Justice minister: Funding STL will be up to the cabinet

Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi told OTV on Saturday that any change in the protocol between Lebanon and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) will be up to the cabinet and not him. (more…)

Death toll rises to 87 in Norway explosion, camp shooting

A homegrown terrorist set off a deadly explosion in downtown Oslo before heading to a summer camp dressed as a police officer to commit one of the deadliest shooting sprees in history, killing at least 80 people as terrified youths ran and even swam for their lives, police said today. (more…)

Norway struck by 2 deadly attacks. 17 killed

A 32-year-old Norwegian man was in custody, officials said Friday, after two attacks earlier in the day that killed at least 17 people — attacks police said are definitely linked. (more…)

Syrian forces kill 11 people during mass protests

rces shot dead at least 11 people during mass protests on Friday against President Bashar al-Assad, rights activists and witnesses said.

Five civilians were killed overnight in Homs, (more…)

A Syrian youth murders a woman in Metn after attempted rape

A 16-year-old Syrian boy slit an elderly Lebanese woman’s throat after he attempted to rape her in her own apartment in the the Metn town of Dahr as-Sawan. (more…)

Jumblatt was touched by Hariri’s kind words

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt has revealed that he held a phone conversation with former PM Saad Hariri Thursday morning and was touched by his ( Hariri’s) kind words (more…)

Maronite patriarchate’s secretary Toq dies from a heart attack

Voice of Lebanon reported that Maronite patriarchate’s secretary, Monsignor Youssef Toq passed away. He died from a heart attack and will be buried at his hometown of Besharri in northern Lebanon on Saturday. (more…)

Syrian cities erupt in protests after Friday prayers

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Syria after Friday prayers, activists and witnesses said, protesting against President Bashar al-Assad and defying an intensified military crackdown on their uprising. (more…)

Attacks kill 5 civilians in Syria’s Homs

At least five civilians were killed overnight as tanks attacked districts in the Syrian city of Homs during a crackdown on a growing campaign of civil disobedience against President Bashar al-Assad, residents said on Friday. (more…)

UN envoy: 1701 holding up, but Syrian upheaval worries Lebanon

The ceasefire imposed by the UN Security Council that ended the war between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon in 2006 is holding up “very well,” the U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams said Thursday. (more…)