BEIRUT, April 12 (Xinhua) — Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun condemned Thursday Israeli airstrikes in Syria, saying the country’s use of Lebanese airspace was an “attack on our sovereignty,” the National News Agency (NNA) reported. Aoun reiterated during a cabinet session an announcement made by the Foreign Ministry two days prior to that Lebanon was set […]

By Courtney Grogan Paris, France, (CNA/EWTN News).- French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the importance of a Catholic voice in the country’s political debates, particularly on bioethical issues, in an address to the French bishops April 9. “What I want to call you tonight is to engage politically in our national debate and in our European […]

Daily Star.com.lb –– BEIRUT: Lebanese Army chief Gen. Joseph Aoun met with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah in Kuwait City Wednesday morning, thanking the leader for “continued support to Lebanon and its Army,” a Lebanese Army statement reported. Aoun is on the second and final day of an official visit to the Kuwaiti capital […]

by Jim Edwards –businessinsider.com LONDON — For years, countries have worried that a hostile foreign power might cut the undersea cables that supply the world with international internet service. At the beginning of this month we got a taste of what that might be like. An entire country — Mauritania — was taken offline for […]

(MENAFN) On Tuesday, Lebanese Ministry of Expatriates and Foreign Affairs condemned the Israeli attack on T-4 Airbase in Homs Countryside, SANA reported. The ministry re-affirmed its positions that the Lebanese airspace should not be used to attack Syria, noting that Lebanon will lodge a formal complaint to the UN Security Council. Israeli F-15 fighter jets […]

Damascus, Syria’s Air Defense reportedly shot down 5 of 8 missiles Israel launched against an airfield in Homs province, bordering Lebanon, known as T-4 airbase; however, the attack caused several dead and wounded. Two Israeli F-15 fighters targeted Syria’s T-4 airbase in Homs, the Russian field command in Syria confirmed, adding the jets fired eight […]

by Abdulaziz Hammad –saudigazette.com – JEDDAH — Newly appointed Consul General of Lebanon Ali Karanouh and his wife Marwa Soubra held a reception and acquaintance meeting at the celebration hall of the consulate in Jeddah on Tuesday. The reception was attended by Sami Jamil Abdullah, director of the department of ceremonies at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Makkah […]

The Daily Star BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri opened the Lebanese Diaspora Energy Conference in Paris Saturday in a televised speech. “Lebanon can continue as before, with outdated laws and no reforms,” Hariri said, “we need to improve the labor market, implement real reforms to fight corruption and create jobs.” He said that Lebanese should threaten […]

by catholicherald.co.uk — The Chinese government has banned the sale of Bibles online, through distributors such as Amazon. This appears to be the latest development in China’s moves to restrict Christianity’s influence in the country. Bibles are only legally available at church bookstalls, not in bookshops, making Christianity the only major religion whose holy book […]