Daringly sober. A 1965 caricature about Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s presidential candidacy referendum getting 99.99% support from voters.(Pierre Sadek Foundation) thearabweekly.com – Samar Kadi –  BEIRUT – Visitors to Beirut’s Sursock Museum were thrust back decades, watching Lebanon’s recent history marred by war, Israeli occupation and political instability displayed at “Picturing History,” an exhibition of the work of […]

by Brad Tuttle,  MONEY  — Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos started 2018 as the world’s richest man—and his net worth has positively skyrocketed so far this year. Jeff Bezos’ net worth is based mostly on the price of Amazon stock, and Amazon shares have been soaring, up more than 50% over the past six months. Bezos […]

Reuters – PARIS: France will provide €14 million ($17 million) worth of aid to the Lebanese army, to include training and equipment such as anti-tank missiles, an official said on Thursday. The aid is part of efforts to strengthen Lebanon’s institutions and boost security amid growing internal political tensions. The army, one of the few […]

Beirut – Asharq Al-Awsat — Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq said on Thursday that Iran’s expansion in the region “is one of the reasons for the security and political crisis in the Arab world.” He stressed: “Lebanon is a Lebanese responsibility, but it has been an Arab responsibility for several years and their first line […]

By catholicherald.co.uk –  It’s fair to say that no Saudi leader has ever attracted as much personal attention as the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS). Hailed as a reformer and moderate, his strategy is to take the economically troubled kingdom to greater things by 2030. Allowing cinemas to open, and women to drive and attend football […]

BEIRUT, March 7 (Xinhua) — France’s Ambassador to Lebanon Bernard Foucher stressed that his country’s participation in the United Nation Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFI) aims at preventing a new war between Lebanon and Israel and strengthening security in the region, the National News Agency (NNA) said Wednesday. “We are present in south Lebanon to […]

BY MAX KUTNER  – newsweek — A “shadowy” Lebanese-American businessman spent decades ingratiating himself with people in power in D.C. and across the Middle East before reportedly surfacing in the special counsel’s Russia probe. George Nader, 58, has been questioned by Robert Mueller’s team about his ties to the United Arab Emirates, the New York Times reported […]

BEIRUT, (Reuters) Reporting by Lisa Barrington; editing by Larry King – The Lebanese central bank’s dollar reserves grew in early 2018, recovering from a decline during a political crisis last year that pushed up interest rates, its governor said on Tuesday. Reserves climbed by $1.4 billion in the first two months of the year and […]

The Daily Star BEIRUT: Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese citizen detained in Iran, will submit his candidacy for the upcoming parliamentary elections, a statement from his lawyer reported Monday. At 2 p.m. Tuesday, representatives of Zakka including his brother will submit the request for candidacy and the corresponding documents, the statement released by Zakka’s lawyer Antoine Abou […]

by  Tehrene Firman, Well+Good  — Being healthy at the airport can be a true struggle: It’s a stressful place, there are germs everywhere, and the nutritious food offerings seem slim to none (though, to be fair, advancements are progressing on that front). And to make sure you’re eating as healthy as possible, you might, shockingly, want to […]