Fighting corruption should be Lebanon’s priority, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Monday, saying the party was ready to cooperate with the judiciary in cases involving its members. “If there is any case related to a Hezbollah official, I urge you to start with us, and I guarantee Hezbollah’s respect,” ...
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Zionist Occupation Escalates, Targets Islamic Jihad Official in Gaza
Israeli occupation targeted Islamic Jihad Palestinian resistance officials in two separate attacks early Tuesday morning, killing a commander in Gaza and an official’s son in Syria. Islamic Jihad said the commander, Baha Abu al-Atta, as well as his wife were martyred in the attack in Gaza, which the Israeli military ...
Read More »Tuesday’s legislative session postponed for security reasons
Speaker Berri announced the decision during a televised news conference on Monday Speaker Nabih Berri announced Monday that the parliamentary session, planned for Tuesday, has been postponed until the 19th for security reasons. The agenda for the meeting, however, will remain unchanged. On a televised TV interview .. he ...
Read More »How big tech is dragging us towards the next financial crash
Like the big banks, big tech uses its lobbying muscle to avoid regulation, and thinks it should play by different rules. And like the banks, it could be about to wreak financial havoc on us all. By Rana Foroohar In every major economic downturn in US history, the ‘villains’ have ...
Read More »Sky-high selfies: Japan warns US over ‘outrageous’ antics of military pilots
Marine corps pilots took photos and read books while flying, according to a US military investigation Japan’s defence ministry is to call on US forces based in the country to ensure the safety of their aircraft after pilots from a marine corps unit involved in a deadly crash last ...
Read More »Russia deploys military helicopters to patrol Syria-Turkey border
Russia has deployed military helicopters to patrol an area near Syria’s border with Turkey in order to help protect Russia military police working on the ground, the Interfax news agency said on Friday. Turkish and Russian forces are holding joint patrols in northeastern Syria to monitor an agreement struck by ...
Read More »World Bank highlights urgent need to stop ’emerging economic crisis’
The World Bank highlighted the urgent need to stop Lebanon’s “emerging economic crisis” in a statement Wednesday, projecting that if the situation continues, poverty in the country could rise to approximately 50 percent. According to regional director Saroj Kumar Jha, the World Bank had earlier projected a “small recession” ...
Read More »Taiwan warns of possible attack if China’s slowdown ‘becomes serious’
Beijing could resort to military conflict with self-ruled Taiwan to divert domestic pressure if a slowdown in the world’s second largest economy amid trade war threatens the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party, the island’s foreign minister has said. As Taiwan’s presidential elections approach in January, China has stepped up ...
Read More »Ukraine crisis put on ice by Trump staff busy working out how to buy Greenland
State and defence departments wanted military aid restored, but the Greenland issue ‘took up a lot of energy’, new testimony reveals After the White House cut off military aid to Ukraine, Donald Trump’s top officials scrambled to get it restored but were unable to organise a meeting with the ...
Read More »Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’
Statement sets out ‘vital signs’ as indicators of magnitude of the climate emergency The world’s people face “untold suffering due to the climate crisis” unless there are major transformations to global society, according to a stark warning from more than 11,000 scientists. “We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet ...
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