“The decision for peace and war is not in the hands of the cabinet,” said caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati a few days after the start of clashes between Hezbollah and Israel in support of Gaza...
The health ministry in Gaza said Friday that at least 37,266 people have been killed in the territory during more than eight months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants....
‘55’: The collective behind a new language In this abandoned sewing workshop, Lebanese artist Marc Keyrouz presented “Mother Superior,” an exhibition by 55 Script at Union Marks in Bourj Hammoud....
No one is speaking of him. Yet, a year ago today, he was a serious presidential candidate. The Christian opposition, the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) and, above all, the Free Patriotic...
BEIRUT — A member of the Lebanese Army was found dead by two gunshots fired from a military pistol at his station in the vicinity of the port of Beirut, the Army announced in a short statement...
BEIRUT — The laboratory tests on samples of the flour from the Wooden Bakery factory in Zahle, in the Bekaa, that were seized in May for allegedly being contaminated, showed that the flour "is...
Madame Gourmet debuted on July 2, 1971. Her invaluable culinary reviews were featured on page seven of the “Femme” section in the Culture et Loisirs supplement of L’Orient-Le Jour . After 24...
An Israeli court has confirmed and extended for 35 days the government's shutdown of Qatar-based television news channel Al Jazeera, the justice ministry said on Friday. Al...
Two cruise missiles launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck a bulk cargo carrier in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, severely injuring a sailor who was evacuated by American forces, the U.S. military...
More than a million Muslim pilgrims were in Mecca Friday for the start of a hajj pilgrimage held against the grim backdrop of the Gaza war and in the exhausting summer heat....
At weddings, football matches and other special events, some Iraqi men like to fire salvos of celebratory gunfire into the sky, worrying little about where the bullets might fall....
Iran is further expanding its nuclear capacities, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday, one week after the agency's board of governors passed a resolution criticizing Tehran's lack...
The United States on Thursday condemned the Israeli finance minister's "wrongheaded" decision to redirect some $35 million in tax revenue collected on behalf of the Palestinian...
U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that "the biggest hang-up so far" to a deal on a Gaza truce and hostage release is the Palestinian militant group Hamas. "I've laid...
21:21 Beirut Time Continued updates on the latest developments in South Lebanon: Israeli airstrikes continue to bombard Bint Jbeil district, targeting : - Abu Tawil mountain near...
Palestinian officials said Israeli troops killed three Palestinians in a raid in a town in the occupied West Bank Thursday, as Israel's military reported it had "eliminated two wanted suspects."...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, June 14, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• The caretaker Cabinet is scheduled to meet today...
Twenty people were wounded and two women were killed, including one medic, in an Israeli attack on southern Lebanon around midnight on Thursday evening. Israeli fighter jets bombed a three-story...
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
