9 Lebanese casualties in Turkey earthquake, 6 missing
At least nine Lebanese citizens died and six others remain missing after the deadly earthquake that hit the south of Turkey, according to a provisional official report provided by the Lebanese...
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Iran frees some prisoners to appease protest movement
Iran, rocked by months of protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, has released several dozen well-known prisoners in an apparent attempt to appease critics of the government....
14 February 2023
Israel gives10-day prison sentence to soldier who was filmed assaulting Palestinian activist
Israel's army has given a 10-day prison sentence to a soldier who was filmed assaulting a prominent Palestinian activist in the West Bank city of Hebron. Issa Amro, an...
14 February 2023
Gasoline, diesel and domestic gas prices up, fuel oil remains unchanged
BEIRUT — Fuel prices increased in Lebanon on Tuesday, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. The increase comes while the Lebanese lira plunged on the parallel market...
14 February 2023
COP28 host UAE vows 'inclusive roadmap' for climate talks
The Emirati oil chief leading this year's UN climate talks said Tuesday he will introduce an "inclusive" plan for the meeting in Dubai, amid criticism by activists over his appointment....
14 February 2023
Western powers say they 'strongly oppose' Israeli settlement moves
The foreign ministers of five Western powers said Tuesday they were "deeply troubled" by the Israeli government's decision to legalize nine West Bank settlements and build thousands of new units....
14 February 2023
Prolific Lebanese scriptwriter Marwan Najjar dies at 76
Lebanese playwright and producer Marwan Najjar passed away at the age of 76 on Tuesday due to cancer. Originally from Koura, he was born in Beirut in 1946, and had a degree in comparative...
14 February 2023
WHO: Turkey quake Europe's worst natural disaster in 'a century'
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that last week's massive earthquake, the epicenter of which was in Turkey, constituted the "worst natural disaster" in 100 years in its Europe...
14 February 2023
Former MP Mikhael al-Daher dies at age 95
BEIRUT — Former Lebanese MP Mikhael al-Daher died Tuesday at the age of 95, L'Orient Today's correspondent reported. Daher, a lawyer, served as the MP for the Maronite seat in Akkar between 1972...
14 February 2023
UN rights chief decries 'deepening' Tunisia crackdown
The UN rights chief on Tuesday expressed alarm over a deepening crackdown in Tunisia, as Tunisian police detained a senior opposition politician and the head of an independent radio station....
14 February 2023
Hundreds of Future Movement supporters commemorate Rafik Hariri's assassination
BEIRUT — Supporters of Lebanon's Future Movement gathered at the mausoleum of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in downtown Beirut on Tuesday morning to commemorate the anniversary of his...
14 February 2023
Earthquake death toll in Turkey climbs to 31,974
ISTANBUL — The death toll from powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey last week has risen to 31,974, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said on Tuesday. AFAD said...
14 February 2023
First UN team since quake enters rebel-held Syria as toll tops 35,000
The first UN team arrived Tuesday in rebel-held northwestern Syria since last week's devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake, while anger simmers at the world body's slow response to the disaster that...
14 February 2023
More than 7 million children affected by Turkey-Syria quake
More than seven million children have been affected by the massive earthquake and a major aftershock that devastated Turkey and Syria last week, the United Nations said Tuesday, voicing fear that...
14 February 2023
Israel troops kill Palestinian teen during arrest raid
Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank early Tuesday, Palestinian officials said, with the army saying troops opened fire after the suspect approached them...
14 February 2023
Iranian President Raisi meets Xi in state visit to China
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi met his counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday at the start of a three-day visit to China aimed at boosting trade and economic ties. Raisi brought...
14 February 2023
UNICEF warns of impact of teachers' strike on child learning, well-being
BEIRUT — The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) issued a statement Tuesday warning that Lebanon's public school closures of the past six weeks caused “large and...
14 February 2023
‘Syria has been experiencing an ongoing earthquake for 12 years’
It seemed like yet another curse among many. After more than a decade of bombing by Bashar al-Assad's regime and its Russian ally, the seizure of much of the area by the jihadist group Hay’at...
Noura DOUKHI, 14 February 2023
Lebanese lira hits record low of LL74,000 before slight appreciation
BEIRUT —The Lebanese lira recovered slightly on Tuesday afternoon, to around LL70,000 on the dollar, after reaching a new record low of LL74,000 earlier in the day. The lira also...
14 February 2023
Saudi plane carrying aid lands in Syria, first in decade
A Saudi Arabian plane carrying aid to quake-hit Syria landed in the city of Aleppo on Tuesday — the first in more than a decade of war, a transport ministry official told AFP....
14 February 2023
Israeli flights to Turkey to resume as ties improve, FM Cohen says
ANKARA — Israeli airlines will resume direct flights to Turkey as a mark of a continued improvement in bilateral relations, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Tuesday, predicting a 25...
14 February 2023
Three people rescued in Turkey 198 hours after earthquake
ISTANBUL — An 18-year-old named Muhammed Cafer was rescued from the rubble of a building in southern Turkey on Tuesday, the third rescue of the morning some 198 hours after last week's devastating...
14 February 2023
Lebanese Catholic leaders respond to the Pope’s remarks on homosexuality
In a Jan. 24 interview with the Associated Press, Pope Francis said “being homosexual is not a crime,” but cited official teachings of the Catholic Church declaring same-sex activity to be...
