Qatar's energy minister said Thursday the attacks on the country's energy installations will slash the export capacity of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) by 17 percent, costing an estimated...
Iranian authorities on Thursday gave the national women's football team a hero's welcome after their return to the Islamic Republic from Australia, where some had made and then withdrawn...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he believes pipelines should be built to transport Middle East oil and gas across the Arabian Peninsula and up to Israeli ports to avoid...
BEIRUT — Beirut’s first investigative judge, Roula Osman, concluded her investigation last week in the “Abu Omar” case and referred the file to the Court of Cassation’s prosecution for its opinion,...
Amid ongoing tensions on the Lebanese-Israeli border, a U.S. congressional initiative is drawing attention to a legal blind spot in Lebanon: the so-called “anti-normalization” laws. These...
BEIRUT — Gold and silver prices plunged on Thursday, with spot gold falling to $4,618 an ounce at 6:38 p.m. Beirut time, down 5.32 percent, and spot silver dropping to $76.20, down 3.64 percent,...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Thursday in an interview with CNN , recorded in Beirut, that Lebanon is ready to enter into immediate negotiations with Israel in order to end the war,...
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot was in Lebanon on Thursday, as the Israeli army continues its military operations against Hezbollah. He visited the presidential palace in Baabda, where he...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah on Thursday again “categorically” denied accusations by Kuwait’s Interior Ministry, which said a day earlier it had thwarted a “terrorist plot” by a cell linked to the party. In...
BEIRUT — A new Israeli strike on the Qannayat bridge in Qasmieh (Sour district) wounded Russia Today journalist Steve Sweeney when he was hit in the hand by shrapnel. The bridge, already...
BEIRUT — Several political and public figures from across Lebanon political spectrum condemned the Israeli targeted strike that killed Mohammad Sherri, a journalist for the Hezbollah-affiliated...
BEIRUT — Royal Jordanian said it has postponed the resumption of its regular flights between Amman and Beirut to March 21, in a second notice sent within two days to Lebanese airlines and travel...
As more of the region comes under fire — whether from Iranian or U.S.-Israeli strikes — Turkey has so far managed to stay on the sidelines, despite growing pressure on Ankara. But how long can this...
Several Emirati authorities denied rumors about the implementation of capital controls in the country, which has been in the crosshairs of the U.S.- Israel with Iran. Anwar Gargash, diplomatic...
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced Thursday that he will not host visitors this year for the Eid al-Fitr holiday, scheduled for Friday and which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of...
Lebanese Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh announced Thursday his intention to travel to Paris "to participate in an extraordinary Heritage Committee meeting, dedicated to the protection of...
The websites of Lebanon's Foreign Affairs and Information Ministries were briefly hacked Wednesday night. At around 10 p.m. Wednesday, the Information Ministry's website failed to open and...
A pro-democracy research group said Wednesday that freedom in the United States has declined to its lowest level since it started assessments, as President Donald Trump aggressively wields...
Military investigating judge Rayan Nasr issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for one of six Hezbollah supporters against whom government commissioner Claude Ghanem had initiated proceedings last...
The FBI was investigating allegations of leaking classified information against an ex-senior U.S. counterterrorism official who quit in protest of the Iran war, U.S. media reported Wednesday. The...
For a self-described Trans Atlanticist like German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the language has been unusually blunt. When President Donald Trump asked countries to join a global effort against Iran...
It came with time. Without realizing it, and without wanting to. From one war to the next, Ziad E. learned to distinguish the sounds. Zzzz, chiiiiioooo, kaboom. There is artillery fire, cluster...
U.S. President Donald Trump said an angry Israel had "violently lashed out" and attacked Iran's major gas field, a significant escalation in the U.S.-Israeli war, but said Israel...
Intense fighting continued Thursday in Khiam, a border town in the district of Marjayoun, between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops, according to our correspondent in southern Lebanon....
Syria "has no intention of entering Lebanon or interfering in any way in its internal affairs, " is what Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani told his Lebanese counterpart, Joe...
The predominantly Christian villages of southern Lebanon have once again become isolated enclaves, fragmented along the border and linked by narrow, steep roads rarely traveled after dark. Their...
Anyone familiar with Hezbollah has noted a significant shift – in its behavior, in the statements of its leaders, and in its combat tactics. Members themselves acknowledge that the emergence of “a...
Fuel prices in Lebanon have continued to rise more than two weeks after the resumption, on March 2, of the war between Israel and Hezbollah in the wake of a broader regional conflict sparked by Tel...
The U.S.- Israeli military campaign in Iran began with the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several of his close advisers, gathered around him on Feb. 28. Since then, his son Mojtaba has been...
Global air travel remains severely disrupted after the war in Iran forced the closure of key Middle Eastern hubs including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, stranding tens of thousands of passengers....
Oil prices extended gains on Thursday after strikes against energy infrastructure in the Middle East raised further concerns over supply. Brent North Sea crude jumped more than 10 percent to...
The Saudi port of Yanbu, one of two major remaining export routes for Gulf Arab oil after Iran effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, has stopped oil loadings, two sources told Reuters on Thursday,...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Foreign Minister Joe Rajji on Thursday urged Arab states to support President Joseph Aoun's initiative to launch direct negotiations with Israel aimed at ending the war,...
Almost unnoticed amid the turmoil shaking the region and the world, the extensive investigation published by Reuters on March 13 is nonetheless worth attention. Beneath the noise of bombs and the...
Waad Lamaa, 20, lives in the village of Arab Salim, in Nabatieh district. She speaks about her hesitation to leave: "At first, I wanted to leave. We didn’t know how the Israeli strikes would...
Since the United States and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, war has spread across the Middle East, with casualties reported in countries across the region. AFP has not been able to...
Two days after the escalation and first wave of mass displacements in Lebanon, members of the Secular Club at AUB were confronted with the urgent need to act – not only to cope with their own sense...
Speaking about the "imminent danger of escalation," Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin said that if he were face to face with U.S. President Donald Trump and the Israelis, he would...
Following the ministerial statement, state media is breaking with the term “resistance”. On Monday, Information Minister Paul Morcos instructed officials at Télé-Liban (TL) and the National News...
Heavy clashes with automatic weapons and rocket fire took place overnight from Wednesday to Thursday between Hezbollah and the Israeli army in Taybeh, a village located four kilometers from the...
The Israeli war in Lebanon has entered a new phase, now crossing all red lines.Much like the broader regional conflict spiraling out of control — with Israel targeting gas facilities in Iran and...
23:15 Beirut Time Latest developments in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Several airstrikes were carried out by the Israeli army on southern Lebanon, our local correspondent reports:...
Fuel prices rose again Tuesday in Lebanon as the regional war impacts global oil prices. The Energy and Water Ministry published new rate tables reflecting a sharp increase in fuel costs, with the...
This marks a new development in the war with Iran, one that could have far-reaching consequences. Following a strike on Iranian facilities in the vast South Pars/North Dome gas field – attributed...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, March 19, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Follow-up on Iran's threats to energy facilities.France’s foreign minister...
Luxury, calm and indulgence. That's what Dubai has long promised the world — with its dazzling skyline full of high-rises and the towering Burj Khalifa. The city attracts both the wealthy and...
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
