Iran moves four US prisoners to house arrest
Four American prisoners in Iran were released Thursday into house arrest, family members said, raising hopes of a deal to allow them to leave the country. The headway on...
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Nusaned: Rebuilding Beirut sustainably
Nusaned depicts itself as a humanitarian, community-based volunteer organization. Interior architect Charbel Tawil joined the NGO on Aug. 4, 2020, after architect and Nusaned vice-president Rana...
Yasmina ABOU-HAKA, 10 August 2023
Finance Minister receives final BDL audit report
Caretaker Finance Minister Youssef Khalil was presented Thursday with the forensic audit of Banque du Liban's (BDL) accounts, as carried out by the Alvarez & Marsal firm, the ministry's press...
10 August 2023
A state asset trust fund. Extensive decentralization: The price of Bassil’s support for a Frangieh presidency
Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) MPs said it clearly. They are ready to support any candidate for the presidency, including Marada leader Sleiman Frangieh (their rival and Hezbollah’s favorite), if...
Salah Hijazi, 10 August 2023
Car of caretaker Defense Minister struck by bullet in Beirut
BEIRUT — The press office of caretaker Defense Minister Maurice Slim issued a statement Thursday that the minister was doing well after a bullet hit his car. According to the statement, the bullet...
10 August 2023
Iskandar takes state liability action against Abou Samra for Salameh case
BEIRUT — Helene Iskandar, the head of the state legal department, confirmed to L'Orient-Le Jour on Thursday that she presented an action for damages against the State caused by "the serious...
10 August 2023
Berri sets parliamentary legislative session for Aug. 17
BEIRUT — On Thursday, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri scheduled a parliamentary legislative session for Thursday, Aug. 17 at 11 a.m. to discuss bills and proposals, though the exact agenda...
10 August 2023
US, Canada and Britain sanction Riad Salameh
BEIRUT — The US Treasury, in coordination with Britain and Canada, on Thursday announced new sanctions against Riad Salameh, Lebanon's former central bank chief. Salameh's "corrupt and...
10 August 2023
Iran officially invites Berri to visit Tehran
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met on Thursday with head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian parliament, Vahid Jalalzadeh, who officially invited Berri to...
10 August 2023
Homosexuality in Iraq is now considered ‘sexual deviance’
Media outlets operating in Iraq are now required to use the term “Sexual deviance” to refer to homosexuality. In a statement published Tuesday, and reported by Reuters, the country’s media...
Léontine Gallois, 10 August 2023
Swedish Embassy in Beirut targeted by Molotov cocktail
BEIRUT — The Swedish Embassy in Lebanon told L'Orient Today on Thursday that an unknown man threw a Molotov cocktail at the embassy's headquarters on Wednesday evening without causing any...
Wael Taleb, 10 August 2023
Presidential election: Geagea again voices opposition to dialogue
BEIRUT — On Thursday, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea again expressed his refusal to take part in any dialogue related to the presidential election. The election of a new Lebanese president has...
10 August 2023
Kuwait bans 'Barbie' film over 'public ethics' concerns
Kuwait has barred the hit film Barbie from cinemas over concerns about "public ethics," officials have said, also confirming a separate ban on a horror movie featuring a transgender actor....
10 August 2023
Kahaleh shootout: Reactions and funerals. Find our Live blog here
20:46 Beirut Time A number of opposition MPs issues a joint statement denouncing "a horrific, militia-style attack under the watchful eye of the security forces and the army, who...
10 August 2023
Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant in occupied West Bank clash
Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead a Palestinian militant in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials and a relative of the deceased said, as the army reported "counterterrorism activity" in...
10 August 2023
US accuses Sudan of threatening to expel UN mission
The United States on Wednesday accused Sudan of having threatened to expel the United Nations mission from the war-torn country if the UN envoy, already in Khartoum's crosshairs, speaks before the...
10 August 2023
Infographics: Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps
Following the clashes that started on July 29 in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in South Lebanon between different Palestinian factions, L’Orient-Le Jour created maps depicting Palestinian...
Guilhem DORANDEU, 10 August 2023
Fatal Kahaleh shootout, testimony in Lynn Taleb case, bad news for ‘Barbie’: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. At least two people, including a Hezbollah member, were killed yesterday evening in a shootout in Kahaleh, Aley, following the...
10 August 2023
Two shot dead after Hezbollah-owned truck overturns in Kahaleh
BEIRUT — At least two people, including a Hezbollah member, were killed on Wednesday evening in a shootout in Kahaleh, Aley, following the overturning of a Hezbollah-owned truck. The incident...
