BEIRUT — The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday that it is closely monitoring the developments in Niger, West Africa, where a coup d'état took place last week. The ministry...
Banque du Liban's last bi-monthly balance sheet of the Riad Salameh era, published on Aug. 1, carried a surprise: The central bank's foreign exchange reserves fell by $608 million in the space of...
BEIRUT — An abandoned infant girl was found on Wednesday near the village of Siblin in the Chouf region, south of Beirut, the state-run National News Agency reported. The girl, whose age was...
BEIRUT — A fire in a factory near the airport road in Beirut's southern suburbs has been ongoing since Tuesday night, as the Civil Defense members continue to fight the flames. Authorities...
The Lebanese Army announced Wednesday that it had arrested a man allegedly involved in the kidnapping of Saudi national Mashari al-Maitari at the end of May. Maitari was rescued by the army two...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati that a "ministerial meeting" be held next Tuesday in Dimane — the summer headquarters of Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai — the Grand Serail...
BEIRUT — Voice notes circulated on Lebanese social media on Wednesday, claiming the French embassy is warning its nationals of a possible bomb or security incident in Lebanon. The viral voice...
All it took was one article to suggest that an Israeli-Saudi normalization agreement has come close to fruition. Since the New York Times published Thursday columnist Thomas Friedman’s...
Final preparations are underway for Lebanon to become a hydrocarbon-producing country. At a Wednesday press conference announcing the creation of the Lebanese Sovereign Wealth Fund — approved...
BEIRUT — Beirut's First Examining Judge Charbel Abou Samra completed his questioning of former Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad Salameh on Wednesday. Abou Samra released Salameh without...
Abu Ayad al-Chaalan, the new Fatah-affiliated security chief in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon, told L'Orient Today on Wednesday that he believes Islamist militant Bilal Badr,...
ISTANBUL — Turkish underwater defense forces detonated more than 20 artillery shells on Turkey's Black Sea coast on Wednesday, after they were discovered lying in the sea near an Istanbul beach,...
On 17 July, nearly one year after it was signed in Istanbul, Russia decided to not renew the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) that allows Ukraine to export agricultural goods to global markets. As...
BEIRUT — A dispute over real estate broke out on Tuesday overnight in Zrarieh, South Lebanon, between two families, leading to several injuries, some of which are serious, the state-run National...
Human rights groups have accused Saudi Arabia of detaining five relatives of a US citizen who pursued a commercial lawsuit in Pennsylvania against royals including Crown Prince Mohammed bin...
NEW YORK — Israel's permanent representative to the UN, Gilad Erdan, has lodged a complaint against Lebanon with the Security Council, demanding that the Lebanese government and the United Nations...
Dany Salameh was already ill but a blast that devastated Beirut's port three years ago aggravated his condition, leaving him dependent on a walker and feeling abandoned by authorities....
DUBAI — Iran's Revolutionary Guards' navy has unveiled new vessels equipped with 600-km range missiles at a time of rising tensions with the US in the Gulf, the semi-official Tasnim news agency...
Caretaker Premier Najib Mikati called on Parliament to pass a law demanded by the new central bank leadership to finance government expenses with Banque du Liban funds. Meanwhile, Chami...
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
