Iran is capable of producing fissile material for use in a nuclear weapon within "one or two weeks," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. News of Iran's capabilities follows the...
U.S. President Joe Biden doubled down on his insistence that he will stay in the White House race, despite a growing Democrat revolt that raised speculation he could bow out as soon as this...
Baby turtles were released into the sea on Friday at the Tyre Coast Nature Reserve, according to the official National News Agency (NNA). Ali Badreddine, the reserve's director and a marine biology...
BEIRUT — Zahle's new bus drivers aren't worried about getting attacked, despite Beirut's first public buses in years getting vandalized and their passengers harassed on their first day of operation...
What do we know about the Jmaijmeh attack? Thursday evening, Israeli airstrikes targeted several areas in the Marjayoun and Bint Jbeil districts in southern Lebanon. The strikes, reported shortly...
BEIRUT — The yearly Perseid meteor shower, named for the Perseus constellation it appears to come from, will last through most of August but is expected to peak this Sunday night, Aug. 11....
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled 11-4 against the legality of Israel’s occupation system in Palestinian territories and 14-1 asserting that Israel must cease and reverse settlement...
Adidas announced on Friday that it would remove Bella Hadid, a Palestinian-American model, from a controversial advertising campaign promoting the re-release of a pair of iconic sneakers from the...
SOUR — Asked about the most challenging mission he has been on since the start of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict on Oct. 8, Hussein Awada, a newly recruited volunteer with the Islamic Health...
BEIRUT — AFP photographer Christina Assi, who was severely injured in an Israeli attack in South Lebanon last October, will carry the Olympic Flame on July 21, in Vincennes, France, according to...
I hope it’s been a good week for you and that you are as eager for the weekend as I am. How will you be spending your days off? Personally, I will be on a mission to escape the oppressive heat of...
A fire broke out on Friday in the grasslands around the Tripoli Oil Facilities compound in Beddawi, with flames spreading rapidly due to strong winds, raising concerns that the fire could reach the...
BEIRUT — In the last decade, Lebanon has managed, despite geopolitical and economic turmoil, to achieve a trade surplus with six Arab countries — where the value of exports exceeded the cost of...
Lawyer Majd Harb, former MP candidate for North Lebanon and son of former MP Boutros Harb, on Friday proposed an urgent initiative to rehabilitate the military airports in Qlayaat, Hamat and Rayak,...
Russian Foreign Minister's Special Envoy to Lebanon, Vladimir Safronkov, is currently on tour in Lebanon, where he met several officials. He notably met caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati at...
Some 86 Syrians were arrested in Aabde in northern Lebanon as they were preparing to leave Lebanon clandestinely by sea, the Lebanese army announced on Friday. According to the army statement,...
BEIRUT — Yemen's Houthis attacked Tel Aviv in the early hours of Friday morning, killing one man and slightly wounding other, the Israeli military and emergency services said, cited by Reuters....
The prospect of an agreement leading to a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip is receding. Although the mediators continue to deploy efforts, bellicose rhetoric has once again prevailed over that of...
Rafic Hariri International Airport Director Fadi al-Hassan said on Friday that air traffic at the Beirut airport was not affected by the global IT outage, as the malfunctioning of some Microsoft...
Air passengers around the world faced delays, cancellations and problems checking in as airports and airlines were caught up in a massive IT outage that also affected industries ranging from...
Washington’s envoy for energy security is at the head of US efforts toward de-escalation between Hezbollah and Israel. This is mainly due to the fact that Amos Hochstein is the architect of the...
Three people were rescued Thursday evening off the Ain Mreisseh beach in Beirut after their jet ski broke down, the Lebanese Civil Defense said on its X account. !function(d,s,id){var...
The Lebanese Civil Defense warned citizens, on the occasion of the feast of Saint Elijah, against the use of firecrackers and fireworks, which could cause fires, particularly near forests and dry...
Fuel prices in Lebanon saw a very slight decrease, according to the latest price list published by the Energy and Water Ministry. Here are the new prices: – 20 liters of 95 octane gasoline: LL...
21:13 Beirut Time Thank you for following our live updates on the Gaza war and its impact on the region, particularly Lebanon. Stay tuned for more coverage starting tomorrow...
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they fired a drone that caused an explosion in Tel Aviv early Friday that left one person dead, injured four and set off a new shock for Israel more than nine...
An explosion ripped through "logistics" warehouses belonging to former pro-Iran paramilitaries south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday, officials said. "At 7:00 p.m....
The Israeli parliament voted Thursday to oppose a Palestinian state as an "existential threat," a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers the army had Hamas "by the throat."...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, July 23, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• 1 p.m.: United Nations Development Program...
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Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, July 24, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• 10:30 a.m.: Meeting of the Parliamentary...
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
