SOUTH LEBANON — A series of powerful Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley on Thursday killed a customs officer and injured at least seven people, escalating tensions despite...
BEIRUT — Economy Minister Amer Bsat said Thursday that Lebanon is entering a new phase of growth after years of unprecedented crisis, while also calling for further reforms. Lebanon is targeting 5...
Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil on Thursday accused Lebanese authorities of negotiating the release of Syrian prisoners — a “priority” for Damascus — at the expense of Lebanon’s...
Beirut governor Marwan Abboud on Thursday notified owners of water treatment, refining and distribution stations operating in the Beirut governorate that they must regularize their legal status...
BEIRUT — Finance minister and central bank governor sought to reassure international partners this week as they held a series of high-level meetings in Washington on the sidelines of the...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc stated on Thursday that Banque du Liban (BDL) restrictions on properties of citizens targeted by U.S. sanctions constitute an "overreach of legal...
Reconciliation seems near between the prime minister and Hezbollah: three weeks after the Rouche Rock incident in Beirut, which heightened tensions between the two, mediators are working discreetly...
BEIRUT — A school bus carrying 24 students veered off the road and tumbled into a small valley in Dawhet al-Hoss, in the Aramoun district, on Thursday morning, local municipal official Naim...
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today...
The chief of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), General Diodato Abagnara, assured President Joseph Aoun on Thursday that the gradual reduction of the force's troops, due to...
Électricité du Liban (EDL) announced Thursday that it had repaired the outages caused by last Saturday’s Israeli strikes on Msayleh (Saida), and “the power supply returned to its pre-attack level.”...
A billboard supporting the Lebanese Army, put up on the airport road, was set on fire late Wednesday night, according to images circulating online. By Thursday morning, the billboard — bearing the...
From the Knesset to the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh, Donald Trump’s style speaks volumes about his vision for U.S. foreign policy. Over his two presidential terms, Trump has positioned...
In this week's mixed pot: classical music, a fashion design workshop for children and explorations into the dread of being alive and constantly looked at, forced to perform — light, fun things,...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, the municipality of Anjar, and the government of the Republic of Korea, organized...
In a world upended by artificial intelligence and technological advances, the humanities are struggling to maintain their influence. “Today, in the face of the emergence of new technologies and...
The president of the Food Importers Syndicate, Hani Bohsali, called on authorities to adopt sustainable solutions involving “full digitalization” and “artificial intelligence” to speed up customs...
Having missed out on the Nobel Peace Prize this year, U.S. Donald Trump secured for himself a role befitting his own sense of importance in Gaza’s future: the U.S. president plans to chair the...
BEIRUT — The recently appointed U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, said Wednesday that his appointment is both a professional mission and a “personal adventure,” marking his return to the...
BEIRUT — Nabatieh's Mayor Abbas Fakhr al-Din commemorated Thursday the one year anniversary of the deadly Israeli airstrike that targeted the city's municipality. Fakhr al-Din and municipal...
A cease-fire agreement, the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian “prisoners,” the return of bodies on both sides — and everything else still to be done. U.S. President Donald Trump, the...
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri summoned MPs on Thursday for a plenary assembly next Tuesday at 11 a.m., marking the first session of the ordinary fall term. This session, as every year, will serve...
The scene is amusing. As she posed for a photo with Pope Leo XIV, alongside her husband King Abdullah II of Jordan, Queen Rania turned to the Supreme Pontiff and innocently asked, "Your...
Three days after the still-controversial decision by authorities to call on the Tannourine mineral water company to withdraw its products from the market due to alleged bacterial contamination,...
“Every person born to a Lebanese father or mother is considered Lebanese.” It will be enough to add the word “mother” to Article 1 of the Lebanese nationality law to change the lives of thousands...
BEIRUT — During the inauguration of a new Civil Defense center in Barja (Shouf), Lebanese Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar assured Thursday that his ministry is committed to holding the legislative...
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri reaffirmed that Lebanon’s parliamentary elections will be held “as planned” in May 2026, despite a growing dispute over the expatriate vote. “The...
BEIRUT — The president of the parliamentary Finance Committee, MP Ibrahim Kanaan (formerly of the Free Patriotic Movement), affirmed that the plan for the distribution of losses being prepared by...
About a hundred teenagers, aged 14 to 17, participated in the seven sessions organized as part of the "COPE for Hope" initiative by Myriam al-Khoury Malhame and Nadine Zeeni, associate...
Four oil facility guards were killed in an attack on a bus on a highway east of Syria's Deir ez-Zor, state news agency reported on Thursday. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the...
In the 1970s in Beirut, three Lebanese artists asserted a free, sensual and profoundly modern vision of the female body and intimacy: Huguette Caland, Dorothy Salhab Kazemi and Afaf Zurayk.Half a...
Michel Issa has officially received his credentials as U.S. ambassador to Lebanon and is expected to arrive in Beirut by the end of the month. While U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus was quick to...
Saudi Arabia has announced a new development project around the Grand Mosque in Mecca aimed at increasing its capacity by about one million worshipers, according to the official Saudi Press Agency...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam conducted a tour around Saida, south Lebanon, Thursday to "review development projects in the city," according to local news agencies. While there, he stated...
Ministers, diplomats, innovators, and cultural leaders gathered under the banner of women at the 16th "Economic Meetings of the Arab World Institute" (IMA), in partnership with MGH...
Israel said Thursday that the date for the opening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt would be announced at a later stage, and that aid would not pass through the gateway. "The date...
As an educational partner for this major national cultural event, the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) at the University of Balamand will host the "Educational Hub of We Design Beirut...
Russian forces struck another gas production facility in eastern Ukraine early Thursday, forcing its closure in another large-scale bombardment to pile pressure on the energy network. Since...
He was not there on Monday, Oct. 13, when U.S. President Donald Trump set foot in Egypt to co-chair with Abdel Fattah al-Sissi the 'Summit for Peace' in Gaza.The diplomatic gathering,...
Nestle, the Swiss food giant whose brands include Nespresso coffee and Perrier water, will cut 16,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years, its new chief executive said on Thursday. "The...
The United States is looking to establish a basic stabilization of Gaza and planning is underway for an international force to go into the Palestinian enclave, said a senior U.S. adviser, speaking...
22:37 Beirut Time Aoun condemns Israeli strikes on south Lebanon President Joseph Aoun condemned the Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, stating that “Israel's repeated aggression...
Two days after authorities ordered Tannourine mineral water off the market over alleged bacterial contamination, the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (AIL) slammed the move, calling the...
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BEIRUT — Telecommunications Minister Charles Hajj announced the launch of a project to upgrade networks and deploy 5G across Lebanese territory over three years. "The 5G era has begun in...
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
