Joumblatt, Berri convene amid political vacuum
BEIRUT — The leader of the Progressive Socialist Party Walid Joumblatt met on Sunday with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at Ain al-Tineh, Beirut, the state-run National News Agency reported. At the...
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Prisoner suspected of involvement in Bekaa vendetta escapes South Lebanon hospital
A wounded prisoner escaped from Sheikh Ragheb Harb Hospital in Nabatieh, South Lebanon, on Sunday, the state-run National News Agency reported. The man is suspected of involvement in clashes...
6 November 2022
Israeli forces fire flares over Lebanese border
BEIRUT — Inhabitants of the border area in South Lebanon said Israeli forces fired flares Sunday evening over the frontier between the two states from locations opposite the Lebanese village of...
6 November 2022
Russian jets hit rebel-held Idlib, at least nine dead, rescuers say
AMMAN, Jordan — Russian jets bombed camps near Syria's northwestern city of Idlib on Sunday, killing at least nine civilians in a flare-up of attacks on the last opposition-help bastion, witnesses...
6 November 2022
Iran lawmakers demand severe punishment for 'rioters' as protests rage
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Hardline Iranian lawmakers urged the judiciary on Sunday to "deal decisively" with perpetrators of unrest, as the Islamic Republic struggles to suppress the biggest...
6 November 2022
Hacking targeted critics of Qatar World Cup: report
An India-based computer hacking gang targeted critics of the Qatar World Cup, an investigation by British journalists said on Sunday. A database leaked to Britain's Sunday Times and the Bureau...
6 November 2022
Hamas makes arrests over Gaza rockets: security source
Gaza rulers Hamas arrested two people over firing rockets at Israel last week, a security source in the Palestinian enclave told AFP. Israel's army said rockets were launched Thursday from Gaza,...
6 November 2022
Climate change is speeding up, warns major UN report
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Each of the last eight years, if projections for 2022 hold, will be hotter than any year prior to 2015, the UN said Sunday, detailing a dramatic increase in the rate of...
6 November 2022
Kaouk accuses Saudi Arabia of committing 'poisonous interventions' in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Hezbollah central council member Nabil Kaouk on Sunday accused Saudi Arabia of committing "public poisonous interventions" in Lebanon to incite its people against each other. Kaouk's...
6 November 2022
COP27 summit opens as world races against climate clock
The UN's COP27 climate summit kicked off Sunday in Egypt after a year of extreme weather disasters that have fueled calls for wealthy industrialized nations to compensate poorer countries. Just in...
6 November 2022
'What is the value of your mandate if there is no president?' Rai asks MPs
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai on Sunday urged Lebanese MPs to elect a new president, reproaching them, almost a week after the end of Michel Aoun's mandate, for their "inaction," the state-run...
6 November 2022
Pope calls on Lebanese politicians to 'put aside' their 'personal interests'
Pope Francis launched an "appeal" to Lebanese politicians on Sunday, urging them to "put aside (their) personal interests" as the country, in the grip of an unprecedented crisis, entered a...
6 November 2022
No new death due to cholera for third consecutive day
BEIRUT — No new death due to cholera has been reported in Lebanon in 24 hours, marking the third consecutive day without any new fatalities as a result of the outbreak, according to a report from...
6 November 2022
Israeli forces kill Palestinian youth in the West Bank, health officials say
RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank — Israeli soldiers fatally shot a Palestinian 18-year-old in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, health officials said, the latest in a string of deadly incidents in...
6 November 2022
Bahrain will build on partnership with Israel, says king's adviser
AWALI, Bahrain — Bahrain will continue to build its relationship with Israel after former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies triumphed in Israel's general election, the...
6 November 2022
Iran says it tests satellite-carrying rocket, US calls move 'destabilizing'
DUBAI — Iran's Revolutionary Guards tested a new satellite-carrying rocket on Saturday, state media reported, a move the United States called "unhelpful and destabilizing." Washington fears the...
6 November 2022
Nile is in mortal danger, from its source to the sea
ALTY, Sudan – The pharaohs worshipped it as a god, the eternal bringer of life. But the clock is ticking on the Nile. Climate change — the focus of COP27 that starts Sunday in Egypt — pollution...
