North Korea severs all ties with South Korea

North Korea is to cut all relations with South Korea, Pyongyang’s official news agency reports.

KCNA said the North was also expelling all South Korean workers from a jointly-run factory north of the border.

The move comes after an international report blamed North Korea for sinking a South Korean warship. (more…)

Mideast peace is a global issue

By Saad Hariri
Previous reconciliation efforts fell on deaf ears, feeding the fanaticism that now plagues the world, says Saad Hariri. The time for arbitration may be at hand.

Hariri to Obama: The time is now for peace with Israel

The Lebanese prime minister tells US president that never before have Arabs been so ready for peace with Israel, but they are frustrated and skeptical about how the situation is developing.

Geagea: Suleiman’s defense strategy is contradictory

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Tuesday said President Michel Suleiman’s latest statement regarding the defense strategy is in contradiction with the inaugural speech. (more…)

Gemayel calls on Syria to prove that Shebaa is Lebanese

Phalange party MP Sami Gemayel on Tuesday called on the Lebanese government to ask Syria to provide official documentation to prove the Lebanese identity of Shebaa Farms.

Gemayel’s remarks came on the occasion of Liberation Day. (more…)

Hezbollah: Syria will never occupy Lebanon again

Hezbollah political bureau member Ghaleb Abu Zeinab said on Tuesday that it is impossible for Syria to return to Lebanon. (more…)

Obama says enough arms for Hezbollah

US President Barack Obama told an unnamed Lebanese official visiting Washington that Hezbollah must stop stockpiling arms because it already has enough. Mahmoud Qomati, deputy president of Hezbollah’s political council, disclosed the information on Tuesday. (more…)

Hariri: If anyone can make peace in ME it is Obama

Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri addressed the Lebanese community during a reception in Washington DC. He said : “If anyone can make peace in the Middle East it is President Obama”.

Hariri met Obama at the white House

President Barack Obama met with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday, May 24, 2010. (more…)

Suleiman: No to monitors of Lebanese-Syrian border

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman told Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV during an interview on Monday that the deployment of international peace-keepers to monitor the Syrian-Lebanese border is not acceptable and will not happen due to the special ties between Lebanon and Syria. (more…)