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In light of the political parties failure to agree on a new electoral law before the due date, President Michel Aoun said that a compulsory technical postponement of the parliamentary elections must not exceed a period of five months. Aoun stressed, during separate meetings he […]

Speaker Nabih Berri warned on Wednesday of an Israeli pretext to trigger a new war against Lebanon after the latest reports about decisions made by the Israeli government and the Knesset to approve the demarcation of the maritime-economic border with Lebanon, al-Joumhouria daily reported on […]

Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, arrived on Tuesday at 5.p.m. in Cairo on a two-day official visit to meet with Egypt’s President, Abdel Fattah Sisi, Prime Minister, Sharif Ismail and senior Egyptian officials. Hariri will chair the Lebanese delegation in a meeting for the Higher Lebanese-Egyptian […]

President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, met on Tuesday afternoon at Baabda Presidential Palace with Minister of State for Combating Corruption, Nicolas Tweini. The latter briefed Aoun on the work of his office in the fight against corruption in the state’s institutions. Tweini said that […]

BEIRUT: Lebanese passport holders only gain admission to 37 nations without restriction, according to the recently released Henley & Partners rating of countries based on the degree of international travel afforded to their respective citizens. This places Lebanon as 97th down the list alongside Ethiopia, […]

WASHINGTON: The U.S. and British governments, citing unspecified threats, are barring passengers on some international flights from mostly Middle Eastern and North African countries from bringing laptops, tablets, electronic games and other devices on board in carry-on bags. While the U.S. ban excludes Beirut airport, […]

Army chief, General Joseph Aoun, met on Tuesday with British Ambassador to Lebanon, Hugo Shorter, accompanied by Defense Attaché Colonel Chris Gunning. Talks reportedly featured high on the current general situation in Lebanon and the broader Arab region, as well as on military cooperation between […]

The National News Agency “NNA” winded up on Tuesday afternoon its international Conference “Media Spreading Civilizations and Connecting Dialogues” at the Hilton Habtour, Beirut, under the patronage of Information Minister, Melhem Riachy. The Conference’s last work sessions was held under the headline “The Importance of […]

Thursday’s legislative session that was adjourned due to a lack of quorum witnessed a “conspiracy” aimed at “torpedoing the new wage scale” and “settling political scores related to the electoral law,” the Development and Liberation parliamentary bloc led by Speaker Nabih Berri said on Tuesday. […]