House Speaker, Nabih Berri, on Tuesday received at the Second Presidency in Ain El-Tineh, the World Bank’s Regional Director of the Mashreq Department, Saroj Kumar Jha, and they discussed the World Bank’s projects and programs in Lebanon, including the…
MAWLAWI TACKLES WITH EU INVESTIGATIVE MISSION PREPARATIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Bassam Mawlawi, welcomed this Tuesday an investigative mission from the European Union headed by Gian Franco Bocchio, and discussed with them the administrative and logistical preparations made by the Ministry o…
UNIFIL RAMPS UP LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO LAF
UNIFIL today handed over the first monthly delivery of fuel to its strategic partners, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), at a ceremony in the UN mission’s headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon. Today’s donation of 35,000 litres of fuel is the first of…
Marking International Solidarity Day, Permanent Observer Tells Palestinian Rights Committee Israel’s Illegal Settlements Signal Rejection of Two-State Solution
Israel’s continued illegal settlement activities were signalling its blatant rejection of the two-State solution, the Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine said today during a special meeting to observe the International Day of Solidarity with …
AZERBAIJAN SAYS 14 DEAD IN MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASH
Fourteen people died in an Azerbaijani military helicopter crash in the east of the Caucasus country on Tuesday, officials said.”Fourteen people died and two more were wounded as a result of a state border service helicopter crash,” the ex-Soviet repub…
MODERNA BOSS SAYS VACCINES LIKELY NO MATCH FOR OMICRON: FT
Existing Covid-19 jabs will struggle against the Omicron variant and it will take months to develop a new shot that works, the head of US vaccine manufacturer Moderna has told the Financial Times.Stephane Bancel told the newspaper in an interview publi…
Inspector-General visits Women Police Directorate
Inspector-General Major-General Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa visited on Tuesday the General Directorate of Women Police. He was received by the Director-General Brigadier Mona Ali Abdulraheem and some female officers. The visit was part of a ser…