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A Lebanese minister says the government hopes to start sending back tens of thousands of Syrian refugees within months

Minister presents 'humane, honorable, patriotic' repatriation plan to President Michel Aoun; UN agency tells Lebanon to respect exiles' right to return of their own volition

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BEIRUT: Lebanon plans to start sending back tens of thousands of Syrian refugees within months over objections by the UN and rights groups, a minister said in an interview on Wednesday. Lebanon has one of the world’s highest numbers of refugees per capita and currently hosts over 1 million Syrians who fled the decade-old conflict. Officials say the influx has cost Lebanon

Lebanon hosts about 1.5 million Syrians refugees who have fled a brutal, decade-old conflict in their home country.

The U.S., South Korean, and Japanese trilateral summit on the sidelines of the NATO summit signals progress on several key U.S. objectives in Asia. Washington has long sought improved relations between Seoul and Tokyo to enable focusing on the common Chinese and North Korea threats, as well as both allies assuming a large regional security role. The summit meetings come amid other encouraging signs for greater alliance cohesion in Asia.

Authorities have unlawfully banned peaceful gatherings of the LGBTI community, violating constitutional rights to equality, free expression, and free assembly.

Lebanese authorities have unlawfully banned peaceful gatherings of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, the Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression in Lebanon said today.

Taking a look at how Japan might build a more cohesive Korean Peninsula policy, making room for different visions and potential unification or regime changes.

Three newspapers: Apogveumatini and Macedonia (Salonika) and the National Herald (New York) reported on June 20 and July 10, 1936, regarding the detention of Greek prisoners of war some 14 years after the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne in July, 1923. The wording of the POWs' story is similar in t