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Tunisia: New Parliament’s Rights Priorities
Published: 13/11/2019Expand A general view of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People in Tunis, Tunisia, May 2016. © 2016 Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters (Tunis) – Tunisia’s parliament should carry out a reform agenda ... Read moreSource: www.hrw.org -
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One Shot Dead in Khalde as Protesters Block Roads across Lebanon
Published: 13/11/2019A man was shot dead in Khalde south of Beirut, Lebanon's state news agency said early Wednesday. Read moreSource: www.naharnet.com -
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Hariri Asks Army, ISF Chiefs to Ensure Demonstrators’ Safety
Published: 13/11/2019The Press Office of caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri issued the following statement on Wednesday: Read moreSource: www.naharnet.com
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Tensions Soar After President’s Speech, Army Deploys in Baabda
Published: 13/11/2019Lebanese army troops on Wednesday deployed heavily near the Presidential Palace in Baabda amid tight security measures, after a night of unrest following President Michel Aoun’s announcement that ther ... Read moreSource: www.naharnet.com -
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Protesters Back in Streets, Major Highways Blocked
Published: 13/11/2019Lebanese protesters are blocking major highways with burning tires and roadblocks, saying they will remain in the streets following a televised interview in which the president urged them to go home. ... Read moreSource: www.naharnet.com -
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Berri, Wife Lift Secrecy Off Their Bank Accounts
Published: 13/11/2019Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and his wife Randa Assi Berri on Tuesday lifted bank secrecy off their accounts inside and outside Lebanon, state-run National News Agency reported. NNA said Berri and h ... Read moreSource: www.naharnet.com
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Protesters Rally at French Embassy to Denounce 'French Interference'
Published: 13/11/2019Protesters led by the leftist Youth Movement for Change rallied Tuesday evening outside the French embassy in Beirut to denounce what they called French “interference” in Lebanese affairs, hours after ... Read moreSource: www.naharnet.com -
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Aoun Says May Call for Consultations Thursday, Warns against Continued Protests
Published: 13/11/2019President Michel Aoun on Tuesday said that he might call for parliamentary consultations to name a new premier on Thursday or Friday if the parties concerned respond positively to the proposals, as he ... Read moreSource: www.naharnet.com -
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Al-Rahi Says Lebanese Must Not Wait for 'Solutions from Abroad'
Published: 13/11/2019Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said Tuesday that the Lebanese should decide what they want instead of “waiting for solutions from abroad which might never come.” Urging officials to “put aside the ... Read moreSource: www.naharnet.com
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Banks to Close Wednesday as Employees Strike Continues
Published: 13/11/2019Lebanon's banking association said Tuesday that banks will stay closed on Wednesday due to a strike by employees as the country's financial crisis worsens. Banks were supposed to open on Tuesday follo ... Read moreSource: www.naharnet.com -
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Hariri urges protesters to maintain peaceful demonstrations
Published: 13/11/2019Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri urged the Lebanese people to maintain their peaceful demonstrations Tuesday night as they took to the streets again after remarks by the president caused outrage. Read moreSource: dailystar.com.lb -
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Dad furious after being arrested for being naked in his own hotel room
Published: 13/11/2019Andrew Collins, an experienced pilot with United Airlines, expected privacy in the bedroom at the Westin Hotel, Denver, but police said he was "acting inappropriately" Read moreSource: mirror.co.uk
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Mainland China students flee Hong Kong over protest violence fears
Published: 13/11/2019Mainland Chinese students have begun fleeing Hong Kong campuses over security fears, police and university officials said Wednesday, as the city's seething political crisis saw some of its worst viole ... Read moreSource: dailystar.com.lb -
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President Aoun: Hezbollah Makes Third of Lebanese Population, Can’t Be Excluded
Published: 13/11/2019Lebanese President Michel Aoun stressed that no one has the right to force him to exclude Hezbollah from taking part in the new government, stressing that the Lebanese resistance party makes third of ... Read moreSource: almanar.com.lb -
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At least seven killed in Kabul car bomb blast
Published: 13/11/2019At least seven people were killed and ten wounded, including four foreigners, when a minivan packed with explosives detonated during Kabul's morning rush hour Wednesday, an interior ministry spokesper ... Read moreSource: dailystar.com.lb
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General election 2019: Boris Johnson's obscene Jeremy Corbyn insult over Brexit
Published: 13/11/2019Ahead of the General Election 2019, Boris Johnson is also expected to today claim a Jeremy Corbyn Labour government would only bring "more political self-obsession" Read moreSource: mirror.co.uk -
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General election: Ex-Tory minister David Gauke urges UK not to vote for 'disastrous' Tories
Published: 13/11/2019The former Tory Cabinet minister has confirmed he will stand as an independent in his old South West Hertfordshire seat, and will back a second referendum Read moreSource: mirror.co.uk
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