Five dead in shooting in southwest Iran
At least five people were killed when "terrorist elements" shot at protesters and security forces in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province, state media said Wednesday, citing an unidentified...
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EDL to issue new tariffs in February 2023
Lebanon's state-owned Electricité du Liban issued a new detailed list of tariffs on Monday— the first change in price since 1994 when tariffs were set at $23 per barrel. According to this...
Julien RICOUR-BRASSEUR, 16 November 2022
US hits Iran 'journalist interrogators' with sanctions
The United States placed sanctions Wednesday on Iranian state media journalists it said took part in broadcasted "forced confessions" of people targeted by the government....
16 November 2022
Canada sanctions Iranian drone producer
Canada on Wednesday targeted Iranian makers of drones that Kyiv and the West say have been used by Russia to attack Ukraine in a rollout of new sanctions against the Islamic republic....
16 November 2022
Bassil in Paris for a series of meetings
BEIRUT — The leader of the Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil is currently in Paris for a visit "by his own initiative," a diplomatic source told L'Orient-Le Jour . According to the source,...
16 November 2022
Activist Rami Ollaik threatens to prosecute judges if they don't end their strike
BEIRUT — Lawyer and activist Rami Ollaik, who organized the latest bank holdup by two depositors at the beginning of the month, threatened on Wednesday to prosecute several judges if they don't end...
16 November 2022
Army releases kidnapping victim in Beddawi
The Lebanese Army announced Wednesday that it released a man in Beddawi, North Lebanon, who had been kidnapped on an unspecified date. The release of the kidnapping victim took place after a...
16 November 2022
France denies Iran's 'false statements' on citizens' arrests
PARIS (Reuters) — France on Wednesday denied statements by Iran's interior ministry that it had arrested French intelligence officers amid protests in the country and demanded the release of all of...
16 November 2022
Court sentences TV preacher to 8,658 years in prison
An Istanbul court sentenced a Muslim televangelist to 8,658 years in prison on Wednesday following a retrial, local media reported. Adnan Oktar led television...
16 November 2022
Shatila’s first opera: Young Syrian creatives’ performance a ‘window’ to their dreams
SHATILA, Lebanon — There’s barely a dry eye to behold in the decaying building’s fully packed room. A standing ovation is punctuated by excited shouting and the occasional zaghrouta . The group of...
Farah-Silvana Kanaan, 16 November 2022
Iran seeks to 'kidnap or kill' critics in UK: MI5
Iran wants to kidnap or kill UK-based individuals it deems "enemies of the regime," with at least 10 such plots uncovered so far this year, the head of Britain's domestic spy agency MI5 said...
16 November 2022
Top French court closes torture case against UAE leader
France's top criminal court on Wednesday rejected attempts to reopen an investigation into the president of the United Arab Emirates over his alleged complicity in torture in Yemen....
16 November 2022
Iran releases Greek tankers seized in May: Athens
Iran has released two Greek tankers seized in May in retaliation after an Iranian crude oil cargo was held in Greece, the Greek merchant marine ministry said Wednesday. "After monthslong talks...
16 November 2022
Court sentences three more to death over protests
Iranian courts issued three more death sentences for violence linked to protests over Mahsa Amini's death, the judiciary said Wednesday, bringing to five the total handed down in three days. One...
16 November 2022
Iraq sets up top body to tackle 'major' corruption cases
Oil-rich Iraq said Wednesday it has set up a high commission to investigate "major cases of corruption," as the newly appointed premier makes tackling graft a priority....
16 November 2022
Tripoli's oil facilities close temporarily following repeated thefts
BEIRUT — The Ministry of Energy and Water announced on Wednesday the "temporary" closure of the Tripoli oil facilities in northern Lebanon. The facilities were built in 1930 to transport oil from...
16 November 2022
Macron: Iran increasingly aggressive towards France, region
PARIS — Iran is being increasingly aggressive towards France by detaining its citizens, France's president said on Wednesday, adding that Tehran was also destabilizing the region with aggressive...
16 November 2022
Iran's Revolutionary Guards arrest person they say linked to Israel's Mossad
DUBAI — Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they had arrested a person who they alleged is linked to Israel's intelligence services, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. The...
16 November 2022
Strike on tanker off Oman 'Iranian provocation,' says Israeli official
A strike on a tanker off the coast of Oman was "an Iranian provocation" that aimed to "disrupt the environment" before the World Cup opens in Qatar, an Israeli official told AFP Wednesday. ...
16 November 2022
General Security increases passport renewal fees
BEIRUT — General Security announced in a tweet on Wednesday new passport renewal fees in line with Lebanon's 2022 budget, which went into effect on Tuesday after being published in the Official...
16 November 2022
Hoda Salloum arrested in Vehicle Registration Center investigation
The former director general of the road traffic department, Hoda Salloum, was arrested Tuesday night on the orders of the public prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, Nazek el-Khatib,...
Zeina ANTONIOS/L'Orient-Le Jour, 16 November 2022
Iran says several French intelligence agents arrested during protests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Several French intelligence agents were arrested in relation to protests in Iran, the country's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi told state TV on Wednesday, as...
16 November 2022
IAEA chief still hopes Tehran visit will take place
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said Wednesday that he hoped that a planned visit to Tehran as part of a probe into uranium traces found in Iran would still take place after Tehran had...
16 November 2022
Kuwait executes seven people, first since 2017
Kuwait put seven people to death for murder on Wednesday, the public prosecutions service said, as the first executions since 2017 went ahead despite appeals from a prominent rights group....
16 November 2022
Israel, US blame Iran as 'drone strike' hits tanker off Oman
Israel and the United States blamed Iran Wednesday after what they said was a drone strike against a tanker operated by an Israeli-owned firm carrying gas oil off the coast of Oman. The Pacific...
16 November 2022
Iran says two Guards, paramilitary, killed in 'riots'
Two Iranian Revolutionary Guards and a paramilitary were killed by "rioters" during protests commemorating those slain in 2019 street violence over fuel price hikes, state media said Wednesday....
16 November 2022
Lebanon records 7 new cases of cholera
BEIRUT — Lebanon on Wednesday recorded 7 new cholera cases and no new deaths, bringing the total number of confirmed cases of the disease to 567 and 19 deaths, the Health Ministry said in its daily...
16 November 2022
South Korea, Saudi Arabia aim to set up meeting of leaders
SEOUL — South Korea and Saudi Arabia are arranging a possible meeting between President Yoon Suk-yeol and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who is due to visit Seoul this week, the...
16 November 2022
Iran hands down second death sentence over 'riots'
An Iranian court has issued a second death sentence in three days against a "rioter" for violence linked to protests that flared over Mahsa Amini's death, the judiciary said. "A revolutionary...
16 November 2022
Budget goes into effect, win for LGBTQ+ rights, opposition MPs meet: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Lebanon’s much-delayed 2022 budget went into effect yesterday following its publication in the Official Gazette more than seven...
16 November 2022
US targets supply of Iranian drones to Russia in new sanctions
WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on companies and people it accused of being involved in the production or transfer of Iranian drones that have been used by Russia in...
16 November 2022
Turkey's Erdogan sees no losers from peace between Ukraine, Russia
NUSA DUA, Indonesia — There will be no losers from peace between Ukraine and Russia, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, adding that a UN-brokered export deal had allowed nearly 11...
