BEIRUT — Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation Jamal Hajjar questioned Karim Khayat, chairman of Middle East Power (MEP) — a Lebanese company tasked with operating the Zouk and Jiyyeh power...
Renovation and modernization work is currently underway at Rafik Hariri International Airport (RHIA), aiming to "improve the airport’s operational efficiency and optimize the quality of...
Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar, during a visit to Bahrain, met Tuesday with his Bahraini counterpart Rashid bin Abdullah al-Khalifa, in the presence of Lebanese Ambassador Hadi Hashem, to...
Syria's Defense Ministry announced a four-day cease-fire with Kurdish forces on Tuesday, after an understanding was reached between the two sides on the future of the Kurdish-majority Hassakeh...
Dozens of members of Lebanon's Kurdish community staged a midday sit-in Tuesday in downtown Beirut, outside the United Nations (ESCWA) headquarters, to protest the fighting that broke out in...
BEIRUT — Beirut Port General Manager Marwan al-Nafi announced on Tuesday that the port is, as of now, fully committed to complying with the Public Procurement Law. The announcement was made during...
Within days, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa reclaimed nearly two-thirds of the territory held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and forced their leader, Mazloum Abdi, to sign a new agreement....
Did the United States’ intervention in Venezuela come as a surprise in terms of international relations, as many seemed to believe? Yes, because the U.S. president’s rhetoric appeared to contradict...
From Jan. 21 to March 8, "Willy Protagoras Locked in the Bathroom," an early piece by Wajdi Mouawad, is returning to the stage. Created 30 years ago and starring Canadian actress Mireille...
The Higher Judicial Council (HJC) published last week a report on the state of justice in Lebanon between 2019 and 2024, a period spanning from the onset of the severe, multifaceted crisis that...
U.S. President Donald Trump's government has asked countries to pay $1 billion for a permanent spot on his "Board of Peace" aimed at resolving conflicts, according to its charter seen...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam participated Tuesday afternoon in a dialogue session at the Davos Forum on the Future of the Middle East, during which he presented the progress made in Lebanon over the...
During the years leading up to the Lebanese Civil War, as well as those that followed, Beirut's Commodore Hotel was nothing particularly remarkable. It certainly lacked any resemblance to what...
Violent scuffles erupted on Tuesday between Turkish police and pro-Kurdish protesters at the border with Syria, where Damascus has launched an offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday outlined achievements made over the past year to diplomats and international representatives in Lebanon, focusing on reforms and disarmament. Aoun told...
Erfan Faraji died one week after turning 18. Robina Aminian dreamed of pursuing a degree in fashion. Rebin Moradi was a soccer player; Ahmadreza Amani, an aspiring lawyer; Negin Ghadimi, a...
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Riyadh insists that decision-making in Lebanon "return to the state" as the international community pushes to disarm Hezbollah as a...
BEIRUT — Residents of the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp held a sit-in Tuesday outside UNRWA headquarters in Saida, protesting service cuts and what they called arbitrary actions against staff, reports...
BEIRUT — Energy Minister Joe Saddi stressed in a press conference on Tuesday that his ministry is identifying violations and prosecuting offenders, noting that "30 percent of electricity is...
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an urgent special session this week on "the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran", a spokesman said...
Russia sees no reason to stop trading with Iran and will continue to do so whenever it considers it appropriate, despite U.S. sanctions threats, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday....
Since the Jan. 7 meeting, the cease-fire monitoring committee, known as the ‘mechanism’, has not convened.Two meetings originally scheduled for Jan. 10 and 17 were postponed, raising numerous...
Donald Trump said Tuesday he has agreed to a meeting with "various parties" this week about Greenland, as the U.S. president steps up pressure on European leaders at Davos over his demand...
Meteorologists say a major disturbance in Earth's magnetic field Monday could mean the northern lights will be seen further south than typical in the U.S., possibly even in Alabama or northern...
Emergency services in Spain used cranes on Tuesday to gain access to the worst-hit carriages in a high-speed train crash as they sought to recover the remains of people still missing in a disaster...
BEIRUT — A seismic tremor with a magnitude of 2.4 on the Richter scale was recorded in Lebanon at 11:55 p.m. local time on Monday, reported the Geophysics department of the National Council for...
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will meet U.S President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Egypt's presidency said on Tuesday. This will be the...
Negotiations between Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi, the head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, have collapsed, a Kurdish official told AFP on Tuesday....
In light of the Syrian Kurds’ Jan. 30 announcement of a “comprehensive” agreement with Damascus — including the gradual integration of their forces and administration into the state — we invite you...
Israel demolished structures inside the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency's East Jerusalem compound on Tuesday after seizing the site last year, in an act condemned by the agency as a violation...
"I never want to get that kind of call again," says Stefanel, 35. Losing a loved one while she was in Cyprus was a turning point, sealing her decision to return to Lebanon in September...
Outlawed Kurdish militants in Turkey will "never abandon" Kurds in Syria following an offensive by Damascus, a leader of the PKK armed group said, quoted by Firat news agency Tuesday....
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday denied running secret prisons in southern Yemen following claims from Saudi-backed Yemeni officials that widened a rift between the Gulf powers. The allegations...
Key allies reacted coolly Monday to U.S. President Donald Trump's invite to pay $1 billion for a permanent spot on his "Board of Peace" for resolving international conflicts, with...
22:18 Beirut Time We are now closing our LIVE coverage of the region for the night. We will be back tomorrow morning with more news updates. 20:47 Beirut Time...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:10 a.m.: The Information Technology Committee,...
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?
