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Iran says it has released a retired Canadian-Iranian professor, who had been detained on “security charges.” A foreign ministry spokesman, quoted by the official IRNA news agency, said Homa Hoodfar was released on humanitarian grounds. Hoodfar, 65, who most recently taught at Concordia University in […]

US President Barack Obama has expressed “deep concern” about the situation in rebel-held parts of Aleppo, amid an assault by Syrian government forces. Medics in the city are struggling to cope with the huge number of casualties caused by the most sustained and intense aerial […]

The Colombian government and left-wing Farc rebels have signed a historic agreement that formally brings an end to 52 years of civil war. The rebel leader Timoleon Jimenez, known as Timochenko, apologised to “all the victims of the conflict” and was greeted by cheers and […]

Despite a small lead in polls, Hillary Clinton faces a more daunting challenge than Donald Trump in Monday night’s debate, politics experts say. To woo all-important undecided voters, she’ll need to overcome negative perceptions by presenting herself as a personable candidate with a vision for […]

Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said on Saturday that no one can fool him into thinking that Christians are not marginalized in the government, vowing to continue defending their rights. “Our fight is not political, factional nor partisan, however we refuse any equation which allows the […]

Retired Brigadier General Chamel Roukoz arrived Saturday in Boston, as part of his tour to the United States of America. The Lebanese American Council for Democracy organized a meeting, in which Roukoz met with the Lebanese diaspora. During the meeting, Roukoz attacked those who are […]

A silent, insidious war is being waged against Lebanon. A war that’s destroying the very fabric of Lebanese society, throwing a staggering number of families into poverty, driving the economy to the ground, destroying the already fragile political system and poisoning the air, the water […]

The US was relegated to the sidelines of the war in Syria on Saturday as an assault on opposition-held Aleppo is likely to cause a fresh wave refugees, according to Reuters. Washington is now forced to look on in horror as the so-called “moderate” rebels […]

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is arguing that he’ll do more to help women from the White House than Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. At the same time, he’s taunting her over the infidelities of her husband. As Trump campaigned in the […]