DAVOS, Switzerland — Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said Wednesday that progress was being made toward ending the conflict in Yemen, where Riyadh leads a military coalition, but more work was...
BEIRUT — The UN's World Food Program and Lebanon's Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday indicated in a joint statement that "nearly two million people in Lebanon, including 1.46 million Lebanese...
JERUSALEM — The United States expects Israel, under a visa-waiver deal being discussed between the allies, to enable free passage for Palestinian Americans into the occupied West Bank, the US...
Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018. The film received a 15-minute standing ovation and won the Jury Prize among other awards. However, Labaki and her husband...
BEIRUT — “We’ve been wanting to do a retrospective of Jocelyne Saab’s films since she passed away in 2019, in coordination with Association Jocelyne Saab. ” Nour Ouayda is the manager of...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Maronite bishops issued a statement Wednesday warning against the "obstruction" of the probe into the Aug. 4 2020 Beirut port explosion and the "arbitrary arrests of relatives of...
Israel's top court said Wednesday that a senior member of premier Benjamin Netanyahu's newly formed government cannot serve as minister due to a recent tax evasion conviction....
There was no crowd outside General Security headquarters near the Justice Palace in Beirut on Tuesday. “No need to show up if you did not receive a message,” said one General...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday lashed out at Parliament Speaker and Amal Movement leader Nabih Berri, accusing him and Hezbollah of contributing to the presidential...
JERUSALEM — Israeli officials appealed to Pope Francis, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday to help them recover four...
BEIRUT — These past years, with COVID-19 and the growth of remote work, the world witnessed the expansion of a new category of workers: the digital nomads. They are usually young people, who...
BEIRUT — Najib Mikati's caretaker cabinet on Wednesday approved funds needed to pay for two diesel ships and to cover the cost of maintenance for the country's power plants as a temporary solution...
A French-Irish citizen held in Iran since Oct. 2022, who relatives say is on hunger strike, is in a critical state of health, a French diplomatic source said on Wednesday....
An Iranian man has been jailed for more than eight years after decapitating his wife and displaying her head in public, in a case that shocked the country, the judiciary said Wednesday. Mona...
“My plane lands [in Beirut] at 4:30 p.m. If by then William Noun is not released, I will act personally.” These were the words of Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai, who was on a trip to London...
MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow was building its relations with the Arab world following the imposition of sweeping Western sanctions against it over...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled on Wednesday that he intended to call the next general election for May 14. Turkey's next general election is officially due...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese army was on alert Wednesday on the southern border near the Israeli settlement of Metula, close to Marjayoun, over an alleged violation of the border by the Israeli army, the...
A son of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been freed after serving more than seven years of a 10-year jail sentence for fraud, Iranian media reported Wednesday....
BEIRUT — Judge Tarek Bitar, who heads the probe into the deadly Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port explosion, met on Wednesday with a French judicial delegation that arrived in Lebanon to investigate the...
DAVOS, Switzerland — Saudi Arabia's finance minister said on Wednesday the kingdom is changing the way it provides assistance to allies, shifting from previously giving direct grants and deposits...
BEIRUT — Three United States Congress members have called for "diplomatic tools" against "those obstructing democratic processes in Lebanon," according to a letter dated Jan. 13. The letter comes...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati's cabinet meeting kicked off shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday to discuss electricity production and other key issues, though without attendance from...
DUBAI — As a young prosecutor in Tehran, Ebrahim Raisi sat on a "death committee" overseeing the execution of hundreds of political prisoners in the Iranian capital, rights groups say. Now...
CAIRO — Oman has started natural gas and condensate production from the Mabrouk field, state media reported on Wednesday, citing the Omani energy ministry. Production is expected to reach more...
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Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
