Middle East News

President Michel Sleiman received a congratulatory message on Friday from US President Barack Obama on the occasion of Independence Day, saying the latter looks forward to building partnership with Lebanon, which he hopes will have a “stronger sovereignty and independence.”...

Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel told Al-Massira magazine on Friday that bilateral dialogue, a reference to that between Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt and Marada Movement leader MP Sleiman Franjieh, which took place in Baabda on Wednesday, is...

Lee Westwood took advantage of a couple of putting errors by money-list rival Rory McIlroy to grab a two-shot lead after the second round of the season-ending Dubai World Championship yesterday. Westwood birdied the 18th, a tough par-five, to shoot...

A nation-wide excitement is building up as six Omani and expatriate artists are in the final race for the best portrait of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said in the ‘Qaboos Oman’ painting competition. The SMS voting campaign to choose...

The proposal would mean Iran sending about 70% of its low-enriched uranium to Russia and France where it would be processed into fuel rods for a research reactor in Tehran. The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Mohammed ElBaradei, has...

Lebanon said he is encouraged by the country’s dedication to protecting younger citizens. With 193 ratifications, the convention is the most widely upheld international human-rights treaty in history. Lebanese themselves are aspiring to for their children.”  One particular success...

The work day begins in the early hours of the morning, when workers are hurrying to the checkpoints, today called passages, in order to grab a good spot. In the wake of complaints received by Kav Laoved via Mahsom Watch,...

The government of Pakistan is expected to hand the alleged perpetrators of an October bombing in southern Iran over to Tehran, Iranian leaders said. Pakistani ties with Iran soured in the wake of an Oct. 19 bombing at a conference...

Opposition chief Tzipi Livni reiterated her support on Friday for a Palestinian state and the resumption of peace talks, as she made a rare foray by an Israeli leader into the Arab world. Speaking at a forum in the coastal...