BEIRUT — Palestinians in Gaza are torn between ecstatic joy and cautious optimism on Wednesday evening as news came out of an agreement reached between Israel and Hamas that could bring a reprieve...
Qatari and Egyptian negotiators reached a deal on Wednesday for a cease-fire in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters, after 15 months of...
BEIRUT — The World Bank has approved a $257.8 million financing to improve water supply services in the Greater Beirut and Mount Lebanon districts, according to a statement released by the...
Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a deal for a cease-fire and the release of hostages being held in Gaza following separate meetings with Qatar's prime minister, a source briefed on the talks...
BEIRUT — The Director General of Lebanese public telecoms provider Ogero, Imad Kreidieh told L’Orient Today Wednesday that "preparations are underway to launch the latest WiFi7 technology soon...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that humanity had unleashed a "Pandora's box of ills," including "out of control technology" that risks upending "our very...
Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad have approved a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner exchange deal, two Palestinian sources close to negotiations in Doha said on Wednesday. "The...
Interim Prosecutor General at the Court of Cassation, Jamal Hajjar, annulled on Tuesday legal actions initiated by the Mount Lebanon Prosecutor, Ghada Aoun, against the interim governor of the...
In a press release posted on social media on Jan. 14, Hôtel-Dieu de France hospital in Beirut congratulated Ismat Ghanem, its head of orthopedic surgery and head of the Department of Orthopedic...
BEIRUT — Two days after a person was killed in an exchange of fire with the Internal Security Forces (ISF), his family released a statement denying allegations made by the ISF about the...
Hady Habib's impressive run at the Australian Open came to an end on Wednesday. The current world number 219 made history for Lebanese tennis by becoming the first player from Lebanon in the...
BEIRUT — Nearly two weeks before the scheduled withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon, Tel Aviv appears determined once again to increase pressure on Lebanon. In recent days, it has...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's newly-elected President Joseph Aoun met on Wednesday with Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai in the Baabda Palace, according to the Lebanese Presidency's account on X....
An unstable Iran, a collapsed regime in Syria, and a weakened Hezbollah in Lebanon — on the surface, the current snapshot of the region reflects an environment seemingly in line with Saudi Arabia’s...
BEIRUT — An individual suspected of killing the owner of a car showroom in Dbayeh (Metn) on Tuesday evening, in front of the ABC shopping mall along the Beirut-Jounieh highway, allegedly in an...
Noor al-Yacoubi, a 25-year-old translator and media coordinator at a research center, lives in the Gaza Strip, which has been bombarded and besieged by the Israeli army since the early days of the...
He is a man about whom little is known, but he is causing a stir in Egypt these days. Ahmad al-Mansour, a well-known opponent of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, graduated from Al-Azhar University...
“Preventing the enemy from strengthening its capabilities in all forms is more important than maintaining prolonged calm,” states the report by the Defense Budget Evaluation Committee, presented...
For the second consecutive day, the Syrian authorities of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) closed illegal crossings on the Syrian banks of the al-Kabir River, near Lebanon's northern border,...
The municipality of Aitaroun (Bint Jbeil) on Wednesday urged its residents not to move around the village or take pictures of buildings to avoid potential Israeli attacks. “The Israeli enemy is...
In a statement released on Jan. 14 on social media, the Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital in Beirut congratulated Ismat Ghanem, its current head of orthopedic surgery and head of the orthopedic surgery...
The new presidential couple continues to garner the sympathy of internet users. Following a filmed sequence at the Baabda Palace showing President Joseph Aoun joking with journalists, First Lady...
Three people on board a small police training aircraft were killed on Wednesday in a crash in northern Iran, state media reported. "A light training aircraft crashed near the city of Rasht on...
An Islamic Jihad official told AFP on Wednesday that a delegation from the Palestinian militant group had arrived in Qatar to participate in talks on a Gaza truce and prisoner exchange with Israel....
The international community will have to maintain pressure on Israel after an imminent ceasefire in Gaza so it accepts the creation of a Palestinian state, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed...
Fourteen days, 13 stages, and 8,000 kilometers. For its 47th edition, the Dakar Rally has raised the stakes. "The competitors wanted a challenging course; they have been heard," the...
Germany's Development Minister Svenja Schulze promised to support Syria's "peaceful and stable development" as she visited Damascus on Wednesday to meet with the interim...
The Iranian army has unveiled an advanced reconnaissance ship, state media said on Wednesday, as military forces conducted drills nationwide focused on safeguarding the country's nuclear...
Nawaf Salam wasted no time setting his priorities upon arriving at Baabda Palace, declaring that rebuilding a "new Lebanon" must begin immediately. Salam, the former president of the...
Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam met with former President Michel Aoun on Wednesday morning at Aoun's residence in Rabieh, north of Beirut, as announced by the latter on X. The two men...
Following the election of Joseph Aoun as president under international pressure, Lebanon's Shiite political tandem — Hezbollah and Amal — anticipated some compensation: the reappointment of...
00:05 Beirut Time Palestinians react to news of a cease-fire deal with Israel, in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, Jan. 15, 2025. (Credit: Ramadan Abed/Reuters) Thank you for...
Nawaf Salam set the tone. "By my nature and political activity, I am against marginalization and exclusion. I am for unity, agreement, and partnership. I extend my hand to everyone to lead the...
18:06 Beirut Time Thank you for following our live coverage of the first day of non-binding parliamentary consultations, in preparation for the formation of the new government. We'll be...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran was not seeking "nuclear weaponry" and warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump against risking "war" with the Islamic Republic,...
The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed by extreme heat, with crowd management an essential first step, analysts...
The Palestinian health ministry said Tuesday that an Israeli airstrike on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank killed six people, including a teenager, with the Israeli military...
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Tuesday during a visit to Rome that there was "true willingness" from Israel's side in support of a Gaza truce deal. "I believe that if...
Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that European powers appeared serious about finding ways to revive nuclear negotiations after talks in Geneva. "The talks with the...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday proposed international security forces and temporary U.N. leadership to stabilize post-war Gaza where he warned that Hamas has recruited as many...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Efforts to reach a cease-fire in Gaza as...
BEIRUT — T he Lebanese Army entered Aitaroun, in Bint Jbeil district on Wednesday morning to clear roads after destruction caused by Israeli strikes, according to the village's mayor, Salim...
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
