The Israeli Army stepped up its presence along the border with Lebanon deploying armored tanks and setting up fortifications as it intensified airspace violations in the area, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported Thursday.In "unusual military activity," the Israeli Army

The organizing committee of the Beiteddine Festival dismissed on Thursday reports carried by Hizbullah's Al-Manar television and other pro-opposition media outlets that Moroccan-Jewish stand-up comedian Gad Elmaleh was pro-Israeli and served in the Israeli Army.

Germany has ratified a 2008 agreement banning cluster bombs and destroying stockpiles that has been spurned by the US and other powers, German Deputy Foreign Minister Gernot Erler said on Thursday at the start of a two-day international conference in

Ninety lawmakers re-elected on Thursday Amal Movement leader Nabih Berri as Parliament speaker for a fifth consecutive term. Directly following the election, President Michel Sleiman announced he will carry binding post-election parliamentary consultations for the post of prime minister starting

Qatari Premier Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jaber al-Thani told Al-Jazeera TV on Wednesday evening that the "goals" of the Doha agreement, which put an end to street clashes between pro-government and opposition gunmen in May 2008 "have been achieved."

Rami Nemer, head of the board of directors of First National Bank (FNB), praised on Thursday the performance of the Lebanese banking sector and its resilience to the global financial crisis during a lunch hosted by the bank. "The Lebanese