Arab states must find a common position on tackling climate change or face "catastrophic" consequences, a gathering of global warming experts in Beirut were told Monday. Delegates were gathered for a two-day workshop aimed at preparing Arab countries to engage

My maid is extremely ugly, I can't fight the urge to slap her when I see her early in the morning," boasts a Lebanese trader from Ain Anoub village just outside Beirut. He laughs.It gets worse. A recent report by

Every week, on Monday evenings at around 7 p.m., a group of Lebanese citizens meet at the 961 pub in Gemmayzeh or Cafe Yet in Beirut's southern suburbs to discuss some of the most controversial topics in the country. The

Forest fires raging in the Chouf Mountains left three soldiers and a firefighter injured on Tuesday, prompting Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud to declare the village of Dibbiyeh a "disaster area." Students from the Arab University campus in Dibbiyeh were evacuated

Problems affecting cooperation between the three key stakeholders - journalists, analysts, and the business community - in Arab business journalism were the main issue of discussion during a seminar on Tuesday at the American University of Beirut (AUB).

There is little doubt that Lebanon has no future as an independent and democratic political entity without the establishment of, and full respect for, the rule of law. The question is: Which rule of law? A rule of law on

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea asked Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during a visit to Cairo to help Lebanon re-establish its sovereignty over the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms. Geagea, who headed a delegation which also included former Minister Joe Sarkis, MP

A "terrorist" cell arrested in Tripoli over the weekend previously planned to assassinate the commander of the Lebanese Arned Forces (LAF), General Jean Kahwaji, who was at that time commander of the 10th Brigade, pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat reported on Tuesday.

National Liberal Party (NLP) leader Dory Chamoun resigned his post Tuesday as the mayor of the Chouf town of Deir al-Qamar to run for the 2009 parliamentary polls. According to the new qada-based electoral law approved by Parliament in September,

The Central News Agency (CNA) and the OTV television channel reported Tuesday that security forces in the North Lebanese city of Tripoli have prepared an arrest warrant for Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammad, the founder of the Al-Muhajiroun fundamentalist movement.

Lebanese authorities have arrested a top Syrian opposition figure identified as Nawwaf al-Ali, according to As-Safir newspaper Tuesday. As-Safir reported that Ali was handed over to the Lebanese prosecutor's office. The newspaper said security forces continued their hunt for Syrian

French newspaper Liberation reported in its Tuesday edition that sources in Paris suspected Russia was providing Hizbullah with missiles through Syria. The paper said the Bulgarian intelligence services had reliable information about Bulgarian police and customs officials finding Russian-made weapons

Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a presidential decree on Tuesday ordering the establishment of diplomatic relations between Syria and Lebanon and announcing the opening of an embassy-level diplomatic mission in Beirut, according to the official Syrian Arab News Agency. Presidential

Pakistani police on Tuesday questioned a man they said was a US national arrested near the Afghan border in a remote tribal region said to be a hub of Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants. The man was dressed as a local

A bomb blew up a small bus in Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing nine civilians, two of them children, while three soldiers from the NATO force were killed in a roadside blast, officials said. Another six civilians were wounded in the

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari may sign a preliminary civilian nuclear pact with China during his state visit to the country, Pakistan's ambassador to China said Tuesday. Masood Khan, speaking to Pakistan's Geo TV in Beijing as Zardari arrived for

As Somalia sinks ever deeper into hunger and despair, attacking foreign ships bottle-necking into the Gulf of Aden is proving to be one of the few profitable activities in the country. Abdi Garad, who describes himself as the commander of

The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Tuesday joined the US in condemning deadly attacks against Christians in northern Iraq which have been blamed for the flight of over 1,000 families. OIC chief Ekmeleddin Ihasanoglu said the violence in