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Auto executives, with eye on Trump, highlight U.S. investments

10 January 2017

Global auto executives at the Detroit auto show are highlighting their investments in the United States, mindful of President-elect Donald Trump’s attacks on automakers for building vehicles in Mexico. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCHA.MI)(FCAU.N) Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Monday that uncertainty over Trump’s trade […]

Japan Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs winds up Beirut visit

10 January 2017

Vice Minister of Japan’s Foreign Affairs, Kentaro Sonoura, left Beirut on Monday, winding up a state visit where he met with President Michel Aoun, House Speaker Nabih Berri, and Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

Qatar Ambassador: Aoun’s Gulf tour provides environment conducive for best Lebanese Gulf relations

10 January 2017

Qatari Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali bin Hamad al-Marri, deemed the forthcoming visit by Lebanese President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, to the State of Qatar upcoming Wednesday as “historic” embodying the depth of the brotherly ties between the two leaderships and reflecting Qatar’s unyielding […]

Trump Names Son-In-Law Jared Kushner As White House Senior Adviser

10 January 2017

Donald Trump has named his son-in-law to a top White House job. Jared Kushner will serve as a senior adviser to the president, and the transition team says he will work with incoming Chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Stephen Bannon “to execute […]

Trump calls Meryl Streep ‘overrated actress’ as attack divides Americans | Reuters

10 January 2017

Donald Trump called Meryl Streep an “overrated actress” on Monday after the three-time Oscar winner publicly criticized him for having belittled a disabled journalist. Without naming the president-elect, Streep, the most admired U.S. actress of her generation, assailed him while giving a lifetime achievement acceptance […]

US-backed Forces in Syria Target Strategic IS-held Dam

10 January 2017

WASHINGTON — U.S.-backed forces in Syria are closing in on a strategic dam on the Euphrates River occupied by Islamic State fighters as part of their offensive to free Raqqa, IS’s de facto capital. Commanders of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led alliance, say their […]

U.S. charges Volkswagen executive with fraud over emissions scandal

10 January 2017

Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) suffered a new setback on Monday when an executive was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States over the company’s diesel emissions cheating and the automaker was accused of concealing the cheating from regulators. Oliver Schmidt, who was general manager in […]

Army deploys in Tripoli as youngsters open fire during dispute

10 January 2017

Army units rushed to deploy in Tinal Street in Tripoli, after a personal dispute broke out among local youngsters and soon developed into an armed clash, National News Agency correspondent reported on Monday.

Cabinet Continues Discussions on Oil and Gas Decrees Wednesday

10 January 2017

Prime Minister Saad Hariri will chair a cabinet meeting on Wednesday to continue discussions on the oil and gas excavation file, media reports said Monday. On Sunday, copies of the cabinet agenda were distributed to the ministers who will convene this time at the Grand […]

Army: 2 Israeli warplanes violated Lebanese airspace

10 January 2017

Two warplanes belonging to the Israeli enemy violated, at 3:30 pm today, the Lebanese airspace over Kfarkila, and effectuated circular flights off the different Lebanese regions, a communiqué by the Lebanese army indicated on Monday. The jets left the Lebanese skies at 4:25 pm.

After Aleppo Victory, Syria’s Assad Seeks Proposed Talks

10 January 2017

BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in remarks published on Monday that he was prepared “to negotiate everything” at talks set to begin in later this month in Kazakhstan, seeking to cast himself as a peacemaker after his forces’ recapture of Aleppo last month. […]

US Carries Out Raid in Syria Targeting IS Leadership

10 January 2017

The United States says it carried out a “successful” raid against Islamic State fighters in eastern Syria, focused on IS leadership. A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Captain Jeff Davis, said Monday that the operation was carried out in Deir Ezzor province by a U.S. special forces […]