Former ministers remanded in custody as prosecutors seek European arrest warrant for region’s ousted president A judge in Madrid has ordered eight members of the deposed Catalan government to be remanded in custody pending possible charges over last week’s declaration of independence. Carmen Lamela, sitting in Spain’s national ... Read More »
US bomber drills aggravate Pyongyang ahead of Trump’s Asia visit
SEOUL/WASHINGTON: Two US strategic bombers conducted drills over South Korea on Thursday, the US Air Force said, raising tensions with North Korea just days before President Donald Trump visits the region seeking to shut down Pyongyang’s nuclear program. News of the drills was first reported by North Korean state news ... Read More »
Hundreds killed at North Korea nuclear base: Report
AT LEAST 200 people have reportedly died at Kim Jong-un’s nuclear test site, and there are fears of a radioactive leak. A TUNNEL at an underground North Korea nuclear site has reportedly collapsed with up to 200 people killed, according to reports. The collapse happened at the Punggye-ri nuclear test ... Read More »
David Davis concedes that Brexit withdrawal agreement with EU will ‘probably favour the union’ financially
The Brexit Secretary said the next round of negotiations with Brussels will take place next week David Davis has conceded in front of peers that Britain’s Brexit withdrawal agreement will “probably favour“ the EU. Speaking in the House of Lords European Union Select Committee, the Brexit Secretary said: “In ... Read More »
Jordan water crisis worsens as Mideast tensions slow action
SHARHABIL, Jordan – From a hillside in northern Jordan, the Yarmouk River is barely visible in the steep valley below, reduced from a once important water source to a sluggish trickle overgrown with vegetation. Jordan’s reservoirs are only one-fifth full, a record low, and vital winter rains are ... Read More »
Global atmospheric CO2 levels hit record high
UN warns that drastic action is needed to meet climate targets set in the Paris agreement The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased at record speed last year to hit a level not seen for more than three million years, the UN has warned. The new report ... Read More »
Catalonia: Leader’s flight to Brussels sees first day of work for ‘independent’ Catalan state descend into chaos
Spanish officials say that even as he tweeted to suggest he was outside the regional presidency building, Carles Puigdemont was already making plans to escape to Belgium The first working day for the administration of Catalonia, Europe’s newest “independent” country, unfolded in an extraordinary and dramatic fashion with its ... Read More »
The first year of President Aoun’s reign: The construction workshop is not easy and it needs all the Lebanese to solidarity first and trust themselves, partners and their country
The President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, said that the construction work is not easy, especially after all the years of destruction that have been exposed to everything in Lebanon. It needs all the Lebanese, for their solidarity first, and for their trust in themselves, their partners and their ... Read More »
The Media Office of Al-Riyashi: All what is mentioned in the Central News Agency about Lebanon TV is far from the truth
The Information Office of Information Minister Melhem Al-Riyashi issued the following statement:”The media office is concerned to confirm that everything contained in the news published by the Central News Agency today, entitled” Lebanon TV crisis from political rams to the fate of employees and paralysis of the station, the Minister ... Read More »
Riyashi received the director of the United Nations Information Center and a sports media delegation
Minister of Information Melhem Al-Riyashi, Director of the United Nations Information Center Margo El-Helou, accompanied by a delegation from the Center, including Cynthia Khoury, Maryam Sulaiman and Rasha Salman, and discussed means of cooperation between the Ministry and the Center. Al-Riyashi also received a delegation from the Sports Media Association ... Read More »