The second Annual Conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) got under way in Beirut on Thursday with a dire warning: We are not doing enough to prevent catastrophe.With less than three weeks to go before the

Officials from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) tasked with prosecuting suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri visited Lebanon last week, the courts Defense Office said Wednesday.Franois Roux, head of the Defense Office, and his team

Specific traffic measures are to be taken Friday and Sunday in Beirut for the Independence Day military show and its rehearsal, the Internal Security Forces announced in a communique on Thursday.During rehearsal Friday from 5 a.m. until the end of

The body of Aoun Chekri Bou Aoun born 1950 in Kartaba was found in a park 5 meters away from his home in the village of Mghayri, near the coastal town of Byblos, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported

The Internal Security Forces (ISF) arrested on Thursday in the southern suburbs of Beirut a notorious car thief, security sources reported. The 23-year-old suspect had allegedly organized a large number of car thefts and kidnappings and had several arrest warrants

The government commissioner at the Military Tribunal Judge Saqr Saqr filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the suspected killer, after last weeks murder of First Adjutant Charbel Jarjoura. Saqr filed a case against a Jordanian suspect of Palestinian origins, Youssef

Indonesia is deploying more peacekeepers to Lebanon to join the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Some 1,125 army, navy and air force personnel will arrive next week, replacing the current 1,000-strong contingent. The first group of 225 replacements

A woman and her three children were found dead in their home in the Metn town of Bhersaf, a security source toldThe Daily StarThursday night. The sources added that Paul Jalkh returned home to find his wife Grace, 40, and

Departure lounges at the Rafik Hariri International Airport are bustling with activity as hundreds of pilgrims begin their journey to the holy city of Mecca.The pilgrims are all hoping to fulfill their religious duty in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Partial smoking bans in Lebanon have had some success but are undermined by lack of enforcement and wide acceptance of public smoking, a study by the American University of Beirut (AUB) has found.Researchers at the universitys Department of Health Behavior

As the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child marks its 20th anniversary Friday, the head of United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in Lebanon said he is encouraged by the countrys dedication to protecting younger citizens.With 193 ratifications, the