French right-wing leader Marine Le Pen faced controversy during her visit to Lebanon when she refused to wear a headscarf for a meeting with Lebanon’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdul-Latif Derian, the country’s most prominent Sunni Muslim cleric. The meeting was subsequently canceled at the last minute. Le Pen’s refusal to wear a headscarf stirred a response from her, stating, “You... 

A MiG-29 fighter jet performs a maneuver as the Russian national flag flies in the foreground, during the MAKS-2009 international air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, August 22, 2009. Russia is to supply Syria with warplanes, defense apparatuses and military vehicles in a move that would irk Israel and the United States. Head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Military Cooperation Mikhail Dmitriyev... 

Lebanese Sorcerer A Lebanese man charged with sorcery and sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia is scheduled to be beheaded on Friday, the man’s lawyer said Wednesday. May El Khansa, the attorney for Ali Hussain Sibat, told CNN that she and Sibat’s family were informed about the upcoming execution. She said she heard from a source in Saudi Arabia with knowledge of the case and the proceedings...