BEIRUT — The Lebanese Union of Public Basic Education Teachers listed in a statement on Monday several demands to Cabinet related to their "pressing economic reality," warning against...
If the McDonald's delivery to the Oval Office on Monday wasn't extraordinary enough, President Donald Trump's press conference on Iran, the pope and Jesus certainly was. The...
The mother of all battles. This week, the Israeli army began its ground offensive on Bint Jbeil, a key city located less than 4 kilometers from the border, which it had failed to conquer in both...
Israel summoned Italy's ambassador Monday to protest after Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani condemned Israel's "unacceptable attacks" on civilians in Lebanon during a visit to...
BEIRUT — Naim Qassem called on Monday for Lebanese authorities to cancel planned talks with Israel, describing them as “submission and capitulation,” ahead of a Tuesday preparatory meeting in...
SOUTH LEBANON — An Israeli airstrike caused significant damage Monday to the Shamoun es-Safa sanctuary. This Shiite monument, according to local tradition, is believed to be the tomb of the...
BEIRUT/SOUTH LEBANON/BEKAA — Monday was marked by an announcement from the Israeli army, saying it had entirely surrounded Bint Jbeil. It also said it had destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel, while...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun and First Lady Neemat Aoun received at Baabda Palace a delegation representing the families of victims killed in an Israeli strike on a building in Ain Saadé, a...
U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday that any Iranian "fast-attack" ships that go near a U.S. maritime blockade on Iran would be eliminated. Trump made the threat shortly after...
Alarm over the impact of the Iran war on the global economy grew on Monday with more countries announcing emergency support measures to combat rising energy costs, while others appealed for...
The U.S. military began a blockade of ships leaving Iran's ports on Monday, President Donald Trump said, and Tehran threatened to retaliate against its Gulf neighbours' ports after weekend...
Bahrain on Monday summoned the Iraqi ambassador over drone attacks it says were launched from the country towards the kingdom and other Gulf nations despite the U.S.-Iran cease-fire. Bahrain was...
The International Committee of the Red Cross said it was deeply concerned by attacks on medical workers in Lebanon after a deadly strike on a Red Cross center in the country on Monday and the death...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun said Monday that Lebanon hopes a ceasefire agreement can be reached during upcoming talks in Washington between Lebanese, U.S., and Israeli representatives, on the...
A U.S. judge dismissed on Monday Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over an article asserting the U.S. president's name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for...
Thirty-one Iraqi tanker trucks carrying one million liters of fuel arrived Monday at the Masnaa border crossing, as part of "the aid provided by Iraq to Lebanon," according to information...
Pope Leo criticized violations of international law by "neocolonial" world powers in a forceful speech on Monday during an Africa tour, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump's...
A Paris court on Monday found cement maker Holcim's Lafarge unit guilty of charges that its Syrian subsidiary financed terrorism and breached European sanctions to keep a plant operating in...
The Jaafarite mufti Ahmad Qabalan, close to Hezbollah, warned on Monday of the risk of Lebanon igniting, saying that only a "retreat by those in power" or preventing them from...
The exhibition "Raphael: Sublime Poetry," held at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, known colloquially as the Met, until June 28, 2026, immediately establishes itself as a major...
The Israeli military said on Monday its troops had completely surrounded Bint Jbeil, a key town in southern Lebanon after killing more than 100 people there over the past week. The announcement...
"I am not one of those who like war. If I have depicted it, it was only to get rid of it. Unfortunately, in this country, it never lets go of us. Like death, it is always at our heels,"...
"If you are an artist and your story deserves to be told, contact me." On Feb. 22, Mahdi Rihane published the fourth episode of his video series titled "The Artists of the...
It is 9:06 p.m. on the old coastal road linking Saida to Sour, on Wednesday April 8, when an Israeli missile hits the Qasmieh bridge.Elias, usually calm, is clearly on edge. Owner of a fishing shop...
The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) has transferred to the Housing Bank the fourth installment of its $165 million loan, amounting to $16.123 million, according to a statement...
As military operations continue in Lebanon and the prospect of the war stretching over several months gradually takes hold, L’Orient-Le Jour learned that Banque du Liban (BDL, central bank), is...
It was written. Lebanon was always going to be, as so often, the main loser of this sequence. Either it was excluded from the U.S.–Iran cease-fire — now looking increasingly illusory — and Israel...
The Israeli army continued its attacks on southern Lebanon from Sunday night into Monday, killing several people, including a member of the Amal Movement, and injuring dozens. Airstrikes targeted,...
Oil prices surged and stocks sank Monday after U.S.-Iran peace talks fell apart and Donald Trump announced a blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, adding to fears of energy supplies from the...
In Lebanon, one can die twice. Ola Attar first lost the will to live after the explosion at the port of Beirut took her husband from her. Her own life was then taken away on April 8 when an Israeli...
11:58 Beirut Time Peace in Lebanon 'essential for negotiations with Iran,' according to Islamabad “Peace in Lebanon is essential for peace negotiations with Iran,” stated Tahir...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, April 13, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Updates on direct talks between Lebanon and Israel, set in Washington.U.S....
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
