From the BBC's documentary on Sathya Sai Baba - 'The Secret Swami' on the infamous 1993 murders in his bedroom:-Tanya Datta: Sex abuse is not the only controversy tainting the God man's reputation. On a June night back in [...]
Beirut - Say what you want about the CVs of many of our leaders few, if any, are saints. Say what you want about the sincerity of Lebanese politicians sincerity is not a prerequisite for office.
Beirut - During an interview by Dalia Nehme of Naharnet MP Samir Franjieh blamed the Tripoli clashes on Hezbollah that is trying to "abolish" the political concept of the Doha Accord and preempt any discussion of its weapons.
Tripoli , Libya - Lebanon's former President Amin Gemayel visited Libya and met with the Libyan President Moammar Gaddafi to discuss the Lebanese situation.
By Tariq AlhomayedBeirut / Damascus - Syrian diplomats have excelled recently in making conspicuous statements that cannot be ignored by commentators, not allowing people like me to enjoy the holiday season.
Beirut- Lebanese MP Marwan Hemadeh said having good relations with Syria means having normal relations between two brotherly nations and two people that are fraternal twins
Beirut - The tense situation in north Lebanon between the pro and anti-Hezbollah supporters continued yesterday to overshadow the disagreement over the drafting of the clause that deals with Hezbollah arms in the ministerial policy statement. The ceasefire was breached
Beirut- Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri suggested adopting phrases from the previous cabinet's policy statement concerning the "role of the resistance" in addition to UNSCR 1701 to facilitate drafting the new government's policy statement.
By: Raghida Dergham New York - The capture of fugitive war criminal Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader accused before the International Criminal Court (ICC) of genocide against eight thousand Muslims , right in the middle of Europe in 1995
The ongoing drive to set up a quasi-international court for the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was assassinated in Beirut on 14 February 14, 2005, and the heavy involvement of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
Lebanese politicians and religious figures reacted over the weekend to comments made last Thursday in Vienna by an Iranian vice president, Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, with two MPs accusing the Islamic Republic of using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in its
A meeting was held behind closed doors at the Lebanese-Syrian border crossing of Masnaa between officials from the two countries assigned to discuss the issue of missing and detained Lebanese in Syria, the state-run National News Agency (NNA), reported on
The ministerial committee tasked with drafting a policy platform met for the tenth time at the Grand Serail Sunday evening to pursue deliberations. As The Daily Star went to press on Sunday, the meeting had still not been adjourned. Problematic
Israel has denied a report published in the Saudi newspaper Okaz that it is planning an imminent withdrawal from the Lebanese village of Ghajar, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Sunday. The Okaz report stated that Israeli Army troops would
Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir on Sunday expressed deep regret for the death of nine people in clashes in the northern city of Tripoli over the weekend.Sfeir delivered his weekly sermon in Diman, town of the patriarch's summer residence.
Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on Saturday said that what Syria and Lebanon have in common is "much stronger" than the issues that divide the two states.Commenting on the frosty relations between Lebanon and Syria over the past three years, Sleiman
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that Iran has 6,000 active uranium-enriching centrifuges, suggesting a rapid expansion of its nuclear drive in defiance of international calls for a freeze. The West "has agreed that the existing 5,000 to 6,000 centrifuges
Scuffles erupted at an Egyptian court on Sunday when five of six defendants were cleared of blame for a 2006 ferry sinking in which more than 1,000 people died, Egypt's worst maritime disaster. Hysterical relatives voiced anger as only Salaheddin
Iran on Sunday hanged 29 men convicted of offenses including drug trafficking, murder and rape in the largest mass execution in years, as the country says it is fighting increasing crime. The hangings were carried out inside Tehran's Evin prison
