I don’t say peace with Israel, but truce, and through the non-alignment policy, Lebanon will stop being used by the Americans or by the Iranians.

Israeli military and naval commanders were taken by surprise by Rear Adm. Andrei Baranov’s disclosure that 10 Russian warships are already anchored at the Syrian port of Tartus

The United Nations nuclear watchdog declared on Monday that it had reached a “dead end” in its year-long effort to get Iran to clarify whether it covertly researched the development of a nuclear weapon.

AIG, the troubled insurer that sits at the heart of the financial system, on Monday had its key credit ratings cut, potentially triggering billions of dollars of collateral payments on its many derivatives trades.

Asian stock markets plunged Tuesday after the collapse of Lehman Brothers caused a meltdown on Wall Street

As an arm of the UN, UNIFIL is tasked with carrying out UN policy in Lebanon, and its actions can be considered to be an indicator of UN policy

As this is a compilation of public statements, this doesn’t seem to be anything really juicy like a leak of classified documents, but it is certainly interesting and perhaps useful for research.

Another MP said that Alusi’s visit to Israel had “crossed all red lines” and was a “provocation of Iraqi and Arab sensibilities.”

The Syrian Army is attacking several towns and villages in Lebanon. Lebanese President Sleiman doesn’t seem to mind.

Like the Russian air contingent, the Russian flotilla is also bigger and more formidable than Russian and Venezuelan spokesmen have indicated.

Washington is testing the Turkish government’s response to the permanent anchoring of US warships at either of the two Georgian ports of Poti or Batumi.

“We’ve got to play hardball,” says Republican Palin, 44, in an interview.