Israel on Thursday buried two soldiers killed in a Hizbullah missile strike that triggered Israeli fire on southern Lebanon, raising tensions between the bitter enemies to their highest in years. But the Israeli-Lebanese border was calm, and Israeli officials played down the threat of a new war with the Iran-backed group. In an unusual […]

  BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri Wednesday postponed a presidential election session to Feb. 18 after lawmakers botched an 18th attempt to elect a new head of state due to lack of consensus. Lebanon has been without a president since last May when Michel Sleiman’s term ended with MPs failing to elect a successor. Lawmakers from […]

  A U.N. peacekeeper from Spain was killed on Wednesday when the Israeli military shelled border areas following a Hizbullah attack that left two Israeli soldiers dead. A 36-year-old corporal "died this morning during incidents between Hizbullah and the Israeli army in the area of responsibility of the Spanish contingent", the Spanish defense ministry said […]

  BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army announced Wednesday that it had arrested a group of 12 people in a raid on a Beirut area apartment, confiscating firearms and drugs. In a statement, the Army said is also arrested man in Beirut’s southern suburbs suspected of shooting at troops in east Lebanon last month. The Army said […]

  Two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven wounded on Wednesday in a Hizbullah attack on a military convoy along the Lebanese-Israeli border. The Israeli army announced that two of its troops were killed, while a spokesman said seven Israeli soldiers were “lightly-to-moderately wounded” in the attack. Chief Israeli army spokesman Brigadier General Moti Almoz […]

  Subjected to beatings and rape, and often driven to suicide, migrant domestic workers in Lebanon are trying to form a labor union in what would be a first for the Arab world. "We want to be treated like human beings, like real workers," said Leticia, a Filipina who was assaulted and raped by her […]

  BEIRUT: Two people were killed and many injured Monday after a truck packed with cows collided with a fuel tanker and another car, the Traffic Management Center said. TMC posted on its Twitter account pictures showing freak the accident on the Qebb Elias highway in east Lebanon. The National News Agency said the accident […]

  The army command said on Monday that the military has arrested a Syrian in Beirut’s southern suburbs on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization. Mohammed Ibrahim Youssef was apprehended in Haret Hreik at dawn Monday, said the army in a communique. Youssef is suspected of belonging to a terror group and participating in […]

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – Pope Francis has told law enforcement authorities in charge of security around the Vatican that he while he saw "shadows and dangers" – he encouraged not for them to give into fear. "On the horizon we see shadows and dangers which worry humanity," Pope Francis said. There has been an increase in security around the Vatican amid fears that Islamic State agents may be plotting to attack the head of the Roman Catholic Church. "As Christians we are called not to lose heart or be discouraged," Francis said in a New Year’s message to the police.

Security has been on heightened alert in Saint Peter’s Square since September after intelligence services intercepted a possible plan to attack the Vatican. Francis has frequently spoken out against the Islamic State group. The Holy See has also voiced its support for U.S. air strikes in Iraq. This has led several to think that this increases the Pope’s likelihood as a terrorist target.

  BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai is in good shape and will leave the hospital next week, his spokesman announced Saturday, a day after he underwent surgery to treat a brain hemorrhage. “His health is improving, and he will leave hospital by the beginning of next week, when he will spend a period of rest […]