The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, announced in a statement released on Tuesday that its president, Nawaf Salam, has resigned after being...
The Saudi investment company, Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), owned by Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, and the prince himself, announced on Tuesday that the Four Seasons hotel in Beirut will reopen in...
The number of passengers at Rafik Hariri International Airport (RHIA) (arrivals, departures, and transits) reached 5.62 million in 2024, marking a decrease of 20.8 percent compared to the 7.1...
After months of sporadic and interrupted attempts at mediating between Hamas and Israel, Qatari and Egyptian negotiators managed to facilitate an agreement between the warring sides, bringing a...
Lebanon’s designated Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has scheduled the non-binding parliamentary consultations for Wednesday, Jan. 15, and Thursday, Jan. 16, in preparation for forming his ministerial...
Summoned by phone by the criminal police for a hearing before General Advocate Myrna Kallas at the Court of Cassation, scheduled for Tuesday morning, the editor-in-chief and CEO of the news site...
French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Lebanon on Friday said a source within the Lebanese presidency to AFP.
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Boukhari, visited North Lebanon on Tuesday, meeting with several religious leaders, according to regional correspondent Michel Hallak. Ambassador...
President Joseph Aoun hosted a delegation of Shiite dignitaries on Tuesday, led by Sheikh Ali Khatib, vice president of the Supreme Shiite Council. He assured them the Lebanese state would take...
Among the priorities outlined by President Joseph Aoun in his inaugural address on Jan. 9, economic and financial reforms hold a prominent position, following key sovereign issues related to...
“In the worst case, if we can’t find anyone, I think it should be Joseph Aoun. At least he’s neutral and honest,” said Lebanese pop icon Elissa two years ago, clad in a vibrant pink stage costume...
A key far-right member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government on Tuesday became the second minister to publicly oppose a Gaza truce deal but said he would not topple the...
A video of the new President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, conversing with journalists on Monday during the mandatory parliamentary consultations, has begun making waves on social media. In this...
Lana Daher welcomes us to her office-apartment in the Abdel Wahab neighborhood in Achrafieh. It is here, since 2018, that she has been diligently crafting her documentary Do You Love Me , which...
U.N. spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric announced Monday that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Lebanon for a two-day trip this week. “On Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, the Secretary-General had...
It is difficult to determine what was discussed behind the closed doors of the Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. Newly reelected to the presidency, Donald Trump hosted the...
Is the international community prepared to address Lebanon’s growing humanitarian crisis, which has been exacerbated by 14 months of war? The war with Israel killed at least 4,047 people, wounded...
Faced with a two-year ban imposed by the Court of Cassation’s prosecutor on the judicial police from collaborating with Tarek Bitar, the lead investigative judge at the Court of Justice, in the...
France congratulated Lebanon’s new Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, on Tuesday, expressing hope for his success at this "historic moment" for Lebanon, according to a statement from the French Foreign...
The First Lady of Lebanon, Neemat Aoun, received Nadia Shami Aoun, the wife of Lebanon’s former President Michel Aoun, at the Baabda Palace Tuesday morning. “The First Lady of Lebanon met with the...
Nawaf Salam’s appointment as prime minister has taken many by surprise. On Monday, the President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) secured the position after 84 MPs nominated him in...
Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam accepted his nomination on Tuesday at the Baabda Palace after a meeting with President Joseph Aoun and Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri. He said he is...
Hopes for a cease-fire in Gaza haven’t been this strong in weeks. On Monday afternoon, the Israeli delegation in Doha sent Hamas a draft agreement aimed at establishing a cease-fire and securing...
As it has done countless times since the announcement of the cease-fire in Lebanon, and even before Nov. 27, the Israeli army bombed the Janta and Qasr border posts between Lebanon and...
Tensions with Gulf countries defined the mandate of former President Michel Aoun and contributed to its ultimate failure.Back then, upon his election and despite being seen as a pro-Iranian...
Grand Mufti Abdel Latif Derian congratulated Judge Nawaf Salam on his appointment “to form the government and the trust granted to him by the parliamentarians,” the Lebanese state-run National News...
The first phase of a Gaza truce deal being negotiated in Qatar would see 33 Israeli hostages released, sources close to the talks and Israeli media said on Tuesday. Mediators Qatar, Egypt and the...
The race for Lebanon's cabinet presidency has not been this uncertain since the end of the war. Ultimately, Nawaf Salam, a former Lebanese ambassador to the United Nations and a sitting judge at...
A "final round" of Gaza truce talks is due to start Tuesday in Qatar, said a source briefed on the negotiations aimed at ending the Israel-Hamas war after more than 15 months. Meditators...
Syria's foreign minister said he would visit Turkey on Wednesday on the first official trip to the country since Islamist-backed rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad last month. "We...
The Lebanese army sent reinforcements on Tuesday to the border village of Hosh al-Sayed Ali (Hermel), following clashes between residents of this town and armed individuals from the neighboring...
A statement signed by the residents of the village of Aitaroun urged on Tuesday the residents to "avoid heading to the village and to take precautions," following "the entry of...
20:50 Beirut Time Gaza Hamas has not delivered its response to mediators yet because Israel did not submit maps of its forces' withdrawal from Gaza , a Hamas official told...
Israel's military said early Tuesday it had tried several times to shoot down a missile fired from Yemen which sent sirens blaring across the centre of the country. The latest attack came less...
Iran and European powers said they held "frank and constructive" talks on Monday about Tehran's nuclear program, just a week before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office. It...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Tuesday for talks on trade, security and migration hailed by Baghdad as marking a "new era" for...
France on Monday hailed the appointment of Nawaf Salam as Lebanon's new prime minister, saying he had the will to help the war-scarred country emerge from its deep economic crisis. Lebanese...
U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal between Hamas and Israel was "on the brink" of being finalized, even as heavy fighting rocked the...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• The final push for a cease-fire in Gaza before 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
