Beirut, Lebanon News

Bombers targeted staff at Israel's embassies in India and Georgia on Monday, wounding four people, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of involvement.

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the general prosecutor for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon will issue a new indictment in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

In this June 12, 2009 file photo, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks during an interview at the Grand Serail in Beirut, Lebanon.

BEIRUT: Real advertising expenditures in Lebanon slipped to $174 million in 2011, shedding 3.3 percent from $180 million in 2010, according to a forthcoming report in Arab Ad magazine.

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati returned to Beirut Sunday, wrapping up a two-day official visit to France and voicing hope that a nearly two-week-old Cabinet crisis would be resolved soon.Following talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Prime Minister Francois Fillon and Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, Mikati said France would downsize the ... (more)

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour speaks during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Sept.

Rebels occupied positions outside of Idlib, Syria, on Saturday. There's little doubt that the country is in the early stages of a civil war.

In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, file photo, a poster with the photo of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is seen on the front of a car as pro-Syrian regime protesters chant slogans during a demonstration, where anti-Syrian regime protesters and supporters of the Islamic group Jamaa Islamiya were also protesting, in front the Russian embassy, in ... (more)

The International Committee of the Red Cross hosted a workshop on the Mediterranean peninsula of Beirut last week, highlighting the threat of cyber attacks on civilian populations.

A man holds a rocket-propelled grenade launcher during clashes in Tripoli, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb.

BEIRUT: Clashes between pro- and anti-Syria gunmen in a northern Lebanese city left two people dead and 12 wounded Saturday in the latest skirmish between Lebanese factions over the crisis in neighboring Syria, security officials said.

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati, on an official visit to France, said Saturday Paris would reduce its peacekeeper numbers in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and voiced optimism that the government crisis back home would be resolved.

BEIRUT: Albanian Parliament Speaker Josefina Topalli will arrive in Lebanon Monday on a three-day official visit during which she will meet with the country's top officials.

Not all domestic workers are allowed outside their employers' homes and when they are it's often to perform tiring duties.

BEIRUT: Middle East Airlines is showing keen interest in acquiring a stake in the troubled Cyprus Airways, an industry source confirmed to The Daily Star Friday."MEA is interested in buying a stake of Cyprus Airways.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrives at the Parliament in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan.

All fighters competing at Saturday's MMAjunkie.com-streamed Cage Warriors Fighting Championship event successfully made weight for the show.

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Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the right wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, gestures during his party meeting at the Kenesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived at the "Invalides" in Paris for the official reception by French Authorities,as posted on his twitter account.