BEIRUT — Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech Tuesday evening in which he assured the participation of Hezbollah ministers at Wednesday's cabinet meeting. He clarified...
A key suspect in a spreading EU corruption scandal, former Italian MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri, has cut a deal to divulge information about countries involved and bribes made, Belgian prosecutors said...
Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday urged Algeria to immediately release prominent jailed journalist Ihsane al-Kadi, condemning what it called a "ruthless campaign" to silence critics....
BEIRUT — The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) rejected the scheduling of a "severed" caretaker cabinet meeting, which the party described as "unconstitutional." In a statement issued Tuesday night,...
DAVOS, Switzerland — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said the kingdom was trying to find a path to dialogue with Iran as the best way to resolve differences....
BEIRUT — European prosecutors in Beirut this week examined bank transfer documents related to an investigation into whether Lebanon's central bank chief Riad Salameh and his brother embezzled...
Iran's main filmmakers' union on Tuesday called on authorities to release renowned dissident director Jafar Panahi, who has been imprisoned for six months. Panahi, 62, one...
Tunisian President Kais Saied's former chief of staff was sentenced in absentia on Tuesday to prison over audio recordings critical of him, local media reported. Nadia...
Iran said Tuesday it was "very pleased" by the December talks between Ankara and Damascus, which marked their first direct talks since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War 11 years ago. ...
In the wake of the deterioration of public institutions, the split within the Higher Judicial Council was no longer a secret. However, it was laid bare on Saturday, when William Noun, the brother...
Iran has released a prominent chef and Instagram influencer who was detained earlier this month in its crackdown on nationwide protests, a human rights group and supporters said....
BEIRUT — From north to south, Lebanon experienced several protests across multiple sectors on Tuesday. Depositors called for progress in the investigations into central bank governor Riad...
Iran has arrested a German national for allegedly photographing oil facilities in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, an Iranian newspaper reported Tuesday. "A German...
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man Tuesday after he allegedly fired at troops in the occupied West Bank, medical and military officials said. The Palestinian...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's passport was ranked 100th out of 199 passports according to the Henley Passport Index 2023 world ranking. Tied with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka and Sudan, Lebanon...
The cabinet will meet on Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Grand Serail, headed by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and with a green light from Hezbollah.Hezbollah appears to have taken sides and...
Dutch police on Tuesday arrested a suspected security official from the Islamic State group suspected of links to war crimes in Syria, prosecutors said. The 37-year-old...
Israeli authorities said Tuesday they had deported an Italian woman detained in a deadly military raid in the Bethlehem area of the occupied West Bank. Stefania Costantini was arrested Monday...
BEIRUT — Scores of union members representing the second-hand vehicle sector organized a sit-in on Tuesday in front of the Beirut port, causing heavy traffic amid a relatively large presence of...
Al-Shabaab stormed a military base north of the Somali capital on Tuesday in a deadly attack launched after the government claimed a "historic victory" over the jihadists with the capture of a...
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry on Tuesday announced an increase in all fuel prices. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL836,000, up by LL12,000. • Twenty liters of...
BEIRUT — Depositors' rights groups held a sit-in Tuesday morning in front of Beirut's Justice Palace during a visit by European judges to investigate alleged corruption and money laundering by...
BEIRUT — Telecommunications Ministry employees in Tripoli and Akkar staged sit-ins Tuesday morning to demand the Finance Ministry settle their outstanding salaries, L'Orient Today 's correspondent...
Caretaker Energy Minister, Walid Fayad, held a press conference Monday where he presented the draft decrees meant to formalize several funding requests for the state provider, Électricité du Liban...
On Dec. 27, as 2022 came to an end, a case stirred up the Lebanese social media. A group of members of Citizens in a State (Mouwatinoun wa Mouwatinat Fi Dawla, MMFD) slammed the door on the party....
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has scheduled a cabinet session for tomorrow to discuss solutions to Electricité du...
DUBAI — The United Nations envoy for Yemen said on Monday he was encouraged by intensified efforts for an expanded truce deal but stressed they should seek an inclusive process for a sustainable...
PARIS — The Eiffel Tower lit up on Monday with slogans in support of Iranian protesters and women fighting for more rights. Four months after Mahsa Amini died in custody, the French capital's...
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
