BEIRUT — The State Security announced Thursday in a statement the arrest in Hazmieh, east of Beirut, of a Lebanese man identified by the initials A.K., who posed as a cosmetic doctor and allegedly...
"Contacts with Lebanon [regarding Syrians incarcerated there] are ongoing in a positive atmosphere." With these words, Syrian Justice Minister Mazhar al-Oueis tried to sound optimistic on...
BEIRUT — As part of President Emmanuel Macron’s push to bolster regional stability and support state sovereignty, France is working intensively to prevent further escalation in Lebanon and Gaza,...
U.S. Senator Peter Welch, a member of the Democratic Party, was one of four members of congress who spoke at a news conference in Washington DC on Thursday on the need to hold Israel to account for...
BEIRUT — The Litani River Authority announced Thursday that it had sent urgent letters to the interior, industry, and agriculture ministries calling for immediate action after pollution occurred...
Hamas rejected on Thursday a report by Amnesty International that accused the Islamist movement and other armed groups of crimes against humanity during and after the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel...
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri told a delegation from the Lebanese Press Syndicate on Thursday that the May 2026 legislative elections will take place according to the current electoral...
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has called on the joint parliamentary committees to meet on Monday, Dec. 15, to review several pending bills, including those related to two World Bank (WB)...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese police announced in a statement on Thursday the arrest of a man described as "one of the biggest promoters of illegal online gambling." M.A.M., born in 1975 and of...
BEIRUT — The American Task Force for Lebanon (ATFL) delegation, led by Ambassador Edward Gabriel, had separate meetings with Army Commander, Rodolph Haykal, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and former...
BEIRUT — Associations of tenured teachers in Lebanon’s public schools held a general strike on Thursday, joining several public sector unions and threatening to escalate next week if their demands...
Each time, it takes her years to publish a book — months spent conceiving it, feeling it and building it stone by stone, image by image, before it becomes a bestseller. Her work stands as a...
NORTH LEBANON — Heavy rainfall on Thursday flooded both directions of the Beddawi highway, north of Tripoli (North Lebanon), inundating several cars between the Mankoubine area (north entrance to...
South Sudan said Thursday it had reached an agreement with warring parties for it to secure a key oil field in Sudan near the border after the site was seized by paramilitaries. Kordofan, where...
As winter bites in Gaza, displaced Palestinians set out every day to homes destroyed by Israel. There they rip out iron rods from the walls and use them to prop up their flimsy tents or sell to...
Top Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the group is open to a weapons "freeze," but rejects the demand for disarmament put forward in the U.S.-sponsored plan...
BEIRUT — Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir vowed Thursday to destroy the grave of Arab nationalist activist Ezzedine al-Qassam, who is buried in Israel and whose name was given to...
Several MPs, including Amal Movement MP Ali Hassan Khalil and opposition MP Melhem Khalaf confronted the government over the agreement signed with Cyprus on the maritime border, arguing that...
BEIRUT — As feared, the torrential rains brought by the arrival of Storm Byron in the region have wreaked havoc in the devastated Gaza Strip, leading to the death of an infant less than a year old....
Stranded Thai and Cambodian evacuees were split Thursday over the expected intervention of U.S. President Donald Trump to end a decades-long border dispute that has turned their lives upside down....
It's a big day for Alain, 28, who is about to marry Virginie. There’s a religious ceremony at Montreal’s Oratory and a generous banquet bringing together the whole family and friends —...
Preheat the oven to 180 Celsius.Prepare a ramekin or a small mold about 10 centimeters in diameter. Line the inside with parchment paper or butter to prevent the cake from sticking when...
On July 2, 2020, a barely noticed obituary appeared in the pages of L’Orient-Le Jour: Born in Beirut in 1947 to a Lebanese father and Greek mother, Guy Accad, who passed away at 73, had almost no...
“My childhood dream was to belong to the monsters.” This line, from Guillermo del Toro, captures the core of his filmmaking. The Mexican director, known for weaving folklore, faith and the...
Sleighs and glowing Santa Clauses are popping up on the streets, traffic is getting heavier each day near shopping centers, restaurants are starting to promote their holiday menus, and photos of...
The thorny issue of electoral law is back in the spotlight, but the uncertainty remains the same. Fears of a possible delay in the parliamentary elections, scheduled for May 2026, continue to grow,...
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Gebran Tueni, and 18 years since the assassination of Francois al-Hajj, President Joseph Aoun paid homage to both the journalist and the...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army announced Wednesday it arrested H.N., also known as “Hassan Jarrafeh,” in the Palestinian refugee camp Shatila, in Beirut’s southern suburbs. He is accused of running the...
The Banque du Liban (BDL, central bank) announced in a statement the activation, starting Jan. 2, 2026, of a direct contact line with one of its departments to receive complaints and other requests...
Electricité du Liban (EDL) announced in a statement on Thursday that it had been forced to cut power production and distribution since the previous day due to the delayed arrival of a tanker...
Thirteen men from the border town of Arsal (Baalbek-Hermel) who has been arrested by Syrian authorities for smuggling fuel oil and goods into Syria were released Wednesday after two months and ten...
Recently, a lot of words and ideas have totally lost their original meaning, constantly chewed and spit out into TikTok buzzwords and Instagram infographics. But is that what makes something...
On Monday, the Financial Times confirmed that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will not head the Board of Peace that U.S. President Donald Trump envisioned to temporarily administer...
Like a judge issuing a ruling, with his husky voice and clipped delivery, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam launched the Rafik Hariri Park project in Beirut on Tuesday. The event drew little...
The diplomatic track is steadily gaining traction to contain any potential Israeli escalation. Regional countries are witnessing a notable diplomatic and political push, particularly along the...
Russia wants a package of documents agreed to underpin a long-term and sustainable peace deal in Ukraine with security guarantees for all parties involved, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said...
As internal political divisions intensify, statements attributed to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri about a possible repeat of the events of Feb. 6, 1984, have begun circulating in the media.While...
“Israel passed on chance to kill Hamas leaders before Oct. 7 to maintain Gaza calm, testimony shows,” Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth headlined Tuesday, citing a report from an army investigation...
21:51 Beirut Time Thank you for following our live feed, we’ll be back tomorrow morning. 20:17 Beirut Time Over 800,000 Palestinians in Gaza at risk of flooding...
The Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza announced in a statement that many families forcibly displaced within the besieged enclave are now trapped in flooded tents, as Storm Byron struck Gaza...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Dec. 11 2025 Some key things to watch today:10 a.m. Meeting at the invitation of the Lebanese Observatory for Workers'...
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
