Beirut / Paris - MP Nabil Nicola on Friday protested against a request by French authorities to take off his shoes at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris
Ein El Helweh - Two men were killed and four wounded on Saturday evening during clashes between Fatah and Jund el Sham in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein El Helweh in south Lebanon
Beirut / Jerusalem - A high-ranking Israeli security source has advised Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah not to go out from hiding, a day after a similar threat was made against released prisoner Samir Qantar.
Beirut / New York - The independent United Nations team tasked with assessing the monitoring of the Lebanese border with Syria has begun its second mission to Lebanon, it was announced today.
Beirut - The focus today and until Thursday will be the ministerial statement that the cabinet will present to the parliament to secure the vote of confidence . According to reports circulating in Beirut the statement will be drafted by
Shahid Siddiqui, who defected from the Samajwadi Party, sang a different tune two days ago when he defended the nuclear deal in an exclusive interview with rediff.com
Ideally, Gowda should ask for a Cabinet berth in the Union government. This would help us build the party and a tie-up for us with the Congress is always good, keeping in mind the forthcoming elections.' says Janata Dal-S MP
Attacks on aid workers in Somalia and disruptions to food shipments are threatening the lives of millions of starving Somalians, the United Nations' food agency warned Friday. The war-torn Horn of Africa country risked all-out famine if the threats continue,
In a victory for the Bush administration, a US judge ruled Thursday that the first Guantanamo prison war crimes trial, against Osama bin Laden's former driver, can go ahead as scheduled next week. "The motion for injunction is denied," said
Millions of internally displaced Iraqis still lack access to basic needs such as shelter, food, water and healthcare, the International Organization for Migration said on Friday. The world body charged with overseeing migration said the rate of displacement had slowed
DAMASCUS-On a hot afternoon in Damascus in late June, 26-year-old Bashar Fakhradeen ticks of his list of things to do, see, and eat before crossing the border back to his village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for the last time.
Two Kurdish rebels and two soldiers were killed overnight in fighting in southeast Turkey, security sources said Friday. The rebels and one of the soldiers were killed in a clash that erupted in the mountains of Bingol province as troops
Medical reports seen by IPS appear to confirm the testimony of IPS Gaza correspondent Mohammed Omer of physical abuse at the hands of Israelis last month. Omer said he was physically and mentally abused at the Allenby crossing into Gaza
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir has agreed to restore relations with Chad, mediator Senegal said on Friday, more than two months after Khartoum severed ties accusing Ndjamena of backing Darfuri rebels. Relations between Chad and Sudan have been difficult for more
Diplomats from Turkey and Armenia, neighbors without diplomatic relations, met secretly in Switzerland this month in a bid to normalize ties, the mass circulation daily Hurriyet reported Friday. The delegations met in Bern on July 8 and held talks for
Pakistani troops have killed at least ten Islamic militants in an operation to clear Taliban forces from a northwestern region near the Afghan border, the military said on Friday. Authorities launched the offensive in the increasingly troubled district of Hangu
Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert's lawyers said on Friday they have discredited claims by a US businessman that he gave Olmert thousands of dollars in cash to finance election campaigns and an expensive lifestyle. The court in Occupied Jerusalem had earlier
Egyptian authorities discovered a weapons cache on Friday, a day after two tunnels used by smugglers were found in the Sinai desert close to the border with the Gaza Strip, a security official said. "Authorities discovered a large quantity of
The number of people killed after vehicles waiting at a level crossing in Egypt were hit by a runaway truck and shunted into the path of a train has risen to 44, a security official said on Friday. Eight Libyans
