BEIRUT — French President Emmanuel Macron's North Africa and Middle East advisor, Anne-Claire Legendre met with several Lebanese officials on Friday, including Ammar Moussawi, Hezbollah's...
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced Friday that it had thwarted a large-scale drug smuggling operation involving nearly eight million Captagon pills, and arrested three suspects,...
Yes, I’m talking about the weather again. But the first real rain since summer deserves a mention — at least before it becomes unforgiving next month.The sky’s been pouring gently since Thursday...
BEIRUT — Hungary announced on Friday that it will be granting €1.5 million (approximately $1.7 million) to the Lebanese Army via the European Union (EU), and an additional half a million euros in...
Several Israeli media outlets, as well as a Saudi newspaper, have published reports this week relaying claims that Israel is nearing a point of reigniting a full-out military offensive against...
SOUTH LEBANON — The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) released a statement on Friday saying it had observed that a concrete wall erected by the Israeli army extends well north of the...
BEIRUT — In a phone call with L'Orient Today on Friday, a spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon denied rumors that a U.S. Treasury delegation visiting Lebanon last week had asked...
U.S. President Donald Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a phone call last month that, since he had brokered an ostensible cease-fire in Gaza, he expected MBS to move toward...
BEIRUT — Jeita Grotto's three-cave system of limestone stalagmites and stalactites did not incur any significant damage as a result of the 100-person wedding party that took place inside the...
Her publicist warns from the start that nothing can be promised — not even a refusal. Since receiving the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature for a body of work carved out of nighttime pain, Annie...
BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers will discuss next week a proposal for the bloc to take the lead in training 3,000 Palestinian police officers with the aim of later deploying them in...
Telecommunications Minister Charles Hajj announced this week the resumption of the country’s fiber-optic internet rollout after years of stalling caused by the onset of the economic crisis in 2019...
On the phone, the voice is instantly recognizable: warm, occasionally ringing with clear laughter, expressing, in simple words, statements that may be expected at times, but also feelings and...
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday accused the Israeli army of "violating" Lebanon's sovereignty by constructing "walls" on Lebanese territory...
Russia struck residential parts of Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Friday, Ukraine said, killing six people in a single apartment block in attacks President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced as...
Less than a week after the visit of a U.S. Treasury delegation calling for more effort from Lebanon to contain Hezbollah financing, the Banque du Liban (BDL) issued a regulation tightening controls...
The draft law on restoring financial balance and returning deposits — aka the financial gap law — is fueling tensions between Lebanon’s central bank and several government parties involved in its...
BEIRUT — About ten days after controversial statements by Druze leader Sheikh Akl Sami Abi al-Mona, claiming that domestic violence could in some cases have a "positive" impact, his press...
BEIRUT — With six days left before registration closes on Nov. 20, Foreign Minister Joe Raggi released a video urging expatriates to sign up on the electoral rolls and reassuring them that they...
BEIRUT — Just over two weeks ahead of the symbolic and highly anticipated visit of Pope Leo XVI to Beirut (Nov. 30-Dec. 2), a brand new website, "popeinlebanon.com," "The Pope in...
Large defense companies have "conned" the U.S. military into buying expensive equipment when cheaper commercial options would have been available, U.S. army Secretary Dan Driscoll said....
Was the myth purely a metaphor, or did it spring from a true story? Atlantis has been a point of contention ever since Plato’s accounts. This prosperous island, “from the depths of the Atlantic,”...
When Michel Issa’s appointment as the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon was announced, Tony immediately recognized him. Three years earlier, he had encountered him in the lounge of Albergo Hotel in...
22:11 Beirut Time Woman injured in explosion in Damascus A woman was injured in an explosion in Damascus' Mazzeh district, according to the official Syrian news agency SANA, which...
French President Emmanuel Macron will host Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris on Nov. 17 to reaffirm France's long-term support for Ukraine, Macron's office said on Friday....
Now is when everything is decided. Although Iraq's parliamentary elections placed the outgoing prime minister's coalition at the top of the results, there's no guarantee he can keep his...
A Palestinian woman was killed Friday by an Israeli drone strike that targeted the Atatra neighborhood near Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, according to a medical source at al-Shifa hospital cited by...
Joseph Aoun is convinced that negotiations are the only card Lebanon has to restore calm with Israel. The president never misses an opportunity to stress this. “Negotiations are the only means to...
Pakistan said Friday it had arrested four members of a cell over this week's suicide bombing in Islamabad, which the government said was led from Afghanistan. The Tuesday attack outside court...
The meetings follow one after another and all seem alike... On Wednesday, the cease-fire monitoring committee, known as the "mechanism," held its 13 th meeting in Ras al-Naqoura.The body...
A special session on the situation in al-Fasher, Sudan, opened on Friday at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva following grave concerns about mass killings during the fall of the city to...
Lebanon is living in suspense, following the rhythm of Israeli attacks while awaiting Tel Aviv’s response to its proposal for negotiations. But officials do not seem overly worried. Admittedly,...
The Palestinian Authority (PA) announced on Thursday that Israeli soldiers had killed two 15-year-olds in the occupied West Bank, amidst a rise in Israeli settler violence across the West Bank in...
His public stance is a rare one. Usually discreet, Israeli President Isaac Herzog — whose role is largely ceremonial — surprised many by firmly condemning the violent raid carried out Tuesday, Nov....
The letter has made waves. Israeli President Isaac Herzog received an official letter on Wednesday, Nov. 12, from his American counterpart, Donald Trump, inviting him to "fully pardon"...
BEIRUT — The return of stormy weather on Thursday night brought torrential rain and strong wind to southern Lebanon, where a storm mainly struck the coastal area of Sour. The storms caused some...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Nov. 14 2025Some key things to watch today:10:30 a.m. — Education Minister Rima Karameh to host Independence Day celebration at...
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
