Iranian foreign minister arrives in Beirut
BEIRUT — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived Thursday evening in Beirut for a three-day visit, during which he plans to meet with several political leaders, the National news...
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UN extends the mandate of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon from March 1 to end of year
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has extended the mandate of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon from March 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 2023 for the limited purpose of completion of the...
12 January 2023
Somali leader urges people to flush out Al-Shabaab 'bedbugs'
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called on Thursday on ordinary people to help flush out members of the Al-Shabaab jihadist group he described as "bedbugs."...
12 January 2023
Macron says won't apologize to Algeria for colonization
President Emmanuel Macron has said he will not "ask forgiveness" from Algeria for French colonization but hopes to continue working towards reconciliation with his counterpart Abdelmajid Tebboune....
12 January 2023
CIA chief in Libya after Lockerbie suspect handover
CIA chief William Burns has met Libya's interim premier weeks after the authorities handed the United States a suspect in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, the Tripoli-based government said Thursday....
12 January 2023
Iraq's premier heads to Germany for energy talks
Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani left Thursday for Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and discuss projects to address chronic power shortages, the premier's office said....
12 January 2023
Maurice Slim vs Joseph Aoun: A settlement behind closed doors?
Between Lebanese Army Commander Joseph Aoun and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), nothing seems to work anymore. Their tug-of-war is taking place during a presidential battle in which Aoun’s name...
Yara ABI AKL, 12 January 2023
Another new record low for the Lebanese lira as it hits LL48,000 to the dollar
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira on Thursday continued its tumble on the parallel market, trading around LL48,000 to the US dollar in the evening, according to several mobile tracking applications....
12 January 2023
Assad: Improved Syria-Turkey ties should seek end to 'occupation'
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that a Moscow-brokered rapprochement with Turkey should aim for "the end of occupation" by Ankara of parts of Syria. The comment, in a statement...
12 January 2023
Saudi fund invests in Johnny Depp French period film
A Saudi film fund announced Thursday that it is investing in Johnny Depp's new movie, a French period drama in which he plays King Louis XV. The Red Sea Film...
12 January 2023
Fifteen Beirut airport employees prosecuted for corruption
BEIRUT — Financial Public Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim filed charges on Thursday against 15 employees and brokers at the Beirut international airport for embezzlement of public funds, forgery, bribery...
12 January 2023
Turkey lashes out at Kurdish group in Sweden over tweet
Turkey on Thursday summoned Sweden's ambassador to lodge an angry protest over a video posted by a Kurdish group in Stockholm that depicted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan swinging by his legs from...
12 January 2023
Iran media claims detained British-Iranian linked to death of nuclear scientist
DUBAI — Iranian state media published a video on Thursday which they said showed that British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, who is in detention and sentenced to death for spying, played a role...
12 January 2023
Israeli lawyers rally against judicial overhaul plans
Hundreds of Israeli lawyers rallied Thursday outside a Tel Aviv court to protest against the government's controversial plans to overhaul the judicial system. The rare...
12 January 2023
Panic after rumors of an imminent increase in vehicle tax
Many in Lebanon rushed Wednesday in a panic to the offices of LibanPost and OMT to pay their mechanic control tax, due for 2023, as well as any arrears. This annual tax, the collection of which...
P.H.B., 12 January 2023
UAE agrees to roll over Pakistan debt, add $1 billion more
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to roll over $2 billion owed by Pakistan and provide the country with an extra loan of $1 billion, Islamabad said Thursday. The...
12 January 2023
Bou Habib meets with Hungarian foreign affairs minister
BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker Foreign Affairs Minister Abdallah Bou Habib met on Thursday with Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó, speaking about refugee return, the state-run National News...
12 January 2023
Kurak Günler, the political fable that irritates the Turkish regime
The film opens on an abyss. From the edge, the young Emre contemplates the extent of the corruption that plagues the small Anatolian town where he was newly appointed prosecutor. Yaniklar is a...
Clara HAGE, 12 January 2023
Tunisia jails all-women jihadist group
Tunisia has jailed nine members of an all-women "terrorist" gang accused of plotting to assassinate a government minister, media reported Thursday. In the North African...
12 January 2023
Amnesty MENA condemns Lebanon's judiciary for penalizing victims' families
BEIRUT — Amnesty MENA on Thursday condemned Lebanon's judiciary for "acting swiftly to penalize" relatives of the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port blast victims who participated in a demonstration against...
12 January 2023
Victims' families protest potential appointment of alternate investigating judge
BEIRUT — Demonstrators, including relatives of the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion's victims, gathered Thursday morning in front of the Beirut Justice Palace, two days after a protest at the same...
12 January 2023
A little tune from Lebanon at the Monoprix on the Champs-Elysees
His name is Savio Haykal, he is 18 years old and he has been living in Paris for five months. The young man has made his mark on social media through a video that went viral for a few days. We see...
Carla HENOUD, 12 January 2023
MPs pitch in to repair Beirut water station generator
BEIRUT — Several members of parliament announced Thursday that they had given money to repair the broken-down diesel generator that operates Beirut's Burj Abi Haidar water station. A diesel...
Raphaël ABDELNOUR, 12 January 2023
ISF arrests three for insulting police patrol, Bkirki in verbal altercation
BEIRUT — Internal Security Forces have arrested three people since Wednesday night accused of a sectarian verbal altercation with a police patrol overseeing a building demolition in Kfar Qahel,...
12 January 2023
Gasoline and diesel prices increase
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry on Thursday announced an increase in fuel prices, except for gas cylinders, while the price of diesel oil remained unchanged. Here are the new prices: • Twenty...
12 January 2023
Seven soldiers injured in army raid in Beirut southern suburbs
BEIRUT — Seven soldiers were slightly injured during an army raid on Thursday morning against alleged drug traffickers and murder suspects in the Burj al-Barajneh neighborhood of Beirut's...
12 January 2023
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank: Palestinian ministry
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man Thursday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, as the army claimed rocks were thrown at Israeli forces during a raid. The...
12 January 2023
Port blast protesters summoned, threats to LGBTQ+ community, Hussein Husseini dies: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . The Lebanese judiciary summoned a number of Beirut port blast victims’ relatives who participated in a Tuesday protest for...
12 January 2023
UAE names oil boss to lead climate summit, worrying activists
DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday that the head of state oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company would lead this year's COP28 climate summit, fueling activists' worries that big...
