand barricade erected by the Lebanese army in the Khillet al-Makhafer area on the southern border, media reports said. Lebanese troops deployed in the area after this “blatant violation of an area disputed by Lebanon on the Blue Line,” […]

Riachy: Contractual file shall reach happy end tonight or before end of January

20 January 2017

Information Minister, Melhem Riachy, said on Thursday on Tele Liban that the contractual file would reach a positive end this evening or before or before the end of this month. Minister Riachy said that he met with Finance Minister, Ali Hassan khalil, MP Hassan Fadlallah […]

Hariri, U.N. Representatives Launch Lebanon Refugee Crisis Response Plan

20 January 2017

Prime Minister Saad Hariri, U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag and U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Philippe Lazzarini formally launched Thursday the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2017-2020 at the Grand Serail. As the conflict in Syria approaches its seventh year, the Lebanese government and […]

Inaugural cheers, fireworks: Trump sweeps in for his big day

20 January 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — With fireworks heralding his big moment, Donald Trump swept into Washington Thursday on the eve of his presidential inauguration and pledged to unify a nation sorely divided and clamoring for change. The capital braced for an onslaught of crowds and demonstrators — […]

MP Kanaan called for reinstating item pertaining to issue of contract workers

20 January 2017

A meeting was held between Information Minister Melhem Riachi, MP Ibrahim Kanaan and Parliament Secretary General in order to re-listing the item pertaining to the issue of the contract workers to today’s session agenda. At the beginning of the session, Kanaan called for re-listing the […]

UN Launches New Plan to Ease Plight of Refugees, Migrants in Europe

20 January 2017

FILE – Syrian refugees wait with their belongings to leave a makeshift camp near the northern Greek village of Idomeni during a police operation at the Greek-Macedonian border, May 26, 2016. Share See comments GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency, International Organization for Migration and 72 […]

European Space Chief Claims Moon Villages to Be Established ‘Rather Soon’

20 January 2017

The European Space Agency (ESA) director called a human colony on the Moon ‘more or less fact’ in a Wednesday press conference in Paris due to the enormous amount of work being poured into a Moon village by numerous space agencies. Johann-Dietrich Wörner, who became […]

The towering challenge of protecting the Trumps in New York

20 January 2017

JUDY WOODRUFF: With just a couple days left until the inauguration, much of the nation’s attention is on president-elect Trump’s move into the White House. But Midtown Manhattan residents are still focusing on the gold skyscraper of Trump Tower, which will continue to be a […]

Mexican drug lord El Chapo lands in New York to face charges

20 January 2017

NEW YORK (AP) — Infamous Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in his country, was extradited at the request of the United States to face drug trafficking and other charges and arrived in New York late Thursday. A […]

Iran shocked by deadly fire, collapse of Tehran high-rise

20 January 2017

Iranian firefighters work at the scene of the collapsed Plasco building after being engulfed by a… Read more TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A historic high-rise building in the heart of Iran’s capital caught fire and later collapsed Thursday, killing at least 30 firefighters and leaving […]

Italy hotel avalanche survivor’s call for help was ‘ignored for hours’ with 30 estimated missing, feared dead

20 January 2017

Rescue workers have reported no signs of life at a luxury Italian hotel buried by an avalanche as it emerges one survivor’s attempt to raise the alarm was ignored for several hours. Key points: Two bodies have been recovered of the estimated 30 people trapped […]

U.S. air strike killed an al Qaeda leader in Syria: Pentagon

20 January 2017

A U.S. air strike killed an al Qaeda leader in Syria on Tuesday, the Pentagon said in a statement on Thursday. Mohammad Habib Boussadoun al-Tunisi, a Tunisian who was involved in “external operations and has been connected to terrorist plots to attack Western targets,” was […]