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Aoun receives Ghana’s Minister of Defense: We want to strengthen bilateral relations

15 March 2017

President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, on Tuesday lauded the role of Ghana’s UNIFIL contingent in the context of its mission to preserve security and stability and implement resolution 1701. The President, who met with Ghana’s Minister of Defense, Dominic Bingab Aduna Nitiwal, currently on […]

Army Commander, Ghanian Defense Minister hold talks

15 March 2017

Army chief, Joseph Aoun met on Tuesday at his Yarze office with the Ghanaian Defense Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, accompanied by the Chief of Staff, Obed Boamah Akwa, and discussed ways to boost bilateral ties between the armies of both countries. Also, Aoun received US Ambassador […]

U.S. Ambassador Honors Lebanese Women in Security and Justice

15 March 2017

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard on Tuesday held a reception to “honor and showcase the positive contributions of Lebanese women in security and the rule of law, and to celebrate the dynamic, diverse, and positive roles that women play in society,” a U.S. Embassy […]

Bassil: Rejecting the Other and Proportional Representation Leads to Civil War, Disintegration

15 March 2017

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil warned Tuesday that rejecting a proportional representation system that allows political minorities to be represented in the political system would lead the country into “civil war and disintegration.” “Whoever rejects proportional representation would be rejecting the other and the […]

Prominent Lebanese Cartoonist Stavro Jabra Passes Away

15 March 2017

Prominent Lebanese cartoonist and illustrator Stavro Jabra, better known as STAVRO, passed away on Sunday after a battle with illness. He was 70 years old. Jabra was mourned on Sunday by Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Information Minister Melhem Riachi and Culture Minister Ghattas Khoury. Jabra’s […]

France signs agreements on welcoming refugees living in Lebanon camps

15 March 2017

The French government and Christian charities launched on Tuesday (March 14) an effort to bring 500 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to France to prevent them from turning to taking dangerous sea crossings into Europe through traffickers. An agreement signed in Paris at the Elysee […]

Riachi meets Audi: For media that respects listeners, viewers and readers

15 March 2017

Minister of Information, Melhem Riachi, said on Tuesday that “the efforts exerted to protect freedom and ethics of the media aims at maintaining this profession and its respect for listeners, viewers and readers.” Riachi made these remarks at the end of his meeting with the […]

Scientists predict crime knowledge states in the human brain

15 March 2017

Scientists and lawyers speak different languages, but there is common ground. Scientists working in a multi-institutional team with legal authorities have discovered that brain imaging can determine whether someone is acting in a state of knowledge about a crime. LL STORY In a brain imaging […]

Israeli enemy warplanes hover over South

15 March 2017

Israeli enemy warplanes hovered on Tuesday night at 8:15 p.m. over the middle and western sectors and over Bint Jbeil on low altitude, NNA field reporter said. The reporter added that the Israeli warplanes are currently hovering over Margeyoun region.

Change and Reform Asks Opponents of Bassil Proposal for ‘Alternatives’, Vows to ‘Resist’ 1960 Law, Extension

15 March 2017

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc announced Tuesday that it is “awaiting answers” regarding the latest electoral law format that was proposed by Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil, as it vowed to “resist” any attempt to impose the 1960 electoral law or another extension […]

Trump Reportedly Gives CIA Power to Conduct Drone Strikes

15 March 2017

President Donald Trump’s administration has given new powers to the CIA to conduct drone strikes against extremist targets in the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The move would represent a change from Obama-era policies that limited the spy agency’s role in conducting […]

El divorcio no es un derecho para las mujeres libanesas

14 March 2017

Los tribunales religiosos de las 18 confesiones del país dictan las leyes del estatuto personal de la mujer El Líbano es un ejemplo de convivencia religiosa donde 18 confesiones comparten historia, lengua y economía. Sin embargo, las mujeres viven en mundos paralelos en lo que […]