Lebanese ministers met for an ordinary Cabinet session Thursday despite a continuing boycott by Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil
Lebanese Cabinet meets, Bassil defiant in boycott
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Trump child care plan breaks with conservative orthodoxy
ASTON, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump rolled out a plan Tuesday aimed at making child care more affordable, guaranteeing new mothers six weeks of paid maternity leave and suggesting new incentives for employees to provide their workers childcare. Spurred on by his daughter, Ivanka, Trump […]
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Lebanon and the Task of Cabinet Formation
Until today, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri’s effort have failed to make a breakthrough in the government formation process. Moreover, the PM Hariri issued on Friday a circular, clarifying circular 21/2018 issued on June 7 and which calls on caretaker ministers to comply with article 64 […]
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Saudi Arabia ‘Too Arrogant to Accept Defeat’ in Yemen
Days after over 100,000 Yemenis rallied in Sanaa against Saudi Arabia for the latter’s continued shelling campaign, US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Riyadh to discuss the ongoing bloodbath. The founder of the UK-based Islamic Human Rights Commission, Massoud Shadjareh, spoke with Radio […]