Beirut- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman called his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad and the two agreed to meet on the sidelines of the Union of the Mediterranean summit that opens on Sunday in Paris, an official said on Wednesday.
A drunken British passenger sparked a bomb alert on Wednesday as an Emirates flight from Manchester in Britain landed at Dubai, an official for the carrier said. "We can confirm there was an incident involving a passenger aboard EK20 from
Three gunmen and three Turkish policemen were killed Wednesday in an attack outside the well-fortified US Consulate in Istanbul that was condemned by US and Turkish officials as a "terrorist" act. The assailants targeted a police guard post next to
Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin is making his first Middle East visit this week for talks on regional and international efforts to restore momentum to the peace process, his office said on Wednesday. Martin, who was appointed foreign minister in
Iran on Wednesday test-fired a missile it said is capable of reaching Israel, angering the United States amid growing fears that the standoff over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program could lead to war. The Shahab-3 was among a broadside of
An Israeli commission has approved the building of 920 new homes in Occupied East Jerusalem, the municipality said on Wednesday, in a new blow to shaky peace talks with the Palestinians. The Palestinians reacted angrily to the new settlement expansion,
Graphic design is a booming industry across the world and the Middle East is no exception. But what exactly is graphic design? As Natalie Fallaha, a graphic-design professor at the Lebanese American University (LAU) explains, "Tagged as 'commercial art' since
A Lebanese man serving a long jail term in Denmark was able to escape with the help of a crowd taking part in his mother's funeral, which he had been given leave to attend, police said Wednesday. Hassan Mohammed al-Souki,
Iran has called on the United Nations to exert strong pressure on the Israeli government to release four Iranian citizens who were abducted in Lebanon during the 1975-1990 Civil War, Iranian newspapers reported on Wednesday. In a letter to UN
Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said Lebanon was "in need of its friends" during the third stop on his tour of Australia Wednesday. "Lebanon is in need of its friends, and among them Australia, in order to promote democracy, sovereignty,
Former Interior Minister and leader of the Marada Movement Sleiman Franjieh called on the Lebanese Army Wednesday to fulfill its duty in calming the violence raging in Tripoli, and "not to remain still or neutral." Franjieh also said that nominating
Hizbullah now has three times more rockets than it had when Israel went to war with Lebanon two years ago, Israeli public radio cited intelligence officials as telling a cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Members of the inner security cabinet were
Sharp differences emerged within the March 14 bloc over the distribution of cabinet shares on Wednesday, as Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader MP Walid Jumblatt insisted that his bloc had the right to more cabinet seats than the Lebanese Forces
Beirut celebrated the spirit of education over the weekend with the graduation ceremonies of two prominent institutions in the capital. Haigazian University honored 157 students on Friday, while City International School celebrated its fifth commencement ceremony on Saturday.
Peace is spreading in the Middle East - at least it is through art. ArabAd, a regional monthly communications and business magazine based in Beirut, launched its first poster design contest this year with the theme of the competition centered
A visiting French scientist said it is unlikely that a high-magnitude earthquake will hit Lebanon soon, despite recent media reports to the contrary. Paul Tapponnier, professor of geophysics and director of the tectonics laboratory at Paris' Institut de Physique du
