In a lengthy speech delivered at the U.S. — Saudi Economic Forum during his official visit to Riyadh, U.S. President Donald Trump said he is "ready to help Lebanon," praising the new...
Release of Edan Alexander, the Israeli-US hostage freed by the Palestinian Islamist movement in Gaza on Monday, is "a divine gift" for the parents of the young man. "Having Edan at...
Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Shaibani said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to lift sanctions against Syria constitutes a "decisive turning point" for his...
Palestinian Civil Defense announced Tuesday that Israeli strikes near a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip have left at least seven people killed, with the Israeli army confirming it struck the...
New round in Trump's battle against Harvard: The U.S. government cut an additional $450 million in grants to the prestigious university on Tuesday, following an appeal for dialogue from its...
Donald Trump surprised many on Tuesday by announcing from Riyadh that he was lifting U.S. sanctions against Syria, just a day before at least briefly meeting with President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi...
Trump said Tuesday he is ready to exert "maximum pressure" on Iran if Tehran rejects the "olive branch" he believes he is offering with discussions for an Iranian nuclear deal....
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has a "fervent hope" that Saudi Arabia will normalize its relations with Israel as part of what is called the "Abraham Accords,"...
Received with full honors in Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump pocketed, colossal promises of investments and Saudi purchases, particularly in defense and artificial intelligence, according to White...
At least six people, including a powerful armed group leader, were killed during violent clashes in Tripoli overnight between rival groups, ending before dawn on Tuesday with announcements of a...
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa this Wednesday in Riyadh, according to a White House official cited by Reuters. Trump has agreed to "greet" the new...
An officer of the Internal Security Forces (ISF), Lieutenant Raed Hamed Haedar, was killed at dawn on Tuesday morning on the edge of the Emile Lahoud expressway in the Tahwita area, at Furn...
Lebanese Minister of Public Works and Transport, Fayez Rassamny, announced Tuesday the reactivation of the Civil Aviation Safety Center (CASC) at Beirut International Airport (AIB), after years of...
A man was killed in the northern occupied West Bank during an operation by Palestinian security forces, they stated on Tuesday. The spokesman for these units attached to the Palestinian Authority,...
A Saudi company will invest five billion dollars to build infrastructure related to artificial intelligence (AI) in the United States, the White House announced Tuesday as the powerful Gulf...
BEIRUT — Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar affirmed Tuesday that the vote count for the municipal and mukhtar (local official in charge of records) elections held Sunday in Tripoli was...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam continued Tuesday at the Grand Serail a series of meetings with local stakeholders and international partners, in the context of reforms his government is striving to...
White House boasted about a $142 billion arms sales contract with Saudi Arabia in a statement Tuesday, during a visit by Donald Trump, claiming it was the "largest in history." This...
Steve Witkoff and Adam Boehler, the two American envoys to the Middle East, met with hostage families in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, following the release of Israeli-American Edan Alexander after 584 days...
On Monday, Tourism Minister Laura Khazen Lahoud issued a directive urging all Lebanese tourism establishments operating without authorization or licenses to “immediately bring their status into...
The ecological association "Green Southerners" announced in a statement Tuesday that it learned from the legal affairs office of the Ministry of Justice of a decision by the Ministry of...
At the entrance to the Majestic Hotel, a woman in her 50s with a semblance of Marianne Faithfull questions security agents, in vain. Standing at just over five feet tall, Célina runs through the...
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) released on Tuesday a new package of LL 42 billion, or about $472,000, to hospitals contracted with the fund for flat-rate surgical interventions....
What would contemporary fashion be without Black dandyism? More than just a style, it is a powerful form of self-expression — born from a history of oppression and transformed into a declaration of...
An aid program for the poorest families affected by the 13-month war between Hezbollah and the Israeli state was launched Tuesday by Qatar at the Ministry of Social Affairs in Lebanon. Funded by...
Beirut’s acting first investigative judge, Bilal Halawi, indicted Karim Salam last Thursday. Salam is the brother and aide of former Economy Minister Amin Salam. The charges are based in part on...
The Night of Ideas returns to Beirut on Thursday, May 15, from 7 p.m. to midnight, with an invitation to think about the world differently: to reflect together, to dialogue freely, to create...
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 26-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life during the war since the...
Gasoline prices saw a slight increase on Tuesday in Lebanon, while the price for a domestic gas cylinder and diesel decreased, according to the latest rates published by the Ministry of Energy and...
"Of course, with pleasure! I know your newspaper very well." When offered an interview, Sophie Fontanel almost automatically accepts, without hesitation. A friend of Lebanon and Rabih...
President Joseph Aoun stated Tuesday before a delegation of the Lebanese-Saudi Business Council that "the return of investors, particularly those from the Gulf, primarily depends on restoring...
Since 2008, LeBAM has brought music to every corner of the country, with a clear mission: to give all children, regardless of their background, the chance to make music together. What began as a...
This is the visit everyone has been waiting for — one that could reshape the Middle East. A few months after his first overseas trip as U.S. president — which was also to Saudi Arabia —...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam took to X after Parliament adopted the banking secrecy amendment on April 24: “This is a necessary step toward the long-awaited financial reform, a key pillar of any...
U.S. State Department spokesperson Sam Werberg stated on Tuesday that Washington is working to support the Lebanese army to enable it to extend its control over the entire Lebanese territory,...
By announcing the release of the only living U.S.-Israeli hostage, Edan Alexander, Hamas has reached out to Washington. Hamas' clear objective is to pressure for a cease-fire in Gaza, reopen...
Disappeared in Lebanon during the battle of Sultan Yakoub (Bekaa) on June 10 and 11, 1982, in the midst of the Israeli invasion during the Lebanon Civil War (1975-1990), Zvika Feldman was a...
Several municipal councils were elected by acclamation Monday in several villages in the Bekaa, just days ahead of the municipal elections scheduled for Sunday in this region as well as in Beirut....
Électricité du Liban (EDL) reported on Tuesday "significant damage to the high-voltage networks in the Akkar governorate" following celebratory gunfire after the municipal elections on...
If it’s not actually a no-holds-barred war, it certainly looks like it. As part of the municipal elections in northern Lebanon (held on Sunday), Zgharta’s two MPs — Tony Frangieh (Marada Movement)...
Following a tumultuous weekend accompanying the municipal elections in North Lebanon and a tense Monday evening in front of the Serail of Tripoli, calm gradually returned on Tuesday in the large...
BEIRUT — The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced on Monday the discovery of 225 weapons caches in southern Lebanon since the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah came into...
The Health Ministry called in a statement Tuesday to avoid "spreading rumors," following the death of a child with meningitis in a village whose name was not disclosed. It also clarified...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam conducted an inspection tour at Beirut airport on Tuesday morning, reported the state-run National News Agency (NNA). Salam was accompanied by Public Works Minister...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem called President Joseph Aoun's mandate "a bearer of hope," during a speech given Monday evening, positioning his party as an integral...
22:20 Beirut Time Israeli army announced on Tuesday that it had intercepted two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, while a third landed in an uninhabited area. "Two...
The Israeli military said it struck a Gaza hospital housing Hamas militants in a bombing Tuesday that, according to the Palestinian group, killed a journalist wounded in an Israeli attack last...
Donald Trump enjoyed a lavish welcome in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as he opened the first state visit of his second term, with the U.S. president eyeing major business deals even as progress on the...
U.S. officials said that on Monday, the State Department authorized the sale of $1.4 billion worth of military aircraft and equipment to the United Arab Emirates, ahead of President Donald...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday angrily dismissed concerns over his plans to receive a jet from Qatar to be used as Air Force One, saying it would be "stupid" not to accept such a...
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
