Canada has added four transnational extremist and insurgent groups to its list of foreign terrorist entities, Canada's Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said in a statement on...
BEIRUT — Public school teachers in Lebanon will observe a strike on Thursday, "due to the government's ongoing stalling tactics and its refusal to place the issue of salary adjustments on...
BEIRUT — The first investigative judge of Beirut, Roula Osman, postponed on Wednesday the hearing in the Forry associates case to Jan. 28, 2026. This case, in which former Central Bank of Lebanon...
GENEVA — Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif urged the United States to guarantee the security of the Druze community in Syria to prevent a recurrence of intense violence earlier this year...
SOUTH LEBANON — The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced Wednesday that Israeli forces fired on one of its patrols the previous day in Sarda (Marjayoun district), in the south...
COPENHAGEN — Iceland will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, the country's public broadcaster RUV said on Wednesday, after the event's organizer, the European Broadcasting...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Information Minister Paul Morcos met Wednesday with the family of photojournalist Samir Kassab, who went missing in October 2013 while reporting near Aleppo during the Syrian...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said the parliamentary Finance Committee has approved extra funding for the Council for Development and Reconstruction, the Council for the South, and the...
The American Task Force for Lebanon (ATFL) delegation, led by Ambassador Edward Gabriel, held separate meetings with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea to...
Leaders of Britain, France and Germany discussed with U.S. President Donald Trump ongoing U.S.-led peace talks for Ukraine, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office said on Wednesday,...
A U.S. judge in Manhattan on Wednesday allowed for the public release of records from a grand jury investigation into Jeffrey Epstein because of a law recently passed by Congress, the latest in a...
Note: Preparation should start 24 hours in advance of your dinner.The brineDefrost the turkey.Place all ingredients except the turkey in a pot and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the...
The Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) convened an emergency meeting on Thursday, after all member institutions received a letter on Tuesday from Banque du Liban (BDL, central bank) Governor...
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa stated Wednesday from Ain al-Tineh, following a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, that "just because Lebanese-Israeli talks have begun does...
On March 19, 2023, in Paris, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Radio France Inter: “The Palestinian people are a less than one hundred year old invention. Do they have a history, a...
BEIRUT — The storm dubbed "Byron," which has already lashed parts of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, reached Israel and Gaza on Wednesday, where roughly 850,000 people are currently in 761...
BEIRUT — Lebanon and the European Union signed a 132 million euros (around $154 million) package of agreements on Wednesday aimed at boosting security, stability and border management in the...
On Thursday, Dec. 11, at Saint-Sulpice in Paris, renowned Franco-Lebanese soprano Marie-Josée Matar will once again headline the charity concert organized by conductor Hugues Reiner. This...
The Higher Council of Lebanese Customs imposed last week a record high fine on the owner of the Hawk III ship, according to press reports, which L’Orient-Le Jour was able to confirm with a source...
Tarek Bitar, the investigating judge handling the Beirut port blast case, received authorization to travel to Bulgaria to question the owner of the Rhosus, the ship that carried the ammonium...
BEIRUT — Syria has no Lebanese detainees remaining in its prisons, and contacts with Beirut over Syrians held in Lebanon are “continuing positively,” Syrian Justice Minister Mazhar Abdel-Rahman...
The U.S. Department of Defence approved this weekend “the potential sale” of M1085A2 and M1078A2 Medium Tactical Vehicles and related equipment to Lebanon, for an estimated cost of $90.5 million....
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a...
If The Guardian is correct, Israeli agents carried out extensive surveillance of U.S. forces and allied personnel deployed at the Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC), which has been...
At least two people have been killed in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours during Israeli attacks, with five others wounded and transferred to hospitals, according to the latest update from the...
Nearly 190 Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli forces, entered the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Wednesday. They moved across the mosque's esplanade in groups, according to the...
Israel has given final approval for 764 housing units to be built in three settlements in the occupied West Bank, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Wednesday. The ultra-nationalist...
BEIRUT — Lebanon stands at a critical juncture, Kataeb Party leader Samy Gemayel said Wednesday, warning that Hezbollah’s decisions in the coming period could either stabilize the country or plunge...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Rajji on Wednesday apologized for declining an invitation from his Iranian counterpart to visit Tehran, saying he is open to meeting instead in a neutral...
“ A Christmas of Solidarity ” allows parents to come and choose the gift they want to give their child. This year, the event will take place on Dec. 17 or 18, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., at the...
BEIRUT — Lebanon must shift from a rentier, consumption-driven and import-dependent economy to a productive, investment-led model capable of competing internationally, Economy Minister Amer Bisat...
BEIRUT — Around 100 Palestinians were detained in pre-dawn raids across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, in what Palestinian rights groups described as one of the largest arrest campaigns in...
In the campaign video against digital violence by the feminist association FEMALE, Lebanese actress Rita Hayek looks terrified as she receives abusive messages sent to her at all hours. This...
BEIRUT — The Maronite League, a private, non-profit organization of prominent Lebanese Christian Maronites, expressed “great satisfaction” Wednesday over recent diplomatic developments following...
Israel and Bolivia are set to restore diplomatic relations on Tuesday, the Israeli foreign ministry announced, two years after Bolivia severed ties with the country over the Gaza war. Israel's...
The body of the last Thai national held hostage in Gaza since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel was returned home on Wednesday, Thailand's foreign ministry said. The remains of Sudthisak...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun concluded his official visit to the Sultanate of Oman on Wednesday, where he held a private meeting with Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq in the Council Hall of the al-Alam...
Six lawyers and 16 notaries public filed, last week, an appeal before the State Shura Council to invalidate Circulars 1,355 and 1,438 (which clarifies the first), dated Oct. 3, by Justice Minister...
BEIRUT — Washington continues to hold talks with Ankara over Turkey’s potential reentry into the F-35 fighter jet program, U.S. envoy and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said, as the two NATO...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order designating one of the country’s most prominent Muslim civil rights groups, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, as a “foreign...
SOUR — A man in a three-story building between the towns of Mansouri and Byout al-Siyad in the Sour district received a threatening call on Tuesday night, reportedly from the Israeli army,...
The arch at the main entrance of the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) still stands. Beyond the gate, the frame of the enclave's leading academic institution comes into view. Eighty percent of...
Like a ghost in the night, Bilal Shorba, the artist they call the "Syrian Banksy," slipped through the rubble of Daraya to paint his murals, praying that Bashar al-Assad's gunners...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:10 a.m. Finance Minister Yassin Jaber and EU...
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
