Sleiman voices hopes for Lebanese seat on Security Council

Refugee women in Chad face high levels of rape despite UN presence

By: chnarendra

Darfuri refugee women and girls face high levels of rape and other violence on a daily basis both inside and outside refugee camps in eastern Chad, despite the presence of UN security forces, a new Amnesty International report revealed on Wednesday.In No place for us here: Violence against refugee women in eastern Chad, Amnesty International ...

2 months ago

History of Lebanon

By: fatenmakarem

Lebanon is a small country (10 452 km²) which is situated in the Middle East between Syria in the north and east, and Israel in the south. For more than 400 years, Lebanon was a part of Greater Syria under the Ottoman Empire until the French mandate of 1916. In 1920, France formed the state of Greater Lebanon which became the Lebanese ...

about 1 month ago

Muslims Seek Economic Unity

By: dustgeer

Hard-hit by a global economic crunch, Muslim leaders are meeting on Monday, November 9, to discuss ways of bolstering inter-Muslim economic cooperation. "Since the adoption of a series of trade facilitating and trade financing measures, the increase in volume of trade among OIC countries has become significant,” Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, ...

20 days ago

OIC appoints envoy for Antarctica

By: Bangalore

Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), one of the most jobless bodies in the world, has announced the appointment of a new envoy for Antarctica, Moon and Mars. “This move was long pending. We have already shortlisted the names and are currently in the process of deputing them to the respective areas,” said Al Bhakri, chief ...

about 1 month ago