Iran will not negotiate with the United States over its nuclear and missile programs, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday, after President Hassan Rouhani signaled talks with Washington might be possible if sanctions were lifted.
Jordan stood by a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Wednesday, exposing a rift with the United States as the Trump administration tries to rally Arab support for a peace conference next month in Bahrain.
Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday he was barred from charging President Donald Trump with a crime but pointedly emphasized that his Russia report did not exonerate the president. If he could have cleared Trump of obstruction of justice he would have said so, Mueller declared.
President Michel Aoun said Wednesday a drive to revitalize the country’s ailing economy had been launched, as Parliament geared up to begin discussing the draft 2019 state budget next month before finally ratifying it.
The judicial authorities in Baalbeck Wednesday released on bail two sons of former MP Hasan Yaacoub, five days after setting their brother free, the state-run National News Agency reported.
A French soldier has died from injuries sustained last year while deployed in Lebanon, the French army announced Tuesday.
Graduating student Tala Hammour has won the Kamel Mrowa Award in Media Studies, which is given annually at the American University of Beirut.
Over a hundred Lebanese University students Wednesday protested the ongoing professors’ strike for fear it would affect the rest of their semester.
A female British pilot flying a 1942 biplane touched down in Lebanon Wednesday on her way from the U.K. to Australia.
Israeli concessions in the ongoing land and maritime border discussion prove Lebanon’s right to its demands, MP Ali Bazzi said following the weekly meeting of the Amal Movement’s parliamentary bloc Wednesday.
Sister Beatrice Mauger has high hopes that an escaped monkey that had been living in her south Lebanon home will be returned from Israel, appealing to officials from the U.N. to work on his repatriation.
After much saber-rattling and U.S. warmongering, there appears to be an opening for dialogue on the rising tensions with Iran, as Saudi King Salman hosts two regional summits in Mecca Thursday.
Israeli lawmakers vote to dissolve parliament, paving way for snap election
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is ramping up efforts to combat stream-ripping sites, which allow users to create and download...
Shares in Capri Holdings, the company behind Michael Kors and other luxury brands, tumbled the most in almost seven months after it trimmed its sales projection for the year amid foreign currency weakness and lower wholesale revenue.
It was March 22, 1976 — the first day of shooting “Star Wars.” As Mark Ramsey’s new “Inside Star Wars” podcast reimagines those first hours in the Tunisian desert, it was a period of falling droids, an unlikely cameo by Jesus Christ, and lots of doubt from Sir Alec Guinness. You can listen to an exclusive clip on Apple or right here.
Читать дальше...STANHOPE, N.J. — Wednesday evening’s thunderstorms put a damper on efforts by some work crews and families to clean up after the tornado that had blown through the area Tuesday night. It left dozens of homes damaged and hundreds of trees shattered or down. Even though Wednesday evening’s flash flooding slowed down tree removal and electricity restoration, it did not extinguish residents’ drive to get conditions back to normal in the wake of the shock the twister had given them. […]
Attacks on Christians by armed groups in Burkina Faso signals a worrying new shift, experts say.
A Texas high school teacher allegedly asked President Trump for help in reporting undocumented students on social media.
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Seven people were confirmed dead and 21 remained missing early Thursday after a sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean passengers and two crew members collided with another vessel and sank … Click to Continue »
Wooden cutouts of famous cartoon characters and memes are popping up all over the city in Oregon.
Lebanon’s only legal gambling center is setting the stage to launch the country’s first online gambling and sports betting in six months, Casino du Liban Chairman Roland Khoury said Wednesday.
Flipping the hot coals on his green nargileh in a crowded Beirut cafe, Abbas Nasreddine says Lebanon’s new austerity budget has spoiled his daily treat of smoking a water pipe.
A new strategic framework aims to transform Lebanon’s municipal police into a more human centered security entity, placing gender equality and communications skills at its core.
