VIENNA — Iran decided not to escalate a stand-off over the extension of U.S. sanctions at a meeting of diplomats overseeing the nuclear deal it reached with world powers in 2015, senior Russian and Iranian diplomats said after the session Tuesday. Tehran threatened last month to […]
U.S.-President-elect Donald Trump acknowledged Wednesday that Russia had meddled in the November election, but he said that if Russian President Vladimir Putin liked him, he considered that “an asset, not a liability.” In his first news conference in nearly six months, Trump said in New […]
The United Nations chief expressed concern to the Security Council that Iran may have violated an arms embargo by supplying weapons and missiles to Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah, according to a confidential report, seen by Reuters on Sunday. The second bi-annual report, due to be […]
As US President-elect Donald Trump makes his transition to the White House, we look at the family members and associates who are part of the team and could have key roles in decision-making during his presidency. THE POLITICIANS Vice-President-elect Mike Pence The Indiana governor, 57, […]
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 […]
Prime Minister, Saad Hariri proposed during the cabinet session on Wednesday “formation of a ministerial committee to face any emergency and it remains in touch with the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister to follow up on the measures that could be taken […]
The Council of Maronite Bishops on Wednesday called on the new government to pass “a new and fair electoral law that ensures correct representation for all the components of the Lebanese society.” In a statement issued after its monthly meeting, the council also stressed that […]
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday lit into President Barack Obama’s comments about how he could have defeated Trump to win a third term and again criticized his administration’s decision to abstain from a critical United Nations Security Council vote on Israel. “Doing my best to […]
President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, on Thursday relayed to visiting French Foreign Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Lebanon’s keenness on boosting French-Lebanese relations at all levels. “I will respond to an official invitation to visit France after a number of planned visits to a number of […]
After more than one month and a half of consultations, the cabinet’s Secretary General Fouad Fleilfel announced Sunday the cabinet formation decrees from the Baabda presidential palace, listing the new ministers as follows: – Saad Hariri Prime Minister – Ghassan Hasbany named deputy PM […]
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