BEIRUT — Cabinet has approved "dollar incentives" for public school teachers and allotted an initial payment of LL5 trillion "to ensure the start of the school year," caretaker Education Minister...
BEIRUT — The quickly spreading EG.5 (Eris) variant of COVID has not yet appeared in Lebanon according to lab tests, the Health Ministry's director of epidemiology tracking, Nada Ghosn, said...
An Iranian journalist said Thursday she had no regrets over posting a picture of herself without a headscarf in defiance of Iran's dress laws, sharing a similar image following her latest release...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer on Thursday spoke about the importance of de-escalating tensions and Washington's commitment to a two-state...
BEIRUT — The Deir Ammar and Zahrani power plants — the country's two largest — will resume generating electricity on Thursday, fewer than 24 hours after being shut down by Primesouth Lebanon, the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi discussed Iran's possible future membership of the BRICS grouping during a phone call on Thursday, Russian state news...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Foreign Affairs Ministry said Thursday that "non-Lebanese" emigrants who left Lebanon informally and are sent back to Lebanon will not be received in the country "regardless of...
BEIRUT — Air navigation services at Beirut's international airport suffer "inadequacies" that must be addressed with the "utmost urgency," an audit report by the European Union Aviation Safety...
As the country was still reeling from the shock of the Kahaleh incident — the violence arising after a truck-load of Sunday’s incident in Hezbollah munitions overturned and violent deaths ensued —...
BEIRUT — The Higher Shiite Council denied on Wednesday that it had endorsed dismissing 15 sheikhs, after a controversial document spread online listing the names of the allegedly dismissed...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army announced Thursday it had arrested a mokhtar in Bar Elias, in the Bekaa Valley, for falsifying documents. An intelligence patrol also arrested five Syrian...
BEIRUT — A fire broke out on Thursday in a petrol pipeline that has been disused for several decades in the village of Tal Abbas in Akkar governorate, according to the Civil Defense and a L'Orient...
BEIRUT — Banque du Liban (BDL) said on Thursday that its liquid foreign assets stood at $8.57 billion as it disclosed the numbers for the first time in a push for greater transparency after...
BEIRUT — The concert by American rap star Tyga, scheduled for Aug. 19 in Lebanon as part of the Byblos International Festival, has been canceled "for reasons beyond its control," according to the...
Saudi Arabia and Iran are making progress on mending ties, Iran's foreign minister said after meeting with his counterpart in Riyadh on Thursday, as two regional heavyweights seek to overcome past...
AMMAN —Hundreds of Syrians burnt tires, blocked roads and chanted anti-government slogans in the mainly ethnic Druze city of Sweida on Thursday to protest against worsening economic conditions...
Israel said the United States on Thursday approved the "landmark" sale of the Arrow 3 hypersonic missile defense system to Germany, in the country's biggest military deal worth $3.5 billion....
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived Thursday in Riyadh for his first official Saudi trip since a landmark rapprochement in March, state media reported....
BEIRUT — The South Lebanon Water Establishment (SLWE) announced Thursday that its main stations, wells, and distribution centers no longer supply running water, following the Wednesday shutdown of...
JENIN, West Bank — Israeli forces killed a Palestinian gunman during a raid that set off clashes in the town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, medical officials and militant groups said....
BEIRUT — Two men were killed Wednesday night in the village of Khyara, in the Bekaa, in an exchange of fire with the Lebanese Army, the army said in a Thursday statement. According to the...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese parliamentary session that was scheduled for 11 a.m. on Thursday to consider, among other things, a capital control law was postponed for lack of a quorum when several...
BEIRUT — An escalating war of words between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon echoes heightened tension at the border, with each vowing to return the other to the "stone age" and...
BEIRUT — Dozens of protesters demonstrated outside the Parliament building in Beirut Thursday morning ahead of a scheduled legislative session. The demonstration, organized by the "Cry of the...
“Demonic.” Opinions vary on whether Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces, crossed a line by labeling the alliance between the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and Hezbollah as such. Some...
Several parliamentary groups, including the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces (LF) announced they will boycott today's Parliament session. The boycotts mean that the simple majority...
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
