American journalist Nicholas Frakes has been released from a military prison in Lebanon, after he was accused of providing a livestream of protests in the capital to an Israeli-based news organisation. Taking to Twitter, Frakes wrote: "I've been released from custody. It’s good to be back. Did I miss anything?" The New Arab broke Frakes' story on Monday, a reporter who had covered the recent protests in the country for ...
![US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement to the press before a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office on January 2, 2014 in Jerusalem. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Israel/000_Nic6281007.jpg?itok=1AImwQSY "US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement to the press before a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office on January 2, 2014 in Jerusalem. [AFP]")
![Nelson Mandela with Gen. Tadesse Beru (Left). In 1962, Mandela was issued an Ethiopian passport under the name David Motsamayi, which he used on his tour of several African countries. [Nazret.com]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/mandela-ethiopiar.jpg?itok=FSdznDmB "Nelson Mandela with Gen. Tadesse Beru (Left). In 1962, Mandela was issued an Ethiopian passport under the name David Motsamayi, which he used on his tour of several African countries. [Nazret.com]")
![Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Israel/000_Nic6275516.jpg?itok=RUFio-YU "Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. [AFP]")
![Although allowing women to hold Torah scrolls isn't too common in the Orthodox community, it is not prohibited. [Illustrative photo: Members of Women of the Wall wear prayer shawls as they read from the Torah and pray at Robinson's Arch, near the Western Wall in Jerusalem earlier this year (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/Israel_Jew_Women_Holding_Torah.jpg?itok=4YaX980X "Although allowing women to hold Torah scrolls isn't too common in the Orthodox community, it is not prohibited. [Illustrative photo: Members of Women of the Wall wear prayer shawls as they read from the Torah and pray at Robinson's Arch, near the Western Wall in Jerusalem earlier this year (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)]")
![Arnon Milchan and singer/actor Justin Timberlake [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/180986887.jpg?itok=ePZfmwkm "Arnon Milchan and singer/actor Justin Timberlake [Getty Images]")
