Politics

Syria’s envoy to the UN has blasted deadly airstrikes on an airbase, saying the raids show the US, along with Turkey and Israel, have moved from a proxy war to a “personal” one on the Arab state. Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting in […]

Britain should apologize for its 1917 declaration endorsing the founding of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and should recognize Palestine as a state, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Abbas said that the Palestinian people had suffered greatly […]

CAPITOL HILL — The U.S. Senate defeated a resolution disapproving an arms sale to Saudi Arabia after hours of contentious floor debate that aired sharp criticism of Riyadh and revealed rifts among lawmakers about America’s relationship with its longtime Middle Eastern ally. Wednesday’s 71-to-27 vote […]

U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, allies who nonetheless have had a testy relationship, said Wednesday that their two countries have an “unbreakable bond.” The two leaders met at the United Nations General Assembly, likely their last get-together before Obama leaves […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton decried a fresh round of police-involved shootings on Wednesday, with the Republican nominee saying he was “very troubled” by the killing of a black man by a white police officer in Oklahoma. Courting black voters who have […]

The United States has begun unblocking deals by Western giants to sell jetliners to Iran in a move likely to ease complaints from Tehran over implementation of last year’s sanctions deal, but test conservative opposition to the deals in both nations. Europe’s Airbus (AIR.PA) said […]

The massacre of 62 Syrian soldiers and wounding of 100 more in a US airstrike, while the Syrian Army was engaged in combat against Daesh in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, leaves Washington with no hiding place when it comes to exposing its role […]

NNA – National Education and Higher Education Minister, Elias Bou Saab, held on Tuesday on the sidelines of the Summit of Refugees and Migrants in New York a series of meetings related to the education of migrants. The attendees confirmed that the first investment in […]

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc emphasized Tuesday that it “will not back down” from its promised escalation, warning that “the abolition of the National Pact is equivalent to the abolition of Lebanon.” “We reassure everyone that our stance on the presidential vote and the […]