Lebanon minister vows to punish guards after beating video
BEIRUT - A Lebanese minister vowed Sunday to bring to justice guards seen in online video clips beating Islamists detained in a notorious prison where imprisoned militants were once suspected of...
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Saudi cables suggest money links with media
BEIRUT - A financially troubled Lebanese TV network received a $2 million Saudi bailout in return for adopting a pro-Riyadh editorial policy. A news agency in Guinea got a $2,000 gift, while small...
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Lebanese anti-government protesters scuffle with army
BEIRUT - Dozens of Lebanese supporters of a Christian politician scuffled on Thursday with troops who blocked them from reaching the government building in downtown Beirut where a Cabinet session was...
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Trash piles in Beirut raise fears of an environmental crisis
BEIRUT - Garbage piled up Tuesday on the streets of cosmopolitan Beirut amid a growing dispute over tiny Lebanon's largest trash dump, picketed by residents as it should have closed permanently days...
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Lebanon's garbage crisis grows amid gridlock
BEIRUT - The Lebanese cabinet has failed to agree on a solution for the country's growing garbage crisis, postponing discussion until next week as trash piles up on the streets.
View ArticleHezbollah chief 'proud' of US sanctions on members of group
BEIRUT - The leader of the Hezbollah militant group says he is "proud" of U.S. sanctions targeting three members of the group.
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Protesters close major highway in Lebanon over trash crisis
BEIRUT - Protesters have closed the highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon over the country's trash crisis.
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Lebanon's trash crisis worsens amid rising heat, anger
BEIRUT - It's summer in this proud Mediterranean city, with celebrities and Lebanese expats flocking to international festivals and parties at Beirut's beaches and nightclubs. But the country's own...
View ArticleIranian foreign minister visits Lebanon on his way to Syria
BEIRUT - Iran's foreign minister who negotiated Tehran's landmark nuclear deal with world powers is visiting Lebanon on his way to Syria later this week.
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Deadly attacks surge as Iran's foreign minister visits Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria - Iran's foreign minister, who negotiated his country's nuclear deal with world powers, discussed ways of ending Syria's civil war with President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Wednesday,...
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Lebanese security forces arrest fugitive hard-line cleric
BEIRUT - Lebanese authorities arrested a fugitive hard-line Sunni cleric Saturday who was wanted on suspicion of being involved in deadly clashes with government troops in 2013 that deepened sectarian...
View ArticleLebanon searches for suspects after hard-line cleric arrest
BEIRUT - Lebanon's state-run National News Agency says security forces have conducted several raids near the coastal southern city of Sidon in search of suspects following the arrest of a hard-line...
View ArticleGovernment air raids near Syrian capital kill more than 80
BEIRUT - Syrian airstrikes on a Damascus suburb killed more than 80 people on Sunday in one of the deadliest such raids of the four-year civil war, as fighting escalated in and around President Bashar...
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Lebanon health minister warns of dangers from trash crisis
BEIRUT - Lebanon's health minister says the country is on the brink of a "major health disaster" unless an immediate solution is found for its mounting trash problem.
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Lebanese protesters clash with police over trash crisis
BEIRUT - A group of Lebanese activists have clashed with Lebanese police who sprayed them with water cannons in downtown Beirut over the country's mounting trash crisis.
View ArticleBoko Haram strengthens ties with Islamic State group
LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's Boko Haram extremists are strengthening ties with the Islamic State group, as shown by reports that Nigerian militants are fighting in Libya, recent arrests in Lebanon and...
View ArticleLebanon protesters postpone Monday garbage demonstration
BEIRUT - Organizers of the "You stink" protests that have captivated the Lebanese capital postponed demonstrations set for Monday evening after a night of violent clashes with police during which...
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Suspect in 1996 Khobar Towers bombing arrested
WASHINGTON - A man suspected in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers residence at a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia has been captured, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
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Hundreds protest in Lebanon as garbage crisis worsens
BEIRUT - Hundreds of people have kept up protests in Beirut as a crisis over garbage collection worsens with fresh piles of trash accumulating in streets of the capital.
View ArticlePlatini's credentials as reformer questioned by FIFA rival
LONDON - As Michel Platini prepares to reveal his FIFA presidential vision, a rival contender is launching his campaign by questioning the UEFA leader's long-standing association with Sepp Blatter and...
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