BEIRUT — Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit called Monday on Lebanon to elect a president "as soon as possible," as the country nears the end of a second month with no head of...
Amnesty International on Monday accused an eastern Libyan armed group of committing war crimes and serious abuses to impose the rule of its leader's father, military strongman Khalifa Haftar....
A Tunisian man appeared in court Monday in the latest hearing in a long-running case that could see him returned to prison for more than two years for "homosexual acts."...
Israel's expulsion of French-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri amounts to a "war crime," the UN human rights office said Monday. Hamouri, 37, arrived in France...
While political bickering is in full throttle at the highest echelons of power, the ruined state can no longer ensure even minimal public services.To date, the caretaker government has been mired...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Health Minister Firass Abiad received medicines donated by Qatar through the Qatar Red Crescent on Monday, the state-run National News Agency reported. The donation included...
BEIRUT — State-owned provider Electricité du Liban warned on Monday that several high-voltage pylons in the north are at risk of falling after thefts of metal materials used to stabilize them. In a...
Iran's foreign minister said Monday that a summit to take place this week in Jordan is a "good opportunity" for negotiations aimed at restoring the 2015 nuclear accord. On-off talks...
The Energy Ministry announced new, increased fuel prices on Monday morning for all fuels except fuel oil. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL747,000, up by...
BEIRUT — Several Lebanese MPs proposed a unified personal status law to the Lebanese Parliament on Monday. The law proposal was worked on in partnership with the KAFA (enough) Violence and...
Thousands rallied Monday in Sudan's capital to reject a tentative deal aimed at ending the crisis since last year's military coup, AFP correspondents said. Crowds of...
The parents of a young man who rights groups warn is at imminent risk of execution over his involvement in Iran's protest movement issued a video pleading with the judiciary to spare their son's...
DUBAI — Qatar approved its budget for the 2023 fiscal year Monday, with estimated revenue at 228 billion riyals ($62.64 billion) and expenditure 199 billion riyals, the state news agency...
The Cannes Film Festival demanded on Monday the immediate release of award-winning actress Taraneh Alidoosti, among the most prominent persons arrested in Iran's monthslong protests. "In...
Rima tours the Christmas markets to get her children, 10 and eight, into the holiday spirit. Sitting on the ground, Rima rests her legs as her daughter Kate runs around. “I’ve already written my...
GENEVA — The next World Trade Organization ministerial conference will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in February 2024, the global trade watchdog confirmed in a statement on Twitter...
Sweden's Supreme Court on Monday blocked the extradition of exiled Turkish journalist Bulent Kenes, a key demand by Ankara to ratify Stockholm's NATO membership. There were "several hindrances" to...
The body of an Irish United Nations peacekeeper killed in Lebanon was on Monday returned to Ireland with full military honors. Private Sean Rooney, 23, was killed and three...
Countries approved a historic deal to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world's species and ecosystems at a marathon UN biodiversity summit early Monday. The chair of...
DUBAI — Iraq aims to eliminate gas flaring within four years, state news agency INA reported on Monday, citing the country's oil minister, Hayan Abdel-Ghani. Iraq continues to flare...
A "terrorist" attack killed four members of Iran's security forces in a southeastern region beset by anti-government protests as well as extremist and criminal unrest, official media reported on...
Qatar's ruler said Sunday that the Gulf state had delivered on a vow to hold an "exceptional" World Cup. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, who gave Argentina captain Lionel Messi a traditional...
AMMAN — Three Jordanian police personnel were killed in a raid on hideout of suspected killers of a policeman in the southern city of Maan, a police statement said on Monday. The...
BEIRUT — Twenty-six prisoners in Jib Jenin prison, in Western Bekaa, escaped through a ventilation opening, L’Orient Today’s correspondent in the Bekaa reported on Monday. Security forces...
WASHINGTON — For nearly two years the United States has tried and failed to negotiate a revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal yet Washington and its European allies refuse to close the...
Four of the caretaker cabinet’s 24 ministers are scheduled to meet today for follow-up discussions on a “viable mechanism” to continue managing affairs after an earlier government meeting caused...
CAIRO — Egypt has discovered a large gas field in the Nargis block in the eastern Mediterranean, Petroleum Minister Tarek el-Molla said on Thursday. Evaluation is still ongoing to...
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?
