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Israel Moves to Mute Mosques’ Call to Prayer Over Loudspeakers

9 March 2017

JERUSALEM — A law to muffle mosques’ amplified calls to prayer in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem won preliminary approval on Wednesday in a charged parliamentary session where Arab legislators denounced the measure as racist. Supporters of the bill say it is aimed at improving […]

How would the American Health Care Act affect cost and access?

9 March 2017

How would the American Health Care Act affect cost and access? March 7, 2017 at 6:40 PM EST The House bill that Republicans plan to pass to replace the Affordable Care Act keeps some of the most popular provisions of the law, but it does […]

Lebanon Finalizes Military Appointments, Names New Army Chief

9 March 2017

The cabinet convened in a regular meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Palace and approved a list of security, military and judicial appointments, including the appointment of General Joseph Aoun as army commander. President Michel Aoun chaired the meeting in the presence of PM Saad […]

Today, woman around the world are celebrating International Woman

9 March 2017

1 Participants dance during an International Women’s Day rally in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, March 8, 2017. 2 Women wear purple ribbons on their faces during the “Todas en Silencio” demonstration to mark the U.N.-designated International Women’s Day, in front of La […]

How Moscow Just Saved Turkey, the US and the Kurds From Duking It Out in Syria

9 March 2017

The Manbij Military Council has handed control of several areas west of the city of Manbij to the Syrian Army, as part of a Moscow-brokered deal to create a buffer zone between Kurds and the Turkish army. Geopolitics analyst Gevorg Mirzayan explains why the deal […]

Berlin Beware: EU Army is Chance for US, France ‘to Wage Wars With Our Soldiers’

9 March 2017

Germany should avoid joining a European army because it would put German military might at the disposal of its war-mongering neighbors, German politician Willy Wimmer told Sputnik. © Photo: European Commission Idea of EU Army Gives Rise to Europe’s New Foreign Policy Concept The formation […]

Here’s one way of fighting terrorism that the U.S. may be rethinking under Trump

9 March 2017

On a warm day in late fall, hundreds of children, parents and local dignitaries streamed into a once-empty lot in a small town in the mountains of northern Lebanon to celebrate the inauguration of a new park and playground. Children jostled in an unruly semblance […]

La Primera Dama del Líbano Nadia Shami Aoun en el Día Internacional de la Mujer: La mujer es el guardián de los sueños de la Patria

8 March 2017

La Primera Dama del Líbano, Nadia Shami Aoun, envió un saludo en arábe a la mujer libanesa en el Día Internacional de la Mujer. transcribimos a continuación su traduccion: En tu día mujer, te saludo Saludo a la madre y abuela, a la hija y […]

Nike bringt -Hijab-auf den Markt

8 March 2017

+++Nike bringt Hijab auf den Markt+++ Für viele muslimische Athletinnen wird das Tragen eines Kopftuchs schnell zu einem Wettbewerbsnachteil. Extra für den Sport designte Kopftücher sind Mangelware. Nun hat der Sportartikelhersteller Nike reagiert und am Mittwoch mit dem „Nike Pro Hijab“ ein spezielles Kopftuch für […]

Nombrado el General de Brigada Joseph Aoun como Comandante del Ejército

8 March 2017

El presidente de la República, Michel Aoun, firmó el decreto 302 del 2017 por el cual se nombra al general de brigada Joseph Aoun como comandante del Ejército, y se le asciende a teniente general a partir del 08/03/2017. El presidente también ha firmado el […]

Aoun reitera el compromiso del Líbano con la resolución 1701

8 March 2017

El presidente de la República, Michel Aoun, abrió la sesión del Consejo de Ministros felicitando a la mujer libanesa por el Día Internacional de la Mujer y dijo que “la mujer tiene unos derechos que debemos trabajar por garantizar, teniendo en cuenta la asociación plena […]

Karma Saber Al Baayni… ¡Una libanesa que cerró una cárcel!

8 March 2017

Hemos aprendido en los banquillos de los colegios la consigna: “Abrir una escuela es cerrar una cárcel”. Las comunidades más desarrolladas la han adoptado, pero aquí hablaremos de un ejemplo de mujer, la educadora libanesa Karma Saber Al Baayni, de la Granja del Chouf, en […]