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President Michel Aoun said on Tuesday that endorsing a new electoral law that guarantees proper representation in the upcoming parliamentary elections is one of the term’s priorities, as he stated that fears of endorsing a proportional representation system are not justified. “Our utmost priority is […]

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Tuesday announced that the Change and Reform bloc rejects a return to the 1960 electoral law as well as any attempt to extend the parliament’s term for a third time. “Should the political forces refuse to approve a […]

International Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) issued the following statement on Tuesday: “Today, the Chairperson of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Judge Ivana Hrdlickovل and Vice President of the Tribunal, Judge Ralph Riachy, congratulated the Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, who recently was elected.” Hrdlickovل briefed […]

House Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday phone called Lebanese President General Michel Aoun to congratulate him on the speech he gave to the diplomatic corp in terms of the stances upheld by the speech regarding different issues. Separately, Speaker Berri received MPs Akram Chehayeb and […]

President-elect Donald Trump gives a thumbs up to members of the media after meeting with Martin Luther King III, son of Martin Luther King Jr., at Trump Tower in New York, Jan. 16, 2017. Share See comments LONDON — European governments struggled Tuesday to assess whether […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the outgoing U.S. administration of attempting to undercut President-elect Donald Trump by spreading erroneous information. At a Moscow news conference Tuesday, Putin said last week’s release of an unverified dossier containing salacious allegations about Trump was part of an […]

JUDY WOODRUFF: Beyond his social media statements over the weekend, the president-elect had much more to say in an interview with two European publications. He opined on the usefulness of NATO and the European Union, on the stability of Germany under Chancellor Angela Merkel, and […]

On the Edge of Islamic State VOA goes inside Mosul to reveal the world IS built as it comes crashing down By Heather Murdock January 2017 Thousands of people are running from the crumbling “Islamic State” in eastern Mosul every day. Other families are staying […]

President of the republic, Michel Aoun, maintained on Tuesday that organizing the legislative polls according to a new law is a top priority, stressing that proportionality ensures correct representation, and that the concerns of some sides regarding a proportional voting mode are “unjustified.” Aoun’s remarks […]