France beats Morocco 2-0 to set up final against Argentina
France beat Morocco 2-0 on Wednesday to set up a World Cup final showdown against Argentina and Lionel Messi. Read also: In the Arab world, everyone unites behind Morocco...
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Tunisian president defends dissolution of Parliament to US
Tunisian President Kais Saied defended his dissolution of Parliament in a meeting Wednesday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, saying the country had been on the brink of civil war....
14 December 2022
Lebanese drug manufacturers announce price hikes
BEIRUT — The union of drug manufacturers in Lebanon issued a statement Wednesday announcing an increase in the prices of drugs produced in Lebanese laboratories, without indicating when the change...
14 December 2022
Greek MEP in Qatar scandal claims innocence, remains in jail
The Greek MEP who has become the face of the European Parliament's widening graft scandal will spend at least another week in jail before attending a postponed pre-trial hearing, her lawyer said...
14 December 2022
UN removes Iran from women's rights body over protest crackdown
The United Nations on Wednesday voted to remove Iran from a women's rights organization over Tehran's brutal crackdown on women-led protests. Twenty-nine members of the UN...
14 December 2022
Electricity bills to be calculated at the Sayrafa rate: EDL
In a letter dated Dec. 8, Banque du Liban informed the state-owned electricity provider Électricité du Liban that it will provide “fresh” dollars in exchange for Lebanese lira at its Sayrafa...
Economic Service, 14 December 2022
IAEA team to visit on Sunday over nuclear probe
The UN nuclear watchdog said Wednesday a technical team will visit Tehran on Sunday aiming to resolve a years-long impasse over an inquiry into undeclared uranium particles found in Iran....
14 December 2022
US reporter who died in Qatar had ruptured blood vessel
Grant Wahl, a leading American sports reporter who died suddenly while covering the World Cup in Qatar, suffered a fatal rupture of the aorta, the main blood vessel leading from the heart, his wife...
14 December 2022
Ahead of holidays, Lebanese authorities announce new security plan
BEIRUT — A national security plan in Lebanon was announced Wednesday by caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi ahead of Christmas and New Year's Eve holidays, as Lebanon continues to...
14 December 2022
Istanbul's opposition mayor barred from politics over 'insult'
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced Istanbul's popular opposition mayor to nearly three years jail in a politically charged trial that effectively bars him from standing in next year's...
14 December 2022
For journalists, activists, digital privacy is an uphill struggle
BEIRUT — Hacking, it seems, is everywhere. At least 20 activists, journalists, researchers, and others working on issues related to the Middle East were recently targeted by hackers “backed by the...
Richard SALAME, 14 December 2022
Lira hits all time low of LL43,000 against US dollar
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira on Wednesday reached an all-time low of LL43,000 to the US dollar on the parallel market. According to the lirarate.org platform, exchangers were buying dollars at...
14 December 2022
Politicians must utilize 'positive international atmosphere' to elect president: Maronite bishops
BEIRUT — The assembly of Lebanese Maronite bishops urged local politicians Wednesday to "take advantage of the positive atmosphere" at the international level around the presidential election,...
14 December 2022
Iran sentences Belgian aid worker to 28 years: family
Iran has imposed a 28-year jail term on a Belgian aid worker, officials and his family said Wednesday, stirring an already bitter debate over a stalled prisoner exchange treaty. Belgian ministers...
14 December 2022
Hamas defiant as hardline Israeli coalition takes shape
GAZA — Leaders of the Islamist movement Hamas swore defiance in a choreographed display of force on Wednesday as one of the most hardline right-wing governments in Israel's history...
14 December 2022
Bou Saab: There will be no dialogue on presidential file before end of year
BEIRUT — Deputy Parliament Speaker Elias Bou Saab said on Wednesday that "there will be no dialogue" on the presidential election file before the end of the year. Bou Saab's remarks followed his...
14 December 2022
A romantic comedy for Lebanon’s Christmas season
BEIRUT — Lara Saba’s second feature is not a Christmas movie. That said, All Roads Lead to Rome , opening Thursday, Dec. 15, might easily be viewed as a light-hearted offering to a citizenry...
Jim Quilty, 14 December 2022
Roadside bomb kills Iraq army officer
An Iraqi army captain was killed and two soldiers were wounded on Wednesday when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in farmland north of Baghdad, a security official told AFP....
14 December 2022
Man robbed of $100,000 in Akkar
BEIRUT — Unidentified persons beat and robbed a man of around $100,000 on the Abdeh-Halba highway in Akkar governorate Wednesday, a security source told L'Orient Today . The robbers fled to...
14 December 2022
Top Israeli general claims attack on convoy at Iraq-Syria border
JERUSALEM — The chief of Israel's armed forces on Wednesday claimed credit for a recent air strike on a convoy that had entered Syria from Iraq, saying the target was a truck carrying...
14 December 2022
Iran nuclear chief says IAEA officials to visit Tehran soon
UN nuclear watchdog officials will visit Iran in the coming days, Tehran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday, to try to end an impasse over traces of uranium found at undeclared...
14 December 2022
ISF arrests suspects who allegedly stole and concealed $2 million
BEIRUT — People who allegedly stole and concealed $2 million in August from a money transfer company have been arrested, the Internal Security Forces said in a statement Wednesday. The heist...
14 December 2022
Istanbul mayor's 'insult' trial resumes ahead of elections
Istanbul's popular opposition mayor faced new hearings Wednesday in a politically charged trial that could bar him from seeking office months before next year's general election....
14 December 2022
Iran arrests alleged killers of Sunni cleric: prosecutor
Iran has arrested the alleged killers of a Sunni Muslim cleric in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan as they tried to flee across the border, a prosecutor said....
14 December 2022
EU allocates €229 million to Lebanon to 'reinforce reforms'
BEIRUT — The European Union has allocated €229 million to “reinforce much needed reforms and economic development” in Lebanon this year, an EU statement published on Wednesday said. The...
14 December 2022
Christian parties reject Berri’s dialogue
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s initiative has again fallen through. The head of the legislature has at the last minute been forced to backtrack on his plans to break with his traditional weekly...
Salah Hijazi, 14 December 2022
Five mines explode during excavation works by Israeli army, no injuries
Five anti-personnel mines exploded on Wednesday morning along the border between Lebanon and Israel, near the town of Adaisseh, during excavation work carried out by the Israeli army, the state-run...
14 December 2022
Morocco airline cancels football fans flights, citing Qatar restrictions
RABAT — Morocco’s national airline said it was canceling all flights it had scheduled for Wednesday to carry fans to Doha for the World Cup semifinal, citing what it said was a decision by Qatari...
14 December 2022
Mikati to call 'consultative' meeting with cabinet ministers before end of week
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati is in the process of “calling for a consultative meeting with all the ministers” of his cabinet, before the end of the week, the Grand Serail said in...
14 December 2022
Iran pushes global list of imprisoned journalists to record high
Iran's protest crackdown has helped push the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide to a record high of 533 in 2022, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published on...
14 December 2022
Turkey raises euro rate for medicine prices by 36.77 percent: Official Gazette
ISTANBUL — Turkey raised the euro-lira conversion rate for medicine prices by 36.77 percent, the country's Official Gazette said on Wednesday. "First step for solution of medicine shortage in the...
14 December 2022
Iran likely to be ousted from UN women's commission
UNITED NATIONS — Iran appears set to be ousted from a UN women's body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, but several countries are expected to abstain...
14 December 2022
Presidential deadlock, cholera-free crops, beloved film festival returns: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. The Lebanese Forces political party has once again declined Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s invitation to an...
