Ireland's foreign minister said Thursday the government was doing all it can to secure the release of a French-Irish citizen held in Iran after his family urged Dublin to intensify talks due to...
BEIRUT — Several MPs from the popular protest movement were still in Parliament on Thursday night, in the dark, as they made clear their objections to the delay in electing a new Lebanese...
BEIRUT — Several roads were blocked on Thursday night by angry protesters in Lebanon after a record depreciation of the Lebanese lira, which surpassed the threshold of LL50,000 against the...
BEIRUT — Portraits of some of the victims of the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion were erased on Thursday evening in the capital's city center, our photographer Joao Sousa reports. A number of...
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah again reiterated on Thursday the characteristics of the Lebanese president he would like to see elected. Lebanon has been without a head of state...
Germany's lower house of parliament recognized on Thursday the 2014 massacre of Yazidis by Islamic State group jihadists in Iraq as a "genocide," and called for measures to assist the besieged...
The first batch of cholera vaccines reached rebel-held areas in the northwest of war-ravaged Syria on Thursday, where the extremely virulent disease is spreading. Syria's first outbreak since...
Iran condemned on Thursday a European Parliament call to blacklist the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, which would pave the way for sanctions against the powerful military...
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati seemed to emerge victorious from the cabinet session on Wednesday. He only needed 18 ministers to achieve the goals he had set several weeks ago, and in the...
A former Algerian energy minister was sentenced in absentia on Thursday to 20 years in prison for corruption, the latest ruling against a top ally of late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, local...
General Security announced on Thursday that Lebanese living abroad who do not already have a biometric passport and who wish to obtain this type of document will have to apply for it at General...
The caretaker cabinet of Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati on Wednesday approved four Treasury advances requested by Electricité du Liban (EDL) to finance fuel purchases and expenses for the...
One person was killed and dozens injured Thursday when a stampede broke out outside a football stadium in Iraq hours before the Gulf Cup final, officials said. Long banned from hosting...
Saudi prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a prominent cleric accused of using social media to stoke unrest, according to a court document seen by AFP on Thursday....
BEIRUT — French Ambassador to Lebanon Anne Grillo met with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday. With Mikati, Grillo discussed the...
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he explored steps to bring about a diplomatic breakthrough with Saudi Arabia with the White House's National...
BEIRUT — A group of relatives of victims of the deadly Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port explosion, which distanced itself several months ago from the main group, staged a sit-in outside Parliament...
BEIRUT — In Beirut’s busy Gemmayzeh neighborhood, restaurant goers flick through their phones. They’re not texting or swiping through dating apps, but choosing what to eat. Paper menus seem to be a...
The Egyptian Bar Association announced Thursday an "unlimited" strike to condemn the imprisonment of six colleagues for a court brawl with three clerks earlier this month....
An Arab-Israeli jailed for killing an Israeli soldier was released on Thursday after serving 40 years, officials said, with Israel warning it would not tolerate celebrations glorifying "terror."...
The family of a French-Irish citizen held in Iran on Thursday urged the government in Dublin to intensify talks for his release, as concerns grow for his health following a hunger strike....
BEIRUT — Fuel prices increased in Lebanon again on Thursday, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. The Lebanese lira continued its tumble on the parallel market...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira on Thursday continued its tumble on the parallel market, reaching a record low of around LL50,000 to the US dollar, according to several mobile tracking applications....
13:11 Beirut Time Dear readers, As protesters depart from their protest to demand justice for the victims of the Beirut blast, we will close today's live coverage of their sit-in...
The idea came to him during one of his many sleepless nights. “It came to me on the night of Aug. 1, 2021,” recalled George Diab, founder and CEO of the Lebanese start-up Book-ink. Fifteen days...
BEIRUT — C ivil Defense firefighters from Jounieh put out a large fire that broke out Wednesday night at the Saqr gas station in Sahel Alma, Kesrouan, the National News Agency reported Thursday....
DAVOS, Switzerland — Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud urged Israel's new government on Wednesday to engage seriously on resolving the Palestinian...
Qatar's foreign minister said his country should not be dragged into a cash-for-influence corruption scandal at the European Parliament with investigations still ongoing, rejecting...
DUBAI — Iran warned on Thursday that the European Union would "shoot itself in the foot" by listing the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Parliament is scheduled to convene for an 11th presidential election session today, its first of 2023. During previous attempts...
Two Palestinians were killed by gunfire early Thursday during an Israeli army raid in the flashpoint West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian health ministry said. The ministry said Jawad Farid...
Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
