The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 10:31
Some 14,000 prisoners who escaped from various Libyan detention centers after the 2011 uprising against Moammar Gadhafi are still on the run, the interior minister said Monday.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 15:24
President Michel Sleiman called on Hezbollah Monday to avoid intervening in Syria, saying the resources of the resistance belonged to all the Lebanese.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 10:53
Details of the mysterious explosion on the southern border with Israel Wednesday remain elusive, but it appears that the four Israeli soldiers wounded in the blast near Naqoura had staged an incursion into Lebanese territory.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 10:30
Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to clinch a concrete energy deal on a rare trip to Azerbaijan on Tuesday, dashing Moscow's hopes to challenge the dominance of Western energy majors in the former Soviet republic.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 08:01
Debate raged among Lebanon’s political factions over the weekend after speeches by the leaders of Hezbollah and the Future Movement, with a top Hezbollah official denouncing what he called internal arms aimed at destabilizing the country.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 08:18
Tunisia's embattled Constituent Assembly met on Tuesday for the first time since one of its members was assassinated, ahead of planned mass protests calling for the body to be dissolved.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 08:13
The military will soon make internal reforms to reduce corruption and limit officers' ties with politicians, Lebanese Army chief Gen. Jean Kahwagi said Tuesday.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 08:10
The Army fired Tuesday tear gas in the northern city of Tripoli to disperse angry supporters of a Salafist preacher who was sentenced earlier in the day to 15 years of hard labor over a 2008 attack on the military.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 09:15
The worst violence to hit Iraq in five years is a major challenge, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in remarks broadcast Friday, as attacks killed eight people.
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 08:29
Yemeni tribesmen blew up the main export pipeline linking eastern oilfields to the Red Sea coast, halting the flow of oil, state media reported on Sunday.