Month: February 2017

Translator: Cynthia P. FEGHALI “One cannot wait for a house burglar,” says former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Hussein El-Husseini, raising the Constitution’s book in the face of a dominant political class going against this Constitution: “They have become like burglars of houses. Whatever people […]

Prospects are emerging that a proportional representation vote law for the upcoming parliamentary polls where Lebanon is divided into 13 districts could be put for discussion, al-Akhbar daily reported on Monday. The next stage will witness suggestions made by President Michel Aoun to hold the […]

Foreign Minister and Free Patriotic Movement leader Jebran Bassil clarified that an agreement on an electoral law for the upcoming parliamentary polls has not been reached as yet with Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday. “A hybrid electoral law […]

Kataeb Party leader Sami Gemayel voiced his utter rejection on Monday of endorsing the controversial 1960 electoral law for the upcoming parliamentary elections even with an amended version. “If a new electoral law was not approved this week, we might head towards either the 1960 […]

Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Monday that he has agreed with President Michel Aoun that “there will be no rift from now on at the level of the executive authority.” “I’m in daily contact with the president to discuss the various issues and problems that […]

A couple living in a wealthy suburb of south Orange County has been charged with operating a brothel in several high-end apartments, according to prosecutors. Investigators said they were looking for additional victims of brothel ringleader Fadi Boulos Chaiban, 53, and his partner, Tina Lorraine Saunders, 53, […]

Track and field’s world governing body decided Monday to maintain Russia’s suspension from international competition. During a meeting of the International Association of Athletics Federations, or IAAF, the governing body’s president Sebastian Coe told the AFP that Russia “could not be reintegrated into the sport […]

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers farewell remarks to State Department employees Jan. 19 at the State Department in Washington, D.C. Kerry is joining former top U.S. national security officials in asking the courts to continue blocking President Donald Trump’s recent immigration order. Photo […]

Scientists have developed sensor technology for a robotic prosthetic arm that detects signals from nerves in the spinal cord. This is an image of the sensor system and robotic prosthetic operated by a patient who took part in the laboratory experiments as part of the […]