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JUDY WOODRUFF: Today was supposed to be the day President-elect Trump held a news conference, to spell out what role, if any, he would play in the future of his business empire. He’s since postponed talking to the press about it, at least until January. […]

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria where thousands more civilians and rebels are expected to leave the eastern part of the city of Aleppo under a key cease-fire deal (all times local): 10:25 p.m. An official with Syria’s main opposition group […]

The world is entering a new cyber era — one with no ground rules, and with the potential for traditional espionage to be “turbocharged” by the Internet, President Obama told NPR in an exclusive interview. “Among the big powers, there has been a traditional understanding […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Low temperatures and high winds have put the Northeastern U.S. in a deep freeze. Dangerous wind chills of 20 to 30 below in parts of the region made for some crippling conditions Friday. “You are talking about 30 degrees below normal […]

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri received this afternoon at the Central House a delegation of Lebanese businessmen in Saudi Arabia, in the presence of Lebanese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Abdul Sattar Issa. The delegation congratulated the Prime Minister on his assumption of premiership. Talks reportedly dwelt […]

The United States on Friday more than doubled its previous reward for information on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, offering $25 million for information that would help locate, arrest or convict the head of the jihadist group.   The US State Department’s Rewards for […]

The evacuation of people from the last opposition-held areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo was suspended Friday after pro-government militias demanded that the wounded should also be brought out of two Shiite villages being besieged by rebel fighters. ALEPPO/BEIRUT: The evacuation of the last […]

Change and Reform bloc Secretary, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, categorically underscored on Friday the need for a new electoral law, stressing that such a novel law requires working on it. MP Kanaan’s fresh words came in the wake of the meeting between House Speaker, Nabih Berri, […]

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Anne W. Patterson traveled to the Bekaa Valley today. She visited a UNHCR Informal Tented Settlement on the outskirts of Zahle, highlighting U.S. humanitarian assistance to Lebanon and Syrian refugees. While there, she met with Syrian […]