Politics

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s failure to endorse former Minister and prominent academic Ghassan Salameh’s nomination for the post of Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has sparked controversy among the country’s political elite particularly after the Cabinet decided to nominate Vera Khoury […]

“How could Mufti of Tripoli Sheikh Malek Chaar endorse Frangieh’s candidacy while Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai did not do so yet?,” Daher added.   Daher’s comments were made during an interview with LBCI Nharkom Said TV show whereby he said that the relationship with the […]

Moscow resident Irina Karmanina thinks she and millions of Russians may be annihilated by a U.S. nuclear attack if the tension between Moscow and Washington escalates much more. The 54-year-old pediatrician also expects her death would be avenged within minutes by thousands of Russian nuclear […]

NNA – Head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Foreign Minister, Gebran Bassil, promised on Thursday, “a new era for Lebanon,” saying that the next step would be characterized by a real national unity and the revival of the institutional work, and this, in favor of […]

BEIRUT: The Cabinet convened for the final time ahead of a presidential vote that will see Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) founder MP Michel Aoun take office after nearly three years of vacuum in the country’s top post. Upon assuming office, Aoun, in line with the […]

PROGRAMMING ALERT: Watch an “America’s Election HQ – How We Fight” special anchored By Bret Baier. “How We Fight” premieres October 29 at 8PM ET and airs again at 11PM ET and Sunday 3AM – 5AM and 3PM ET. The next commander-in-chief will lead a […]

Donald Trump raised about half as much as Hillary Clinton for his presidential campaign in the first 19 days of October, putting him at a severe financial disadvantage in the crucial final days of the White House contest, new campaign finance reports filed late Thursday […]

First Lady Michelle Obama has appeared for the first time during this presidential election race with Hillary Clinton, whom she called “my girl”. At a rally in the swing state of North Carolina, the former rivals heaped praise on each other’s commitment to public service, […]

President Vladimir Putin’s high-profile military deployments aim to showcase Russian power in any global confrontation with the West, NATO officials say, but the alliance will not seek to match Moscow’s actions. Curtis Scaparrotti, the U.S.-led alliance’s top commander, told allied defense ministers on Wednesday that […]