A security source told L'Orient-Le Jour that reports circulating about the arrest of a "cell" linked to the Islamic State group (IS, or Daesh in Arabic) Monday in Beirut's...
More than 170 non-governmental organizations called on Tuesday for a U.S.- and Israeli-backed food aid distribution scheme in Gaza to be dismantled over concerns it is putting civilians at risk of...
A U.N. expert has named over 60 companies, including major arms manufacturers and technology firms, in a report alleging their involvement in supporting Israeli settlements and military actions in...
The Directorate General of General Security announced Tuesday new measures to "offer additional facilities to Syrian nationals and Palestinian refugees from Syria who wish to return to their...
Hezbollah MP Ibrahim Moussawi stated on Tuesday that "it is the weapon of the resistance that liberated and protected Lebanon" and that his party will remain "firmly committed"...
As the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) expires at the end of August, a joint delegation from the French ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Armed Forces visited...
Lama al-Amine, who was the victim of racist remarks on Friday at Beirut airport by a General Security officer, stated on Tuesday that the president, Joseph Aoun, "contacted her personally to...
The Lebanese response to the American roadmap was to be finalized on Tuesday evening, L'Orient-Le Jour learned from an informed source. Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri will then submit it to...
BEIRUT — While meeting a delegation from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) headed by the new peacekeeping force's Commander General Diodato Abagnara on Tuesday, Prime...
After a relatively calm night in southern Lebanon, Tuesday saw a drone strike that lightly injured two people, according to information from L'Orient Today's correspondent in the region....
Residents of the villages of Der Mimes, al-Moulouk, Qlayaa, and Jdeidet Marjayoun in southern Lebanon held a sit-in on Tuesday to protest against the waste fires in the village of Kfar Tebnit...
A U.N. expert has named over 60 companies, including major arms manufacturers and technology firms, in a report alleging their involvement in supporting Israeli settlements and military actions in...
Turkish police arrested more than 120 people in the opposition stronghold of Izmir on Tuesday, hours before a key rally in Istanbul, in the latest move targeting President Recep Tayyip...
Angry protesters rallied in Istanbul on Tuesday despite a heavy police presence, shouting threats following allegations that a satirical magazine published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed....
Israel's military said Tuesday that it had expanded its operations in Gaza, where residents reported fierce gunfire and shelling days ahead of a planned trip to Washington by Prime Minister...
Their names were Afaf Chahrour, Nazareth Entiro and Roa Zein. Israeli strikes killed them last Friday and Saturday in southern Lebanon.The three women are among at least 250 people killed by the...
BEIRUT — Over a week after the cease-fire ended hostilities between Iran and Israel, the flight schedule at Beirut International Airport continues to evolve according to the decisions of airlines...
Just a few days after the American strikes on the Fordow nuclear facilities in Iran on June 22, satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies and reported in an article by the New York Times...
BEIRUT — After a one-hour delay, the Lebanese Parliament resumed its session on Tuesday at noon — continuing from Monday — after finally securing the required quorum of 65 MPs. According to LBCI,...
On paper, Israel's ambitious vision for a "new Middle East" aims to establish stability in a region gripped by conflict for nearly two years — even if it requires force. In practice, however, it...
In Africa's turbulent Sahel region, the Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM jihadist group is expanding its influence by repeated massacres, food distribution and signing pacts with local authorities to...
Several Italian regions banned outdoor work during the hottest hours of the day, France shut scores of schools and Spain confirmed last month as its hottest June on record as a severe heatwave...
Included in the ministerial declaration, the revival of Qleiaat Airport (Akkar) — around which a prolonged political tug-of-war has been playing out for years — is considered a government priority,...
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) could start handing over its weapons "within days", a spokesman for Turkey's ruling AK Party said on Tuesday, the clearest sign yet that efforts to...
German authorities announced Tuesday the arrest of a man in Denmark suspected of working for Iranian intelligence services to spy on Jewish organizations and individuals in Berlin. The Danish...
An Algerian court upheld on Tuesday a five-year prison sentence being served by French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal for undermining national unity, Ennahar TV said, prompting a call for clemency...
The most senior U.N. official in Iran said Tuesday the organization's humanitarian and development aid budget to the country would need to be doubled following the war with Israel. Stefan...
BEIRUT — The committee of Employees of the Cooperative of Civil Servants announced in a statement on Tuesday a strike on Thursday "in affirmation of [the] unified stance against the policy of...
Post-mortems on two Azerbaijani brothers who died in Russian police custody have shown that they were beaten to death, authorities in the South Caucasus country said on Tuesday as tensions rose...
Palestinian authorities announced Monday the death of a 22-year-old Palestinian who had been detained in Israel for over a year, where prisoners according to them are subjected to "systemic...
To the world, Oliver de Gemmayzeh appears only in all-black attire — a kind of grieving silhouette, yet always cheerful, roaming the streets of Beirut. Everything about him is instantly...
The standoff over how expatriates will vote in the next legislative elections is intensifying. On one side are those advocating for a proper amendment to the current electoral law, allowing...
The young man’s heart was sliced from his chest and placed on his body. His name was No. 56 on a handwritten list of 60 dead that included his cousins, neighbors and at least six children from...
Lebanon adopted a stance of neutrality in the recent direct confrontation between Israel and Iran, one that is constrained, shaped as much by the balance of power as by Hezbollah’s political...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he expects to travel to the United States next week for meetings with President Donald Trump, after a "great victory" in a...
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo as violence surged in the east this year, leaving thousands without...
BEIRUT — Foreign Minister, Joe Rajji, told the news channel Sky News Arabia on Tuesday that Lebanon will indirectly benefit from the lifting of sanctions against Syria, according to the Foreign...
BEIRUT — This week, fuel prices in Lebanon (95 and 98 octane gasoline, diesel) continue their increase. Gas prices are also rising, only slightly, this week, according to the latest schedule...
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced Tuesday that two people, including a 15-year-old teenager, were killed by the Israeli military before dawn in the occupied West Bank. "Amjad Nassar...
Israeli planes and tanks struck heavily in north and south Gaza on Tuesday, destroying clusters of homes, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's confidant was in Washington, expected...
"This is just the beginning of the battle," said an anti-Hezbollah MP on Monday to L’Orient-Le Jour, summing up the mood of a camp determined to push through a key amendment to Lebanon’s...
As part of her investigation into the illegal online gambling case, which came to light nearly two weeks ago, acting prosecutor for financial crimes Dora al-Khazen issued a travel ban on Friday...
More than 130 international charities, including Oxfam, Save the Children, and Amnesty International, have called for the immediate closure of the Israeli and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian...
Russia's air defense units destroyed 60 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday. Most of the drones were destroyed over regions in southwest Russia and over...
Iran-linked hackers have threatened to disclose more emails stolen from U.S. President Donald Trump's circle, after distributing a prior batch to the media ahead of the 2024 U.S. election. In...
The death toll from a powerful explosion at an Indian chemical factory has risen to 36, as search and rescue operations continued for a second day Tuesday, officials said. The blast in Sangareddy...
More than 14 million of the world's most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die because of the Trump administration's dismantling of U.S. foreign aid, research...
UK campaign group Palestine Action on Monday said it would challenge its planned proscription as a terrorist group, as the British government said it could be banned by the end of the week. The...
A handful of Syrian camps, set up along the banks of the Litani River in the Bekaa region and accused of causing pollution, have been dismantled in recent days following an evacuation order from...
South Africa has asked for more time to negotiate a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration before his higher tariff regime goes into effect on July 9, Pretoria's trade...
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
Lebanese, Israeli delegation to meet in Washington; Lebanon files UN complaint against Iran: Everything you need to know this Thursday
