BEIRUT — The Episcopal Commission for Catholic Schools in Lebanon announced on Wednesday evening its schools will be closed, while its administration goes on strike starting from Thursday, Dec. 21....
BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike directly targeted the southern Lebanese town of Markaba, Marjeyoun district, killing one civilian and injuring others, said the mayor of the town, speaking to...
ABOARD USS GERALD R. FORD— US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, and thanked its crew for their role in,...
UNITED NATIONS — A United Nations Security Council vote on a bid to boost aid to the Gaza Strip and ask the UN to monitor humanitarian aid deliveries in the Palestinian enclave has again been...
The United States wants to actively engage with Iraq to address a surge in attacks on American troops in Iraq and Syria, a top US official said Wednesday in Baghdad. Dozens...
NEW YORK — A US court on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging an alleged senior Hezbollah operative with terrorism charges, in part for coordinating a 1994 bombing of a Jewish community...
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen expressed support during his visit to Cyprus on Wednesday for plans to send humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip from the Mediterranean island....
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have launched missiles and drones at cargo ships in the Red Sea, warned Wednesday that they would strike back if attacked by US forces. ...
Gaza's Health Ministry said at least 12 people were killed and dozens were wounded on Wednesday in a series of airstrikes in Rafah near the border with Egypt. AFP...
On Monday, the US announced the creation of an international maritime coalition in response to the growing number of Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. Led by Washington, this task force brings...
RABAT — Russia-Arab ministers stressed on Wednesday the need to guarantee the safety and security of maritime traffic in the Gulf and the Red Sea, a final communique by the Russia-Arab...
Hacker group Predatory Sparrow claimed responsibility on social networks last Monday for the cyberattack that had just targeted Iran's fuel distribution system, disrupting 70 percent of the entire...
As the COP28 in Dubai concluded last week with promising notes for some, and mixed feelings for others, climate change is palpable in the Mediterranean, starkly in the east, in Lebanon. In 2020,...
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday it had delivered food into Gaza through the Israeli Kerem Shalom border crossing in the first direct aid convoy from Jordan....
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF) has ample reason to feel content. On Friday, Samir Geagea’s efforts to persuade Parliament to prolong Joseph Aoun's tenure as the head of the army were met...
BEIRUT — Électricité du Liban (EDL) has further restricted electricity production, already at its lowest levels, the supplier announced in a statement Tuesday, due to a delayed shipment of fuel oil...
Israeli troops killed a Palestinian motorist in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, while the army said it had "neutralized a terrorist."...
Greece has advised commercial vessels sailing in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to avoid Yemeni waters, keep only the necessary crew on the bridge and follow alerts issued by maritime...
Kuwait's new emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmed al-Sabah on Wednesday criticised parliament and cabinet for harming national interests as he was formally sworn in before lawmakers as the country's 17th...
A man on Monday killed his divorced wife and then shot himself in the Lebanese Bekaa village of Gaza, a security source and the head of the municipality of the village told L'Orient Today . The...
BEIRUT – The death toll from clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces since early October now stands at 109, with hundreds of others injured, according to new Health Ministry data issued...
Iran on Wednesday hanged a woman convicted of murdering her husband, whom she married while still a child, a human rights group said, defying an international campaign for clemency....
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to hold talks with Egyptian officials, mainly on developments in the war with Israel in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian group said.
Tehran condemned as "unacceptable" Wednesday a Swedish court's rejection of an appeal by a former Iranian prison official against a life sentence handed down over mass executions in 1988. ...
The United Nations Security Council was due to vote Wednesday on a much-delayed resolution calling for a pause to the Israel-Hamas war after members wrangled over wording while aid efforts in the...
The head of Hamas was due in Egypt on Wednesday for talks on a cease-fire in Gaza, after Israel said it was willing to agree to another pause in exchange for more hostages....
The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad on Tuesday released video footage it claimed showed two hostages alive in its custody in Gaza after being taken to the territory during the Oct. 7...
The United States has charged an Iranian and a Chinese national with allegedly supplying microelectronics to Iran for use in the drone program of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps....
22:47 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE coverage from day 75 of the Hamas-Israel war. You can read a summary of today's events here . We'll be back tomorrow with...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday’s LIVE coverage of Day 74 of the Israel-Hamas war here . Israeli bombardments killed four Hezbollah...
Strong words from abroad Britain is the latest major country to criticize Israel for the brutality of its military operations in Gaza. Today, the death toll as reported by the Gaza Health...
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
