The United Nations Security Council was unable on Tuesday to renew an operation delivering aid to some 4 million people in rebel-held northwest Syria, after Russia vetoed a ninth-month extension...
Police evicted a Palestinian family from their home in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem Tuesday to make way for Jewish settlers after a long legal battle, officials and an AFP correspondent said....
BEIRUT — The Lebanese judiciary sentenced journalist Dima Sadek to one-year of imprisonment on Monday over a lawsuit filed three years ago by head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil,...
In a recent report, Mercy Corps highlighted a large discrepancy in Lebanon’s import data. “During economic crises, imports are expected to decline due to high costs and changes in consumption...
Russia on Tuesday vetoed at the UN Security Council a nine-month renewal of an aid operation delivering assistance to some 4 million people in rebel-held northwest Syria from Turkey and then failed...
Thousands of protesters blockaded Israel's main airport and major highways on Tuesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right coalition pressed ahead with a justice bill that has opened...
BEIRUT — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs instructed on Tuesday the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations in New York to file a complaint with the UN's Secretary-General over Israel's...
Indonesia's coast guard said on Tuesday it seized an Iranian-flagged supertanker suspected of involvement in the illegal transshipment of crude oil, and vowed to toughen maritime patrols. The MT...
The United Nations said hate speech was on the rise everywhere after the UN Human Rights Council held a debate Tuesday to address recent Quran-burning incidents. The events...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese judiciary issued a verdict for the imprisonment of Lebanese Journalist Dima Sadek on Monday, according to court documents seen by L'Orient Today. The verdict, which...
A United Nations expert on Tuesday said Israel had transformed the occupied Palestinian territories into an "open-air prison" through widespread detentions of Palestinians. Francesca Albanese, the...
On Tuesday, the ministry of Environment and the Civil Defense issued a statement warning about an increased risk of wildfires in most regions of Lebanon starting Thursday due to high temperatures....
BEIRUT — On the 17th anniversary of the July 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally, denounced Israel's annexation of the northern part...
His position was firm… up to a point. In his Sunday homily, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai rejected the notion of “appointments [made out] of necessity,” referring to the caretaker cabinet’s...
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces (ISF) said Tuesday they had arrested two suspects after videos of employees hurting infants at the Garderêve daycare in Jdeideh, Metn, caused shockwaves across...
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on the International Criminal Court to investigate possible "war crimes" in Sudan's Darfur region where fighting has intensified despite calls for an end to the...
Sudanese public school teacher Imad Mohammed had worked for 32 years when war broke out almost three months ago, tearing his country apart and his finances to shreds. "We...
BEIRUT — The vehicle registration center in Dekwaneh said Tuesday that its registration service was suspended because its telecommunications company Inkript had stopped working days after the...
BEIRUT — Diesel and domestic gas prices on Tuesday increased slightly, according to the latest tariffs issued by the Energy Ministry. These are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane...
Hundreds of migrants left stranded in harsh conditions on the Tunisia-Libya border after fleeing violence were moved on Monday, an NGO said, but fears remained for dozens of others forced towards...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . A 60-year-old depositor brandishing a bottle of unidentified liquid forcibly withdrew the entirety of his savings from a Banque...
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
