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Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri began on Friday consultations with the parliamentarians, which will continue over a two-day period, to form the new cabinet after being nominated to the post by 112 out of 126 members of parliament. Hariri kicked off the consultations with a meeting […]

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah announced Friday that his party will not join the new government should Speaker Nabih Berri refrain from taking part in it, noting that the parliament speaker is authorized to negotiate over “portfolios and shares” on behalf of the two parties. […]

Leader of the National Liberals Party Dory Chamoun said that his disagreements with President Michel Aoun are over now that the latter has become president of Lebanon, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday. “Since I arrived at the entrance of the Baabda Palace, it means that […]

NNA – French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Marc Ayrault, encouraged, in a statement on Friday, “all the Lebanese sides to work swiftly for a unifying government.” Congratulating Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, Ayrault indicated that Lebanon had entered a new phase that would put an end […]

NNA – A Russian delegation is scheduled to arrive in Beirut within hours, in preparation for a Lebanon visit by a senior Russian personality whose identity is still uncovered, National News Agency correspondent reported on Friday. The unidentified figure is expected to arrive in Lebanon […]

The Fact Checker’s Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee round up the most egregious lies of the 2016 presidential campaign. Learn more about the biggest Pinocchios from both candidates. (elyse samuels/The Washington Post) This presidential election race has been one for the record books […]

Safety of NMN being tested in small clinical trial Date: October 27, 2016 Source: Washington University School of Medicine Summary: Much of human health hinges on how well the body manufactures and uses energy. For reasons that remain unclear, cells’ ability to produce energy declines […]

Three U.S. military trainers were killed by Jordanian security forces in an exchange of gun fire at an air base Friday, U.S. officials said. One of the service members was dead at the scene, and two died at a hospital in Amman after being transferred […]

Iraqi special forces said they recaptured six districts of eastern Mosul on Friday, expanding the army’s foothold in the Islamic State bastion a day after its leader told his jihadist followers there could be no retreat. An officer in the elite Counter Terrorism Service, which […]