Beirut - All the prisoners and the remains of the Lebanese and Arab fighters arrived from Israel within the last 2 days . The focus today will be on the burial of all the rem
Beirut / Baghdad - Sunni leader of Lebanon's parliamentary majority met with Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki , reflecting Iraq's efforts to reconcile with aloof Arab neighbors and tamp down sectarian tension across the region.
In a series of publications of PDF-versions of books inaccessible to mass audience REGNUM publishes a collection of archived documents translated into English, "Estonia: The Bloody Trace Of Nazism: 1941−1944. New Documents On Crimes Of Estonian Collaborators During The Second
A strip of sidewalk on Gouraud Street in Gemmayzeh has been a bit chaotic all week. Stacks of construction materials and men nervously dragging on cigarettes have been commonplace, right up to show time. The scene might have been a
In the first major modern architectural addition to the Louvre since its famous glass pyramid was built in the 1980s, Wednesday saw the laying of the first stone at the museum's new Arts of Islam gallery. President Nicolas Sarkozy and
A Jewish-American millionaire at the heart of a widening corruption probe that could unseat Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert returned to court on Thursday to be cross-examined by Olmert's lawyers. In May, financier Morris Talansky testified to having given Olmert
Comatose Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine, the eminence grise of Arabic-language cinema, has been flown back to Cairo from Paris where he underwent surgery after suffering a brain haemorrhage, his nephew said on Thursday. Chahine was flown to the Maadi Military
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday he wants to send more troops to Afghanistan "sooner rather than later," signaling a shift in priorities from Iraq amid warnings of an accelerating Taliban threat. Gates and Admiral Michael Mullen, the head
Barack Obama will flash Kennedy-style charisma but face a stern test as a novice on the world stage in the Middle East and Europe next week, on a trip rich in both risk and potential rewards. The presumptive Democratic nominee
The Bush administration's move to join Iran at nuclear talks echoes its pragmatic steps toward North Korea and shows how far it has come from the "axis of evil" days, analysts said Wednesday. William Burns, the third-ranking US diplomat, is
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Thursday that a Shiite revolt in the country's northwest was over, but military sources said the rebels had seized a village in the area shortly after. Military and local sources said at least
Investors are adopting a wait-and-see approach before making a final commitment in Lebanon despite the relatively relaxed political atmosphere in the country, the head of the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL) said on Thursday. "It seems that many of
Telecommunication Minister Jebran Bassil said Thursday his ministry's first priority was to reduce mobile-call charges and increase the number of subscribers. Speaking during a luncheon ceremony hosted by MTCTouch in his honor, the minister said he would prepare a study
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private arm of the World Bank, acquired Thursday a minority share in a leading Lebanese construction company. According to a statement, The IFC invested $15 million in Butee Group to enable the Lebanese firm
Up to 1,500 loyalists protested outside the republican palace in Khartoum on Thursday, shouting death to the world court prosecutor for seeking the arrest of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir. Shouting "God is Great" and "Go Forward Bashir" students and Arab
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo vowed Monday to prosecute Darfur rebel commanders alleged responsible for the killing of 10 African Union (AU) troops in the Sudanese region last year. Four days after he accused Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
A new company of Chinese engineers deployed to Sudan's war-torn western region of Darfur on Thursday, boosting the number of UN-led peacekeeping troops to 8,000, a mission spokeswoman said. "They've arrived; 172 arrived so that brings the number of the
At least five civilians, including a woman and her two children, were killed early Thursday when Somali insurgents attacked an Ethiopian military camp in the Somali capital, witnesses said. The feuding sides used heavy artillery in southern Mogadishu's Huriwa district,
It is not often that two women create a book that helps unite Lebanese expatriates with their compatriots in their homeland, a task which - let's face it - is not easy for this country. It is fitting, however, that
