Five months after May's parliamentary elections, the protest movement MPs have once again missed their opportunity to join the Parliament bureau—the body that sets the agenda for the legislative...
BEIRUT —The power vacuum at the head of the Tripoli municipal council in North Lebanon officially ended on Wednesday, with the election of Ahmad Kamareddine, according to L'Orient Today's...
BEIRUT —The leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, said Wednesday that his parliamentary group will vote blank in Thursday's parliamentary session to elect a successor to...
The relative security stability brought about by the US-mediated maritime agreement with Israel is, of course, welcomed by the Lebanese people who are exhausted from decades of violence and threats...
“We used to live in a house right next to a bridge. When I was little, we were not allowed to go out on the balcony for fear that a car might hit us,” Lebanese comedian Hussein Kaouk told...
Since the presidential election period began, the concept of a “candidate who would draw a consensus,” also referred to by some as a “compromise candidate,” sounds like a mantra. Since there is no...
DAMASCUS — Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad welcomed a delegation from Hamas in Damascus on Wednesday. The Palestinian militant group said the meeting could help “turn the page,” after shunning...
BEIRUT — An alleged attempt to traffic drugs at sea was foiled by the Lebanese Army ashore the Abdeh beach, in Akkar, North Lebanon, the army announced Wednesday in a tweet. Here's what we know:...
TEHRAN — Iran is planning to criminalize the sale of virtual private networks (VPNs) used to skirt Internet restrictions, a minister said on Wednesday, amid protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death....
GAZA — Saudi authorities released a senior official of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas after over three years in detention, an official of the Islamist faction said. Ezzat El-Reshiq, a member...
ANKARA — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that he had agreed with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to form a natural gas hub in Turkey. Speaking to members of his AK Party...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari on Wednesday and reaffirmed Lebanon's commitment to the "Taif Agreement," according to a statement...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Wednesday he expects the party's candidate for the presidential election, MP Michel Moawad (Zgharta), will get additional votes during Thursday's...
BEIRUT — Over the past couple of decades, Beirut-born filmmaker and artist Rania Stephan has drawn upon contemporary production and historic footage to create a body of work that is as varied as it...
DAMASCUS — A Hamas delegation arrived in Damascus Wednesday for talks with President Bashar el-Assad in the first such visit since the Palestinian Islamist group severed ties with Syria a decade...
BEIRUT — US energy envoy Amos Hochstein will be in Beirut next week carrying a copy of the maritime agreement with Israel for Lebanese officials to sign, Lebanese negotiator Elias Bou Saab told...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Health Minister Firas Abiad on Wednesday cast concern over the cholera outbreak in Lebanon, noting a "fast spread of the disease," and adding that despite the fact that...
DUBAI — Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi, who caused controversy by competing in an international contest without a veil, has returned to Iran, cheered by supporters, reiterating in comments to state...
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry announced new slightly increased fuel prices Wednesday morning. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL756,000, up by...
ZOUK MIKAEL — After losing four relatives to respiratory illness, Zeina Matar fled her hometown north of Lebanon's capital where she says a decaying power plant generates little electricity but...
During yesterday’s session, Parliament approved a draft law designed to end the country’s banking secrecy practices . Though critics say the bill further obfuscates banking secrecy rather than...
A US citizen jailed in Saudi Arabia is being punished for "mild" Twitter posts on topics including the war in Yemen and the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, his son told AFP on...
Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
