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This Photographer Captures A Megacity’s Vibe In A Single Photo

20 February 2017

Malaka Gharib Twitter Shanghai, China (2012) Courtesy of Martin Roemers Can you capture the energy of a city in just one image? That’s the idea behind Metropolis, a book of photos of the world’s megacities by Dutch photographer Martin Roemers. The images illustrate the rapid […]

The State Of U.S.-Russian Relations

20 February 2017

As reports emerge about links between Trump aides and Russia, Scott Simon speaks with Jane Harman, president of the Wilson Center, about the current relationship between the two countries. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President Obama said he’d reset relations with Russia and once promised the Russian […]

Former NATO Chief Predicts Alliance’s Death if ‘US Won’t Keep Up Commitment’

20 February 2017

Reduced US engagement in NATO will undermine the military alliance and possibly mean its end, the bloc’s former secretary general, Andres Fogh Rasmussen, told Sputnik on Saturday. MUNICH (Sputnik) — The former NATO chief described Washington as the only player within the alliance that had enough military strength […]

Army Arrests Syrian for Terror Links

20 February 2017

Police in north Lebanon arrested a Syrian national suspected of having links to a terror group, the National News Agency reported on Saturday. The police patrol arrested, Sami Ahmed Salloum, a Syrian, in Akkar’s town of al-Ayoun for having ties to terror groups, NNA said. […]

Syrian forces attack rebel-held areas of Homs, Deraa, Damacus: monitors

20 February 2017

Syrian warplanes bombarded a besieged rebel-held district of Homs, southern Deraa and insurgent areas in Damascus’s outskirts on Saturday in what appeared to be intensifying assaults in the west of the country, monitors said. Much of western Syria is covered by an ongoing but shaky […]

With greetings from Trump, Pence says U.S. committed to Europe

20 February 2017

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday brought a message of support for Europe from Donald Trump, but failed to wholly reassure allies worried about the new president’s stance on Russia and the European Union. In Pence’s first major foreign policy address for the Trump […]

Airstrikes Take Out IS Headquarters in Mosul Hospital

20 February 2017

United States-backed airstrikes launched Friday took out an Islamic State group headquarters located in a hospital in western Mosul, U.S. military officials said Saturday. In a statement released Saturday, the U.S. task force in Iraq and Syria said IS militants had been using a building […]

Astana Talks on Syria to Continue Despite Setbacks

20 February 2017

MOSCOW — Russia considers the second round of Syria peace talks, held this week in Kazakhstan, a success, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Saturday. The director of the ministry’s Middle East and North Africa department, Sergey Vershinin, told Russian state media the talks in Astana […]

Kataeb, NLP rally in front of Beirut municipality

20 February 2017

The youth and students’ sector of the Kataeb Party and the National Liberal Party organized a demonstration on Saturday in front of the municipality of Beirut, protesting against extending the Parliament’s mandate. The protestors demanded that a new electoral law is set and adopted in […]

Hariri, Kuwaiti delegation discuss refugee aid

20 February 2017

Prime Minister Saad Hariri received at the Central House on Saturday the head of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society, Hilal Al Sayer. Discussions focused on providing aid for refugees, particularly Syrians. The meeting was attended by State Minister for Affairs of the Displaced, Moein Merabi.

Hariri meets with Iraq’s Kurdistan region Prime Minister and Deputy PM

20 February 2017

Prime Minister, Saad al-Hariri, met on Saturday evening at the “House of Center” with Prime Minister of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, and Deputy Prime Minister, Qubad Talabani, in the presence of the former Minister Jihad Azour and Hariri’s Bureau Director, Nader Hariri. Discussions during […]

Riachy: We seek equitable electoral law

20 February 2017

Information Minister, Melhem Riachy, said during his visit to the Syriac Orthodox church in Zahle that the Lebanese Forces seeks a balanced electoral law that provides equitable representation to all. He told Bishop Boulos Safr that he aimed at rectifying Christian representation in parliament, of […]