BEIRUT — The Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri called on the European Union on Tuesday to help Lebanon "find swift solutions" to the Syrian refugee crisis, the state-run National News...
Kasra Mehdipournejad has seen neither his Iranian parents nor siblings for six years since they advised him to remain in Germany. On Wednesday, the taekwondo specialist will make them proud. He is...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's state-owned telecommunication company Ogero, announced on Tuesday on its twitter account an ongoing outage since Friday in the Tebbaneh area of Tripoli, following "a power surge...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's General Security (GS) announced on Tuesday that all new passports will now be issued within a maximum delay of 30 working days, without the need for an appointment. "Lebanese...
Intissar was only 10 years old when she was forced to undergo genital mutilation, but 30 years later, one clinic is offering help for some of the millions of Egyptian women affected by the...
BEIRUT — The water supply is back in the Metn region, as well as in the Beirut neighborhoods of Achrafieh and Bourj Abi Haidar, following a temporary solution after a breakdown at the Zouk Mkael...
If it weren’t for the bombardments, the destroyed houses and the band of soldiers stationed on the outskirts, the small village of Pryshyb in the Donbass region would be a little paradise, with its...
BEIRUT — Faced with financial despair, a growing number of families have resorted to forcing their children – some as young as six years old - to work, a survey done by UNICEF shows. UNICEF...
The United States, on behalf of 27 countries, condemned Tuesday the open-ended nature of the UN investigation into alleged human rights violations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....
The head of the UN's refugee agency on Tuesday urged Sudan's neighbours to keep their borders open despite security worries as the number of people fleeing the conflict topped 500,000, while those...
The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned Tuesday that a funding squeeze could jeopardize access to basic services for millions of people....
Palestinian gunmen opened fire near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday killing four people, Israeli emergency services said. The Israeli military said forces were searching...
Upon first glance, the stark dissonance is immediately apparent. Mohammad Hammoud’s unassuming appearance, his calm demeanor and his composed responses seem incongruous with the notorious label...
Two local civilian officials and their driver were killed in Syria's Kurdish-run northeast on Tuesday when their car was targeted by a Turkish drone strike, regional Kurdish authorities said. In a...
NICOSIA — Cyprus hopes to develop plans for a pipeline linking it to Israel's east Mediterranean gas fields during talks that start next month, the island's top energy official told Reuters....
BEIRUT — Lebanon's ambassador to France Rami Adwan, who is facing rape and intentional violence allegations, will return to Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanon's caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou...
BEIRUT — The Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) on Tuesday extended, as expected, the term of its Board of Directors and its head Salim Sfeir for another year, a source from ABL confirmed to...
BEIRUT — Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil said Monday evening he rejected the call for early parliamentary elections, an option put forward by Parliament's Deputy Speaker Elias...
The head of the UN's refugee agency Filippo Grandi said on Tuesday that the number of people who have fled the fighting in Sudan was now more than 500,000 while two million are internally...
Holding early parliamentary elections to end the political stalemate? There’s nothing shocking about this suggestion in a true parliamentary democracy, since the legislature’s dissolution is the...
BEIRUT — Cabinet is scheduled to meet on Wednesday and discuss extending the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)'s term until 2024, the promotion of security officers and officially...
BEIRUT — Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has sued the company for more than $1 billion in a lawsuit filed to Lebanon's public prosecutor last month, according to a copy of the lawsuit seen by...
Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank killed five Palestinians including a militant on Monday, in a raid that saw eight Israeli security personnel wounded and rare helicopter fire....
BEIRUT — The prices of gasoline, diesel and fuel oil slightly increased while the prices of gas decreased, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry on Tuesday morning....
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man whom the Israeli army accused of throwing petrol bombs near the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem late Monday, Palestinian officials said....
The United Nations special envoy for Syria, Geir Otto Pedersen, will take part in talks on Syria's future in Astana, Russia's TASS state news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting Russia's Deputy...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . The preliminary draft 2023 budget “is ready and must be sent by the end of June” to Parliament, caretaker Prime Minister Najib...
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?
