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Lebanon to elect president, ending two-year vacuum ASIA

Lebanon to elect president, ending two-year vacuum

Supporters of Michel Aoun gathered in the Lebanese capital Monday ahead of a parliament session expected to elect him president and end a political stalemate of more than two years.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Lebanon detains 8 Syrians for plotting attacks ASIA

Lebanon detains 8 Syrians for plotting attacks

Lebanon has detained eight Syrians accused of plotting suicide bomb attacks at popular tourist spots and on Lebanon's United Nations peacekeeping force, Lebanon's intelligence agency said on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bomb blast in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley kills one, wounds two people ASIA

Bomb blast in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley kills one, wounds two people

A bomb blast on a road in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Wednesday killed at least one person and wounded two others, a security source said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi Arabia stops 3 women, 7 children from joining Syria war ASIA

Saudi Arabia stops 3 women, 7 children from joining Syria war

Saudi Arabia said on Friday it had prevented three Saudi women and seven children from travelling through Lebanon to join the conflict in neighbouring Syria, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Muslims around the world celebrate Eid ASIA

Muslims around the world celebrate Eid

Muslims around the world celebrated the Eid-al-Fitr religious holiday on Wednesday, marking the end of Islam's holy month of Ramadan.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UAE jails Emirati woman on charges of spying for Hezbollah ASIA

UAE jails Emirati woman on charges of spying for Hezbollah

An Abu Dhabi court has jailed the wife of a prominent Emirati for 10 years after convicting her of spying for Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, local media reported on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Rota raises QR1.5mn to help Syrian refugees ARABIA

Rota raises QR1.5mn to help Syrian refugees

The annual ‘Ladies Ghabqa’ networking event of Reach Out To Asia (Rota), held under the patronage of, and attended by its chairperson HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, raised QR1.5mn for projects supporting Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Powerful explosion near bank in Lebanese capital ASIA

Powerful explosion near bank in Lebanese capital

A powerful explosion occurred near a major bank in the western part of the Lebanese capital Beirut late on Sunday, a policeman on the scene told AFP.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Lebanon votes for first time in six years ASIA

Lebanon votes for first time in six years

Lebanese headed to the polls for the first time in six years on Sunday for municipal elections including in Beirut, where a new grassroots campaign is taking on entrenched parties.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
TV crew return to Australia after Beirut kidnap deal INTERNATIONAL

TV crew return to Australia after Beirut kidnap deal

An Australian television crew accused of aiding a mother in the botched kidnapping of her two children in Lebanon arrived home on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Australian TV crew fly home after Beirut kidnap deal INTERNATIONAL

Australian TV crew fly home after Beirut kidnap deal

An Australian television crew accused of aiding a mother in the botched kidnapping of her two children in Lebanon flew home Thursday ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Australian mother, TV crew freed on bail in Lebanon abduction case ASIA

Australian mother, TV crew freed on bail in Lebanon abduction case

An Australian woman and four journalists accused of kidnapping her children from their Lebanese father in Beirut were released on bail after he dropped the charges against them.

4:45 AM November 25 2016