After a second round of indirect talks between U.S. and Iranian officials in Geneva on Tuesday, both sides mentioned “progress,” while acknowledging significant gaps remain. Hours later, however,...
Army Commander Rodolph Haykal met on Wednesday in Yarze with the ambassadors to Lebanon from the "Quintet" countries — the United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar — which are...
BEIRUT — Higher Islamic Shiite Council, the highest authority for the community in Lebanon, announced Wednesday that the month of Ramadan will begin on Thursday, Feb. 19, for Shiites. The office...
A wounded soldier, mocking bronze masks, watercolors where bodies float in emptiness: in New York, Ali Cherri unfolds a landscape of exhaustion in "Last Watch Before Dawn," his first solo...
Killed Monday by an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon, Ahmad Tarmous, a Hezbollah member, received a threatening call from the Israeli army just minutes before the threat was carried out....
On Sunday, Feb. 15, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a delegation from the Conference of Presidents, the umbrella organization of the American Jewish community visiting Jerusalem...
BEIRUT — Former Palestinian diplomat Leila Shahid died on Wednesday at the age of 76, her family told L'Orient-Le Jour. She was the face of the Palestinian cause in Europe. After having served...
Trash from Metn and Kesrouan (Mount Lebanon) has once again started piling up in the streets, for the umpteenth time in recent months because of the sudden closure of the Jdeideh landfill (Metn...
For the sayadieh broth:Peel the onions, slice them, then sauté in oil until deeply golden.Add water and bring to a boil.Strain and set aside the cooking liquid.Fry the grouper heads and bones in...
Satellite images show that Iran has recently built a concrete shield over a new facility at a sensitive military site and covered it in soil, experts say, advancing work at a location reportedly...
Trim the ends off the zucchini and remove the small brown skin at the base. Rinse under cold water and slice in half lengthwise. Put the olive oil and sliced onion in a saucepan. Sauté over medium...
We lost the country, but accumulated gold.Lebanon has suffered over $70 billion in losses from its banking crisis. At the same time, the country faces a severe infrastructure deficit, with $5–10...
The scheduled date for the parliamentary elections is now less than three months away, and forecasts about their outcome are becoming more pointed. Polling institutes and assessments commissioned...
"If you ask me what my date of birth is, I’ll tell you Dec. 8, 2024." Just over a year after being released from prison following the fall of the Syrian regime, Suhail Hamawi, 62, smiles...
Iran's top diplomat Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that Tehran was "drafting" a framework to advance future talks with Washington, during a phone call with the U.N. nuclear...
On Feb. 6, the government approved the Public Works Ministry’s request to “ gradually” reactivate Qleiaat’s airport , also known as the Rene Moawad Airport, in Akkar, north Lebanon. The issue has...
A raid by Islamic State group-affiliated jihadists on a military base in northeastern Nigerian killed eight Nigerian soldiers and injured 23 others, three security sources told AFP Wednesday....
The General Directorate of General Security (GS) announced on Wednesday updated fees for a number of its services in line with the 2026 state budget adopted earlier this month. While the cost of...
Russia and Cuba on Wednesday slammed the U.S. energy blockade of the Caribbean island in a show of solidarity in Moscow, where Havana's foreign minister was due to meet with President Vladimir...
It has turned into a true game of ping-pong between Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s government and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. The two officials keep passing the responsibility for the unclear...
The public electricity provider Électricité du Liban (EDL) announced Wednesday "the recovery of $10 million in payment arrears over a period of ten months," as part of the implementation...
Israel announced it would allow 10,000 Palestinian worshippers to attend weekly prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque in east Jerusalem during the holy month of Ramadan, which began Wednesday. Israeli...
Italy will be present at the first meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" as an "observer," Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Wednesday....
The United States will deter Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons "one way or the other," U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright warned on Wednesday. "They've been very clear about...
The headquarters of France's hard-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed, LFI) party have been evacuated after a bomb threat, LFI's national coordinator Manuel Bompard said on...
Ukrainian and Russian negotiators concluded a second day of U.S.-mediated talks in Geneva on Wednesday, though neither side signaled they were any closer to ending Europe's deadliest conflict...
A Turkish parliamentary commission voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to approve a report envisaging legal reforms alongside the militant Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) disarmament, advancing a...
The process was expected to be arduous. More than three months after the Parliamentary elections of Nov. 11, Baghdad has still failed to find its new prime minister. Although Nouri al-Maliki was...
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has named a former commerce minister to steer the country's troubled economy and kept the defense portfolio for himself as he formed his first...
The Israeli military announced that one of its soldiers had been killed in combat in southern Gaza on Wednesday, but a security source said the death appeared to have been caused by "friendly...
A second day of U.S.-mediated talks with Russia and Ukraine seeking to find an end to the four-year war kicked off in Geneva on Wednesday, a source in the Russian delegation said....
Australia has barred one of its citizens from returning home from a Syrian detention camp because of security concerns, the government said Wednesday. The unidentified person is among a group of...
Iran and Russia will conduct naval manoeuvres in the Sea of Oman on Thursday, following the latest round of talks between Tehran and Washington in Geneva, Iranian media reported. On Monday, the...
Russian forces launched aerial attacks on Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian air force said Wednesday, ahead of a second day of negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow officials in Geneva. The...
YouTube said late Tuesday it had fixed a widespread outage that hit hundreds of thousands of users around the world. Tracking website Downdetector said there were more than 300,000 reports of...
The only Lebanese film selected for competition in the official lineup of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, "Someday, A Child" by Marie-Rose Osta stands out as one of the most...
Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he would pursue a policy of "encouraging the migration" of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israeli...
A U.S. immigration judge has rejected efforts by President Donald Trump's administration to deport Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, who was arrested last year following his...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz Some key things to watch today:11 a.m.: Finance Minister Yassine Jaber to meet with...
00:22 Beirut Time We are now closing our LIVE coverage of the region for the night. We will be back tomorrow morning with more news updates. 21:21 Beirut Time Iran...
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
