By Patrick GaleyThe Daily StarBEIRUT: Lebanon may be referred to the United Nations Security Council if it fails to meet the 30-day deadline for paying its...
BEIRUT: Campaign groups criticized Wednesday elements of Interior Minister Marwan Charbel’s draft electoral law, accusing it of...
BEIRUT: The head of the United Nations-backed court probing the assassination of statesman Rafik Hariri has resigned and been replaced by New Zealand Judge...
BEIRUT: The prosecutor of the United Nations-backed court probing the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has failed in an appeal to keep...
BEIRUT: When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his country’s intention almost a year ago to withdraw its military presence from the...
BEIRUT: Failure to fund the United Nations-backed court investigating the assassination of statesman Rafik Hariri would be “a gift” to...
BEIRUT: The United Nations-backed court investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri cleared the way Thursday for the government...
BEIRUT: Estonia’s Foreign Ministry denied Tuesday that Tallinn had paid a ransom for the release of seven Estonian nationals kidnapped in Lebanon and...
BEIRUT: Activists staged what they promised would be the first of several protests Monday in a bid to pressure the government into adopting voting reform...
BKIRKI, Lebanon: Christian leaders failed to agree upon proposed changes to the parliamentary electoral law Friday, as divisive remarks made by Maronite...
BEIRUT: A leading reform group criticized the government Thursday for insulting the intelligence of Lebanese voters by failing to adopt an improved electoral...
MAAMELTEIN, Lebanon: The late summer sun rising over the mountains diffuses the last trace of early morning mist. The valley below is leafy, cool and still,...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati will head to New York this weekend without Cabinet agreement on Lebanon’s share of funding for the United...
BEIRUT: When President Michel Sleiman takes to the podium to address global heads of state at the 66th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly this...
BEIRUT: A Jordanian-Palestinian philosophy major appeared on Syrian TV over the weekend and claimed to have provided Israel with information that led to the...
BEIRUT: Middle East states were urged Friday to sign up to an international agreement banning cluster bombs for their own protection, as a new declaration on...
AWKAR, Lebanon: The United States will focus its regional financial aid program more on civil society and less on governments following the events of the Arab...
BEIRUT: The government is guilty of “inconsistency” and “double standards” over its wildly varying stances on international treaties...
BEIRUT: President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Antonio Cassese’s call for the four men suspected of involvement in the 2005 assassination of...
BEIRUT: The government vowed Tuesday to redouble its efforts to tackle drug abuse among the country’s youth, a growing problem experts warn could spiral...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged France Thursday to maintain its international peacekeeping numbers in Lebanon, following a Security Council decision...
BEIRUT: Austria plans to send 160 peacekeeping troops to serve with the U.N. force in south Lebanon, Vienna’s defense minister confirmed Monday. The...
BEIRUT: With Lebanon due to take over the United Nations Security Council presidency this week, the biggest issue of its month-long tenure is anticipated to...
BEIRUT: The prosecutor in the U.N.-backed court investigating the 2005 assassination of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri hailed Tuesday the inclusion of three...
BEIRUT: The journalist at the center of a political storm following the publication of an interview with a wanted Hezbollah member accused of assassinating...