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PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump says that “no computer is safe” when it comes to keeping information private, expressing new skepticism about the security of online communications his administration is likely to use for everything from day-to-day planning to international relations. Trump rarely […]

JERUSALEM — “We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect.” Thus President-elect Donald J. Trump tweeted just before Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict last week. He added: “They used to have a great friend in […]

President-elect Donald Trump has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for not retaliating for sanctions imposed Thursday by U.S. President Barack Obama. The sanctions were for interference by Russian intelligence agencies in November’s U.S. national election. “Great move on delay (by V. Putin),” Trump tweeted Friday. […]

Patriarch of Antioch, Levant, Alexandria and Jerusalem for Greek Melkite Catholics, Gregory III Lahham, hoped that the New Year would be one of peace, solidarity and cooperation. “Let us all be peacemakers in 2017,” he said, speaking from the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Lahham considered that […]

National Defense Minister, Yacoub Sarraf, held a press conference at his Yarze office on Saturday, during which he congratulated the Lebanese on the occasion of the New Year, while urging them to abide by the instructions of security forces and fully cooperate with them. Sarraf […]

Army Intelligence Units raided on Saturday gatherings for Syrian refugee camps in Ghaziyya, east of Saida and Akibiyya in Zahrani, National News Agency correspondent reported.

A manhunt for the gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul night club early Sunday continued into the evening, but authorities still have “no clarity” on who was responsible, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildrim said. “Some details have started emerging, but the authorities are […]

An hour into the new year and shocked first responders were counting bodies in a nightclub on the coast of Istanbul’s Bosphorus. The 39 dead and the dozens wounded had come to celebrate the arrival of 2017 but already, thanks to a lone gunman, this […]

Prime Minister Saad Hariri was on Sunday following up on the details of the armed attack that targeted an Istanbul nightclub and caused many casualties, including Lebanese citizens, his office said in a statement. “I am in direct contact with the Turkish officials to follow […]