Michel Suleiman (raising arm) takes the oath of President as both Lebanese and foreign dignitaries look on inside the Parliament in Beirut, Lebanon on May 25, 2008. Lebanon's parliament elected former ... ( read original story ...)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Lebanon after historic presidential election
French President, Nicolas Sarkozy (L) is greeted by Lebanon’s recently elected president, Michel Suleiman at Beirut airport on June 7, 2008. Sarkozy is the first western head of state to meet Suleiman ... ( read original story ...)
Laos: Strict rules to enter country, says Covid-19 task force
Lao and foreign nationals wanting to enter Laos from countries with no community outbreak of coronavirus are required to obtain a certificate indicating they have tested negative for Covid-19 within ... ( read original story ...)
China always willing to help Cambodia, Laos and other Asean countries, says Wang Yi
China has made it clear that it is willing to make efforts within its capacity in vaccine development, and give priority to the needs of developing countries including the Association of South-East As ... ( read original story ...)
Israel ordered a second lockdown in response to coronavirus resurge. It’s not going so well.
As one of the few countries to return to a complete lockdown amid resurgent coronavirus infections, Israel is learning that freezing a nation in place is even more difficult the second time around. ( read original story ...)
Israel and Bahrain to formalise diplomatic ties
Israel and Bahrain will officially establish diplomatic relations Sunday at a ceremony in Manama, an Israeli official said, after the two states reached a US-brokered normalisation deal last month. ( read original story ...)
‘Reclaimed Ruins’: Azerbaijan Shows Off Karabakh Conquests
Fighting erupted three weeks ago between Christian ethnic Armenians and Muslim Azerbaijan over a blood-soaked patch of mountains both call part of their ancestral lands. The Azerbaijani side has spent ... ( read original story ...)
Armenia, Azerbaijan Trade Accusations Of Breaking New Truce
The decades-long conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh re-erupted on September 27 Photo: AFP / TOFIK BABAYEV. The ex-Soviet neighbours agreed to a new truc ... ( read original story ...)
Armenia, Azerbaijan report violations of new cease-fire
Armenia and Azerbaijan are trading accusations of violating the new cease-fire in their conflict over the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh territory despite a true announced Saturday that was supposed to t ... ( read original story ...)
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia-Azerbaijan truce broken minutes after deal
Both sides agreed had agreed a truce to start at midnight local time (20:00 GMT Saturday). But an Armenian defence ministry spokeswoman said Azerbaijan broke the ceasefire after just four minutes by ... ( read original story ...)