“We hope to resolve the conflict with Algeria as quickly as possible, and through dialogue and diplomacy,” Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Alparis said, declaring that “the gas is flowing from Algeria, naturally.” Last Wednesday, Algeria suspended the Treaty of Friendship and Good Neighborliness with Spain due to differences over the future of Western Sahara. … Read more
Beirut (agencies) The Lebanese General Security, which is responsible for issuing passports in Lebanon, announced yesterday that it has suspended receiving requests from citizens wishing to issue new passports, because its stock of passports is nearing depletion due to the huge demand for them, and the lack of funding needed to purchase new quantities of … Read more
The European Center for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that about 190 mysterious cases of hepatitis C infection were detected among children in the world. The disease first appeared in Britain this month, where 111 cases, most of them children under ten years old, were detected, and since that time the disease has been monitored … Read more
Al-Marsad newspaper: Lebanese activists circulated on social media videos that documented the moment of the attack on the Lebanese Minister of Energy, Walid Fayyad, as he was leaving a café in Beirut. The Lebanese “An-Nahar” website stated that activists arrested the Minister of Energy and Water while he was in a public place, and beat … Read more
Al-Marsad newspaper: Lebanon’s Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Bassam Mawlawi, confirmed that his country will not allow any abuse of Saudi Arabia after today, following Riyadh’s decision to return its ambassador to Lebanon on Thursday. Mawlawi said on his Twitter page: “Once again, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia proves, through the return of its ambassador, … Read more
The leader of the Lebanese Forces party, Samir Geagea, said, on Saturday, that judicial decisions issued regarding the party in recent times are in violation of the law. In a press conference, two days after a military court indicted him in connection with the bloody clashes that took place in Beirut in October, Geagea said … Read more
Recently, leaked photos from the wedding of the heroine of the series “Bride of Beirut”, actress Carmen Basibis, have spread through social networking sites. Carmen appeared in the pictures from the atmosphere of the photo session that she underwent on her wedding day in a white wedding dress with a long veil and holding a … Read more