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Francois Fillon is to be the conservative candidate in next year’s French presidential election after his rival Alain Juppe admitted defeat. With virtually all the results counted, Mr Fillon won Sunday’s run-off with nearly 67% of the vote. Mr Fillon promised to build a fairer […]

President Michel Aoun sent a telegram to the President of the Council of the State of Cuba, Raul Castro, offering his condolences on the passing of President Fidel Castro. Aoun praised the political and national stances of the late Castro, asserting that he has left […]

Prime Minister-designate, Saad Hariri, patronized, on Saturday, the inauguration of the Future Movement’s 2nd General Conference at “Biel” in Central Beirut, with the participation of 2400 voting members and 400 monitoring members, in presence of senior political officials and prominent figures. Following a minute of […]

Outgoing minister of Telecommunications Boutros Harb hoped “the political forces would exit the trade bazaar over ministerial portfolios,” urging them to remember that the ministries are to serve the state and the community not to achieve electoral profits. Harb words came during his patronage to […]

Babbda Palace continued on Saturday for the fourth consecutive day to receive delegations of students from various schools in Lebanon to present congratulations on the Independence Day. The students toured a number of the main halls in the Palace and listened to explanations regarding the […]

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has passed away. Speaking to Sputnik, veteran German journalist and Castro biographer Volker Skierka explained the significance of Fidel’s life and work, and the important mark the revolutionary has left on Cuba and the world. Castro, the Cuban revolutionary who […]

MIAMI (AP) — Wearing his “Bay of Pigs Veteran” shirt, 80-year-old Rafael Torre stood amid hundreds of Cuban-Americans celebrating the death of Fidel Castro and marveled that he remained in power for so long. Cuban exiles such as Torre tried numerous ways to dislodge Castro […]

Fidel Castro’s death could give his younger brother, President Raul Castro, more space to pursue economic reforms, but change will also depend on whether U.S. President-elect Donald Trump decides to work with or challenge Cuba’s communist government. Raul Castro has introduced market-oriented reforms in recent […]

Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader who put Cuba on the world stage and made himself a world player, died on Friday, his brother Raul Castro announced on state-run television. He was 90. The communist adversary for 10 U.S. presidents, Castro wore his trademark beard and […]