Politics

JUDY WOODRUFF: Beyond his social media statements over the weekend, the president-elect had much more to say in an interview with two European publications. He opined on the usefulness of NATO and the European Union, on the stability of Germany under Chancellor Angela Merkel, and […]

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations will blast the world body over its treatment of Israel at her Senate confirmation hearing, according to prepared testimony seen by Reuters on Tuesday. “Nowhere has the UN’s failure been more consistent […]

Information Minister Melhem Riachi stressed that Prime Minister Saad Hariri is insisting on reaching a new electoral law based on which the parliamentary elections must be held on time. Commenting on reports suggesting the possibility that the Information Ministry offers assistance to the Lebanese newspapers, […]

JUDY WOODRUFF: President-elect Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the U.N., South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, plans to question why the U.S. contributes 22 percent of the U.N.’s budget. In prepared remarks for her confirmation hearing tomorrow, we also learned that she will criticize […]

It’s almost Inauguration Day and the whole world is turning its attention to Washington as it gets ready to swear in the 45th president of the United States of America. As we welcome one president, we bid farewell another who has, in so many ways, […]

Germany’s Foreign Minister said on Monday that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s comments that NATO was obsolete had aroused concern across the 28-member alliance. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, speaking after a meeting with alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, said Trump’s remarks contradicted views expressed by designated Defense […]

U.S President-elect Donald Trump warned German car companies he would impose a border tax of 35 percent on vehicles imported to the U.S. market, a plan that drew sharp rebukes from Berlin and hit the automakers’ shares. In an interview with German newspaper Bild, published […]

Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal Movement announced Monday that they have agreed to “intensify communication” over the issue of the electoral law. A terse statement issued after the two parties’ 39th dialogue session in Ain el-Tineh said “the conferees discussed the need to speed up the approval […]

Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rahi, said on Sunday that the change in mentalities would help in the elaboration of a new electoral law. In his homily in Bkerki, Cardinal Rahi stressed the need for changing attitudes in Lebanon, during the new presidential mandate, the […]