Beirut

Michel Aoun meets Rahi in Baabda

Beirut - NNA

President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, is currently meeting with Maronite Patriarch, March Bechara Boutros Rahi, at Baabda Palace, NNA reporter said on Friday. ..Read more

Bassil Meets Canadian Minister Of Immigration In Marrakech

Beirut - NNA

Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Gebran Bassil, held bilateral talks with Canadian Minister of Immigration, Ahmed Hussein, who is heading the Canadian delegation to the United Nations Conference on Migration in Marrakech. During the meeting, Bassil stressed "the successes of the Lebanese immigrants, their swift integration into the host communities and their contribution to the development of these..Read more

Partly Cloudy To Cloudy, Active Wind

Beirut - NNA

Tuesday's weather is expected to be partly cloudy to cloudy, with steady temperatures, active winds and snowfall as of 1800-meter altitude, according to the Beirut airport-based meteorology department. Coastal temperatures: 13 to 21 degrees Celsius Mountainous temperatures: 8 to 13 degrees Celsius Inland temperatures: 9 to 13 degrees Celsius Surface winds: Southerly to southwesterly, with speeds gusting between 25 and..Read more

Egypt's Investment minister meets Lebanese PM to boost economic cooperation

Beirut - MENA

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri met on Friday with Egyptian Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr in Beirut. The meeting tackled bilateral relations and, in particular, the economic cooperation between the countries, said Egyptian Ambasssador to Lebanon Nazeh el-Naggari, who was present. They discussed also the Egyptian-Lebanese business forum currently being held in the Lebanese capital. ..Read more

Sa'ad Al-Hariri Meets with Uruguay's Ambassador

Beirut - SPA

Lebanese Premier-designate Saad Al-Hariri met here today with the Ambassador of Uruguay to Lebanon Dr. Marta Inés Pizzanelli. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and ways to promote them, in all fields, in addition to review issues of common interest. ..Read more

Israeli warplanes violate airspace of Lebanon's capital

Beirut - Xinhua

Israeli warplanes on Thursday violated the airspace of Lebanon's capital Beirut, an independent online newspaper reported. The Israeli airspace violations in Beirut followed its similar intensive flights in Shebaa and Golan Heights in southern Lebanon, Elnashra said. Israeli warplanes have kept violating Lebanon's airspace in the past few months, prompting Lebanese President Michel Aoun to call on the United States..Read more

Weather: Partly Cloudy, Steady Temperatures

Beirut - NNA

Thursday's weather is expected to be partly cloudy with no significant change in temperature degrees, according to the Beirut airport-based meteorology department. Coastal temperatures: 22 to 32 degrees Celsius. Mountain-range temperatures: 17 to 26 degrees Celsius. Bekaa temperatures: 18 to 35 degrees Celsius. Surface winds: Southwesterly, with speeds between 10 and 30 km/hr. Visibility: Medium along the coastline; worsens at..Read more

Does the closure of the Palestinian embassy end the Palestinian cause?

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed

The red building on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington DC was, until a few days ago, the headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) delegation, ie, the embassy of the “state” of Palestine, in the United States. It had a politically important symbolic value that was eliminated when the US State Department notified the Palestinian mission to close its doors completely..Read more

Weather: Partly Cloudy With Stable Temperatures

Beirut - NNA

The meteorology department at Rafic Hariri International Airport forecast Wednesday's weather to be partly cloudy with a no significant change in temperature degrees. Coastal temperatures: 24 to 33 degrees Celsius. Mountain-range temperatures: 17 to 27 degrees Celsius. Bekaa temperatures: 16 to 35 degrees Celsius. Surface winds: Westerly to north-westerly, with speeds between 10 and 30 km/hr. Visibility: Medium; worsens at..Read more

Cassation Court Hears Zahran Over Insult Of Kuwaiti Prince

Beirut - NNA

The Court of Cassation has concluded an interrogation session where it heard the testimony of journalist Salem Zahran over his recent claims insulting the Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, National News Agency correspondent reported from the Justice Palace on Monday. ..Read more