The sound of wailing women mixed with that of muezzins disturbed the peace in several Southern towns on Friday as news broke about the crash of a chartered...
WASHINGTON: Former Army Commander Michel Aoun scoffed at what he called a “hurricane” of accusations against him in Lebanon, quashing claims that lobbying for...
Washington: Members of the US Congress stepped up pressure on Syria this week, accusing it of supporting and exporting terror, developing weapons of mass...
Recent studies that have shown a rise in smoking in Lebanon, especially among teenagers, have motivated leading experts to kick off a multi-pronged campaign...
Environmentalists last weekend criticized the Environment Ministry for issuing a permit for a sand quarry in a densely forested area in the mountains of...
Tourism season in Lebanon often means mobs of people crowding downtown Beirut and spending their day smoking nargilehs. But a local environmental group is...
A conference on chemicals turned into a confrontation Wednesday when a representative of the industrialists’ group questioned the Environment Ministry’s...
A training program for lawyers in partnership with European associations has highlighted the need for increasing communication to better adapt and integrate...
Proposed amendments to the Penal Code would strip society of its dynamism and capacity for development by meddling with personal liberties and curtailing the...
Certain measures used to prevent the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) from reaching Lebanon may not be necessary, according to a leading...
Lebanese could reduce the risk of bringing SARS into the country by taking precautions with people coming from affected countries and postponing bringing...
What started as a peaceful yet provocative anti-Syrian protest ended in injuries, arrests and denunciations after hundreds of security force personnel used...
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has no plans to reduce aid to Lebanon, but funding levels may be impacted by the political considerations...
Some eight months after the television station was first shut down, a judicial court issued what seemed to be the final verdict on the Murr TV case on...
Japan may be miles away from Lebanon, but the story of a little Japanese girl who suffered from cancer after a weapon of mass destruction was dropped on her...
Since international trade and economics often drives politics or even wars, a legal expert on international trade thought it would be useful to thoroughly...
The Ministry of Health is expected to save at least $1 million a year in drug bills thanks to a deal signed with a pharmaceutical company that will provide...
Hizbullah’s media office denied reports that US forces had arrested six of its fighters along the Syrian-Iraqi border. Saudi-owned Al-Hayat newspaper had...
Hizbullah believes US pressure on Syria and Iran will not be translated into military action and is only a tool for pressuring those opposed to US designs in...
The Iraqi Embassy in Hazmieh was quiet Thursday, with diplomatic staff saying that it was “business as usual” despite the apparent collapse of the regime in...
The recent bomb explosion in the McDonald’s outlet in Dora as well as rising anti-US sentiment over the war in Iraq has left some Americans in Lebanon jittery...
Elementary and intermediate school students proved to be a tough crowd for Beirut MP Atef Majdalani and Zghorta MP Nayla Mouawad to deal with on Monday when...
Former Prime Minister Salim Hoss warned that the US-led war against Iraq would in the long-term cause an “earthquake” in Lebanon that would dig up past...
Students from the American University of Beirut are expressing their opposition to war against Iraq by organizing a series of on-campus activities, including...
The first anti-Egyptian demonstration to take place since the start of the war on Iraq gathered about 100 protesters as participants slammed Arab leaders for...