RIYADH (BNO NEWS) – Saudi Arabia has abandoned efforts to mediate in Lebanon’s political crisis, Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal said on Wednesday in a TV interview. The minister said during the interview with the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV,…

BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) — The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a law that allows patients to seek medical care in another European Union country, the EU Directive on patients’ rights in cross-border health care. Member of the Parliamen…

PORT-AU-PRINCE (BNO NEWS) – Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier was released on Tuesday afternoon after being charged with corruption in Port-au-Prince, the local newspaper Le Nouvelliste reported on Wednesday. Duvalier, who was escorted…

TUNIS, TUNISIA (BNO NEWS) — Tunisian interim leadership on Monday announced the formation of a new government as protests continued in the capital Tunis, France24 news reported. The new government of national unity includes members of the opposit…

BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) — The European Union (EU) on Tuesday concluded two visa-related agreements with Georgia that will enter into force in two months. The EU Council reached one agreement on visa facilitation and another on readmission. Both agree…

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) — Russia and Iran on Monday agreed to continue talks on the controversial Iranian nuclear program ahead of the next round of meetings with he G5+1 group. According to the RIA Novosti news agency, officials of both Iran a…

JERICHO (BNO NEWS) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday reiterated his support towards the creation of an independent Palestinian state as he began his Middle East tour. During a press conference after talks with Palestinian leader Mahm…

LONDON (BNO NEWS) — The British government has refused to allow the official inquiry into the Iraq War to publish the exchanges between former U.S. President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, The Independent reported on…

AMMAN (BNO NEWS) – Jordan’s Islamic Action Front on Tuesday called for the dismissal of the government after exposing evidence of a rigged Parliamentary election, Ammon News reported. Secretary General of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) poli…

MILAN, ITALY (BNO NEWS) — Milan prosecutors on Monday said that the evidence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in regards to the prostitution allegations against him have widened. According to the ANSA news agency, prosecutors have sent a …