1+ week, 5+ day ago   (658+ words) BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Monday that Lebanon is facing "existential risks," arguing that Israel's objective is not simply to disarm Hezbollah but to stir up sectarian strife in the country. Berri, who heads…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (513+ words) BEIRUT, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Monday that Lebanon's stability is essential to Europe's, calling for the full implementation "without selectivity" of the U.S.-brokered framework agreement reached last June to end the war between Israel and Hezbollah and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (513+ words) BEIRUT, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Monday that Lebanon's stability is essential to Europe's, calling for the full implementation "without selectivity" of the U.S.-brokered framework agreement reached last June to end the war between Israel and Hezbollah and…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (365+ words) Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A federal judge in California on Friday ruled that the Trump administration violated the Constitution's First and Fifth Amendments when it sought to deport international students critical of Israel. Judge Noël Wise, of the Northern District of California,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (493+ words) BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The World Bank said Friday that the recent Israel-Hezbollah conflict has severely disrupted Lebanon's fragile recovery, predicting a 6.4% contraction in the crisis-ridden economy this year and a rise in inflation to 17.5%. The international financial institution said…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (699+ words) Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The United States on Tuesday sanctioned two senior officials of the International Criminal Court, as the Trump administration cracks down on the global tribunal it calls a threat to U.S. sovereignty. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the rest…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (258+ words) Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and other members of his Board of Peace in Jerusalem on Monday to discuss the president's plans for Gaza. Trump has called for Hamas to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (258+ words) Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and other members of his Board of Peace in Jerusalem on Monday to discuss the president's plans for Gaza. Trump has called for Hamas to…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (497+ words) BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem lashed out at the Lebanese officials Friday for accepting the June 26 U.S.-brokered framework agreement with Israel and failing to secure any gains after seven rounds of negotiations. He called for an…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1089+ words) BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Relations between Lebanon and Turkey recently underwent a significant shift, driven by the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, Iran's reduced influence, growing challenges posed by Israel and other major regional developments, Lebanese and Turkish…...