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MP Kanaan called for reinstating item pertaining to issue of contract workers

20 January 2017

A meeting was held between Information Minister Melhem Riachi, MP Ibrahim Kanaan and Parliament Secretary General in order to re-listing the item pertaining to the issue of the contract workers to today’s session agenda. At the beginning of the session, Kanaan called for re-listing the […]

UN Launches New Plan to Ease Plight of Refugees, Migrants in Europe

20 January 2017

FILE – Syrian refugees wait with their belongings to leave a makeshift camp near the northern Greek village of Idomeni during a police operation at the Greek-Macedonian border, May 26, 2016. Share See comments GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency, International Organization for Migration and 72 […]

European Space Chief Claims Moon Villages to Be Established ‘Rather Soon’

20 January 2017

The European Space Agency (ESA) director called a human colony on the Moon ‘more or less fact’ in a Wednesday press conference in Paris due to the enormous amount of work being poured into a Moon village by numerous space agencies. Johann-Dietrich Wörner, who became […]

The towering challenge of protecting the Trumps in New York

20 January 2017

JUDY WOODRUFF: With just a couple days left until the inauguration, much of the nation’s attention is on president-elect Trump’s move into the White House. But Midtown Manhattan residents are still focusing on the gold skyscraper of Trump Tower, which will continue to be a […]

Mexican drug lord El Chapo lands in New York to face charges

20 January 2017

NEW YORK (AP) — Infamous Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in his country, was extradited at the request of the United States to face drug trafficking and other charges and arrived in New York late Thursday. A […]

Iran shocked by deadly fire, collapse of Tehran high-rise

20 January 2017

Iranian firefighters work at the scene of the collapsed Plasco building after being engulfed by a… Read more TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A historic high-rise building in the heart of Iran’s capital caught fire and later collapsed Thursday, killing at least 30 firefighters and leaving […]

Italy hotel avalanche survivor’s call for help was ‘ignored for hours’ with 30 estimated missing, feared dead

20 January 2017

Rescue workers have reported no signs of life at a luxury Italian hotel buried by an avalanche as it emerges one survivor’s attempt to raise the alarm was ignored for several hours. Key points: Two bodies have been recovered of the estimated 30 people trapped […]

U.S. air strike killed an al Qaeda leader in Syria: Pentagon

20 January 2017

A U.S. air strike killed an al Qaeda leader in Syria on Tuesday, the Pentagon said in a statement on Thursday. Mohammad Habib Boussadoun al-Tunisi, a Tunisian who was involved in “external operations and has been connected to terrorist plots to attack Western targets,” was […]

US Strikes Kill More Than 80 Islamic State Fighters in Libya

20 January 2017

PENTAGON — U.S. airstrikes killed several dozen Islamic State fighters late Wednesday in two militant camps southwest of Sirte, Libya, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said. “Initial estimates indicate that the airstrikes killed more than 80 ISIL fighters, many of whom had converged there after […]

Aoun: Las elecciones parlamentarias se realizaran en su debido tiempo bajo una ley consensuada por todos. Llamó a un nuevo despertar nacional y a duplicar la cultura política.

19 January 2017

El Presidente de la República, general Michel Aoun, manifestó hoy que las elecciones parlamentarias se realizaran en su debido tiempo y bajo una ley consensuada por todos los libaneses. Esta declaración la hizo el presidente al recibir una delegación de la Federación de Consejos Municipales de […]

El presidente Aoun recibe a La presidenta del Tribunal Especial para el Líbano

19 January 2017

La Presidenta del Tribunal Especial para el Líbano (TSL), La jueza Ivana Hrdlickov, y el Vicepresidente, el juez Ralph Riachi, felicitaron hoy al recién presidente electo del Líbano, Michel Aoun. Durante la reunión, la presidente Hrdlickov presentó el último trabajo del Tribunal y dijo: “Tengo […]

Reunión del Bloque de Cambio y Reforma, Bassil: No a la extensión del mandato del Parlamento

19 January 2017

El ministro del Exterior y jefe de la Corriente Patriótica Libre (CPL), Gebran Bassil, rechazó el martes “la extensión del mandato del Parlamento y la ley electoral de 1960”. “Estamos de acuerdo con las fuerzas libanesas para llevar a cabo la batalla electoral juntos”, explicó, […]