AKKAR — The mayor of Fneidek, Akkar district, has called on authorities to crack down on illegal logging, which he says is a serious concern in the northern Lebanese village. L’Orient Today ’s...
Israel announced on Thursday that it will be appointing Brigadier General Shlomi Binder as the new chief of the army’s Military Intelligence Directorate, and Brigadier General Avi Bluth as head of...
BEIRUT – There was only one way in — and so only one way out — of Pizza Secrets, a restaurant in Beirut's Bechara al-Khoury area. When a gas leak caused an explosion and uncontrollable fire on...
BEIRUT — Students compelled to continue their education amid the war between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon will receive free internet services "to facilitate distance learning," the...
On Oct. 7, Noor Alyacoubi, a translator and a mother of a six-month-old baby, woke up to the sound of heavy explosions. She turned on the television to find war had come to her doorstep in Gaza As...
The Israeli National Security Agency (NISA) increased the threat level for travel to Sweden from level two (random threat) to level three (moderate threat) on Thursday, ahead of the Eurovision Song...
Bassam Bou Hamdan almost lost his life at the wheel one evening in March, when a concrete block fell on his windshield as he was driving in the vicinity of a tunnel on the airport road. The latter...
Increase in contributions paid to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) in March and then in April, increase in daily transport allowance paid to employees as of mid-February, change in school...
BEIRUT – The Union of Mechanical Inspection Workers staged a sit-in on Thursday in front of the Interior Ministry to protest "the state the mechanical inspection centers has reached," and demand...
Israel's President Isaac Herzog on Thursday slammed US universities for campus unrest over Israel's war in Gaza, saying these institutions were "contaminated by hatred and...
Dozens of Iraqi university students and professors rallied Thursday at a Baghdad campus in solidarity with Gaza and pro-Palestinian protests at US universities, AFP correspondents said. Iraqi...
Doubts grew on Thursday over the fate of a Gaza truce plan that, as the week began, had raised hopes of an end to nearly seven months of war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants. Israel...
We are republishing this article, originally published in Nadja (UAE), as part of our collaboration with the Human Journalism Network program to share solutions-focused stories from around the...
BEIRUT – Forty kilograms of Hashish hidden inside a piano destined for Ecuador has been seized at Beirut International Airport, the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced Thursday, without...
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday announced $1 billion in aid for Lebanon during a visit to the crisis-hit country and urged it to tackle illegal migration to the bloc. The European Union...
A Lebanese woman, F.S., her son Ali and several Syrian nationals were arrested on Thursday in the town of Baalbeck by the army's intelligence services, for an unusual crime. According to a security...
The health ministry in Gaza said Thursday that at least 34,596 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory during almost seven months of war between Israel and Hamas....
Iran announced on Thursday sanctions on several American and British individuals and entities for supporting Israel in its war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The Islamic Republic,...
Six people, including three minors, have been arrested by law enforcement agencies, including for alleged sexual assaults on children, the Internal Security Forces said on Wednesday evening, after...
With just a month to go before the big day, the announcement came as a disappointment to many. In a statement published on its Instagram account, the Beirut Marathon Association officially canceled...
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken has urged Hamas to accept a Gaza truce plan despite an Israeli warning that the army will keep fighting the Palestinian militant group after any cease-fire....
Hamas on Wednesday hailed as a "victory" Colombia's decision to cut ties with Israel over the war in Gaza. "We greatly appreciate the position of Colombian President...
After applying months of pressure on Israel to do more on aid, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a first-hand look Wednesday at trucks on the Gaza border. Under tight security including...
The temporary pier being constructed by the US military to increase humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza is more than halfway complete, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The start of construction was...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that he made clear to Israeli leaders US opposition to a major attack on the Gaza city of Rafah and said he suggested "better ways" to...
22:09 Beirut Time That's it for today's live coverage of the war on Gaza and its repercussions in the...
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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
