Here are the top stories for Lebanon today: Lebanese govt decided to raise tax on interest income despite warnings The Lebanese government agreed on Friday to raise the tax on interest payments to 10% from 7% for three years as part of the draft 2019 budget, the information minister said. The chairman of the Lebanese banking association recently […]
Gaza-Israel violence flares into second day with rocket attacks, air strikes
militants fired more than 200 rockets into Israeli towns and villages through Saturday, while Israel hit back with tank shelling and air strikes that Palestinian officials said killed a baby, her mother and a gunman Cross-border hostilities which broke out on Friday flared into a second day, with Gazans fleeing Israeli strikes and air-raid sirens […]
Lebanon today: Wednesday May 1 Top news
Here are the top stories for Lebanon today: Workers march against corruption on Labor Day Hundreds of Lebanese and foreign workers Wednesday joined with members of the Lebanese Communist Party to march toward Martyrs’ Square, marking Labor Day by protesting corruption and the misuse of public funds. Members of the National Federation of Worker and Employee Trade […]
Lebanon today: Monday April 15th Top news
Here are the top stories for Lebanon today: Lebanon Planning Potential $2 Billion Eurobond Issue, Salman Lebanon is planning to issue eurobonds that could be in the range of $2 billion, said Talal F. Salman, economic adviser to the Lebanese Ministry of Finance. The debt’s maturity is expected to be 10 years or more and the […]
Trump struggles with a growing problem on the border
Tensions are rising, fingers are pointing and the search for solutions is becoming increasingly fraught. Overwhelmed by an influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border that is taxing the immigration system, President Donald Trump is grasping for something — anything — to stem the tide. Trump, who campaigned on a promise to secure the border, […]
Theresa May’s Brexit deal suffers second crushing defeat in UK Parliament
KEY POINTS Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal was rejected by 149 votes. The vote on Tuesday evening was arguably the most important vote for Brexit since the 2016 referendum on EU membership. In a last-ditch attempt to allay concerns over the backstop, May traveled to Strasbourg Monday night and said she had won “legally binding” […]
U.S. senators say Saudi crown prince has gone ‘full gangster’
Retired General John Abizaid, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia, defended the U.S.-Saudi relationship on Wednesday as lawmakers accused the kingdom of a litany of misdeeds and criticized its crown prince as going “full gangster.” Senators at Abizaid’s confirmation hearing including Trump’s fellow Republicans as well as Democrats condemned the kingdom’s […]
Putin threatens US, confirms development of Russia’s hypersonic cruise missile ‘Tsirkon’
Russian President Vladimir Putin sternly warned the United States against deploying new missiles in Europe, saying Wednesday that Russia will retaliate by fielding new weapons that will take just as little time to reach their targets. While the Russian leader didn’t say what specific new weapons Moscow could deploy, his statement further raised the ante […]
In Lebanon, U.S. State Department official calls Hezbollah ‘unacceptable’
The U.S. State Department criticized Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group on Monday for digging tunnels into Israel and stockpiling rockets, as Washington steps up efforts to isolate Tehran. In recent weeks, Israeli forces uncovered tunnels they said were dug by Hezbollah, and Lebanon complained about Israel’s construction of a barrier along disputed parts of the border. […]
Hamas denies Mubarak claim it sent militants to Egypt in 2011
Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas on Saturday denied an allegation by Egypt’s deposed president Hosni Mubarak that it infiltrated hundreds of men across the border during the 2011 uprising. Mubarak took to the witness stand in a Cairo court Wednesday to testify about jailbreaks allegedly orchestrated by his successor Mohamed Morsi and members of the Muslim […]