BEIRUT — The General Prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, Ghada Aoun, filed charges on Thursday against Banque du Liban Governor Riad Salameh, his wife, and actress Stephanie Saliba,...
Will State Litigation Department head Hélène Iskandar’s efforts to protect Lebanon’s interests in the case against BDL Governor Riad Salameh be successful? Beirut’s first investigating...
BEIRUT — US Justice Department announced on Thursday the seizure of 13 web domains associated with Hezbollah, in an effort to "deny terrorist organizations and affiliates significant sources of...
BEIRUT — Two prisoners recently died in Roumieh prison — Lebanon's main prison, located in Metn — the Internal Security Forces (ISF) confirmed in a statement on Thursday. The ISF indicated that...
BEIRUT — A Lebanese man detained in the United Arab Emirates has died in custody, a Lebanese diplomatic source confirmed to L'Orient-Le Jour , without giving further information on the exact date...
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers plans to introduce a bill on Thursday intended to bar the U.S. government from recognizing Bashar al-Assad as Syria's president and enhance Washington's ability...
Lebanon has faced triple-digit inflation for the past three years. But what does it mean for the average customer when we say that the annual inflation rate reached 171% in 2022? Our minds can...
JERUSALEM — A year after the Israeli army fatally shot Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh while she was covering an army raid, family and friends say her killers are yet to be held...
KHARTOUM — The UN on Thursday urged countries with influence in Africa to help end the conflict in Sudan after reported progress in truce talks between the army and the rival paramilitary Rapid...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army detained dozens of Syrian men Thursday morning in Mansourieh near Beirut after an alleged dispute between them the previous night, an army spokesperson told L'Orient...
Dania Atabani, a member of the resistance committee in the Maamoura neighborhood of Khartoum, is part of the recent citizen mobilizations against the military rule in Sudan. After participating...
A survey by the closely-watched pollster Konda on Thursday showed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan lagging behind his main rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu by more than five percentage points ahead of...
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati wants to avoid political headaches. He continues to run the country amid a presidential vacancy without provoking the Christian parties, despite strained...
BEIRUT — Former Lebanese Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi died on Thursday at the age of 71 after a long illness, people close to him told L'Orient-Le Jour . His death was also reported by the...
BEIRUT — Marada Movement leader Sleiman Frangieh visited the Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Bukhari, Thursday morning in Yarze just south of Beirut, an adviser to Frangieh who requested...
BEIRUT — Kataeb leader Sami Gemayel on Wednesday evening criticized what he said was Hezbollah's role in the country's presidential election deadlock, warning against a new "civil war" should the...
Fighting raged in the Sudanese capital and a city to the south Wednesday, residents said, pushing more people to undertake dangerous journeys to safety across the country's borders....
Israel's army and Gaza militants traded heavy cross-border fire overnight, with at least 22 Palestinians killed over two days in the worst escalation of violence to hit the coastal territory in...
The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad announced on Thursday that a pre-dawn Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip had killed one of its military leaders. "Ali Ghali......
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Imad Salamey, an associate professor of Middle Eastern political affairs at the Lebanese American University, told L’Orient...
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
