President Michel Aoun received a number of congratulatory phone calls from world leaders Tuesday, as local officials sent well-wishes to Lebanon’s new head of...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday welcomed the long-awaited election of a president in Lebanon and said a new government must now be formed without...
On a day hailed as historic for Lebanon, the international community praised the country’s success in electing Gen. Michel Aoun as the new president of the...
Michel Aoun Tuesday began his six-year term as Lebanon’s 13th president after gaining an absolute majority in Parliament, gearing up for consultations later...
Bahrain's main Shiite opposition group has appealed against a court ruling that it should be dissolved over terrorism-related charges, a judicial official...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will launch a new phase of peace talks between the leaders of ethnically-split Cyprus in Switzerland on Nov. 7, the United...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed regret Friday that South Africa, Burundi and Gambia want to leave the International Criminal Court and...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday condemned an attack on a school in government-held west Aleppo that killed a number of Syrian children.
Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas said Friday that the Lebanese government has no land to sell or lease and no passports to "lend."
“The Lebanese government has no land to sell or lease and no passports to lend,” Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas said Friday in reference to the fate of...
The foul-mouthed Philippine president, who once called the pope a “son of a bitch” and told Barack Obama to “go to hell,” says he has promised to God he won’t...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday said the military operation supporting Syrian opposition fighters in northern Syria will target Raqqa, the de...
Burundi has informed U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of its decision to quit the International Criminal Court, it said Wednesday, adding momentum to...
A U.N. report on the situation of children affected by armed conflict in Colombia says that despite important advances in peace agreements with rebels,...
Clashes and airstrikes shook the Syrian city of Aleppo Sunday, leaving three civilians dead as heavy fighting resumed after the end of a three-day cease-fire...
France's foreign minister urged the international community to "do everything" to end the "massacre" in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday after fighting...
Bahrain will auction the confiscated assets of the main Shiite opposition in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom after it was dissolved over terrorism-related...
Calm prevailed across the divided Syrian city of Aleppo Saturday, the third day of a unilateral cease-fire announced by Russia, but medical evacuations and...
The U.N. named comic book superhero Wonder Woman as an honorary ambassador to fight for gender equality Friday, amid criticism that the scantily clad...
The United Nations hopes to carry out the first medical evacuations from Aleppo Friday, if a "humanitarian pause" in the Syrian army's Russian-backed assault...