Tag: Lebanon
Lebanon plans law to stem growing child marriage trend
At 13, Samiha left school and the home she shared with 10 people near Baalbek in eastern Lebanon to live…
Lebanese wife-beater convicted under new law
A Lebanese man who beat his wife has been jailed for nine months in the first such conviction under a…
Lebanon extradites Berlusconi ally to Italy over mafia links
Lebanon extradited to Italy on Friday a 72-year old ally of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi who is wanted by…
Saudi pledges $3 bn to Lebanese army
Saudi Arabia has pledged $3 billion for the Lebanese army to buy equipment from France, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman announced…
Nigeria’s Sand Eagles Win Copa Lagos 2013
Edwin Usoboh Nigeria’ Super Sand Eagles showed their supremacy in beach soccer as they won all their matches of the…
Car bombs at mosques kill 29 in Lebanon
Powerful car bombs exploded Friday outside two Sunni mosques in a Lebanese city riven by strife over the war in…
Israel hits Lebanon after rocket attack
The Israeli air force carried out an attack in Lebanon on Friday, the army said, hours after militants there fired…
Britain identifies citizen killed in Nigeria
Britain has revealed the identity of its citizen killed by Nigeria’s terror group, Anasaru. He was Brendan Vaughan. He was…