Iranian currency falls to record low amid isolation, sanctions
DUBAI — Iran's troubled currency fell to a record low against the US dollar on Saturday amid the country's increasing isolation and possible Europe Union sanctions against Tehran's...
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Mar Mikhael, Gemmayze rooftop bars have 15 days to cease noise pollution
BEIRUT — The governor of Beirut, Marwan Abboud, on Saturday ordered rooftop bars in Gemmayze and Mar Mikhael to cease "any artistic or musical activity within 15 days," and threatened "legal...
21 January 2023
Two small earthquakes in Syria felt by residents in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Lebanon's National Center of Geophysics recorded a two small earthquakes in Syria on Saturday. The first earthquake occurred at 3:31 p.m. in the city of Homs, with a magnitude...
21 January 2023
Security forces circulate photo of missing French national
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Internal Security Forces released a statement on Saturday circulating the photo of a missing French national. Michèle Valligny, 84, left her retirement home near Beirut's Furn...
21 January 2023
The Egyptian crisis and its similarities to Lebanon
Regional news last week was marked by further devaluation of the Egyptian pound following Cairo's decision to meet conditions dictated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which just granted...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 21 January 2023
Iranian minister orders probe into sexual assault of teen footballers
Iran's sports minister has ordered a probe into allegations of sexual assault targeting teenagers at a football academy in the country's northeast, state media reported Saturday....
21 January 2023
Municipal elections will be held in May, Mawlawi reiterates
BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi offered assurances Saturday that municipal elections, which were originally scheduled to take place in 2022 shortly after the May 15...
21 January 2023
"Light at the End of the Tunnel"
Bernard Hage, illustrator, cartoonist and musician and author of "Anatomy of a Hummus Plate," published in April 2021 by L'Orient-Le Jour and available on www.theartofboo.com , tries to make...
The Art of Boo, 21 January 2023
Tunisia detains anti-president MP
Plainclothes security officers in Tunisia detained a prominent critic of President Kais Saied in the early hours of Saturday after a military court ruling, his lawyer told AFP....
21 January 2023
Iran Guards warn EU terror label would be 'mistake'
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday warned the European Union against making a "mistake" by listing it as a terror group after the bloc's parliament called for the measure....
21 January 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs punts blame for Lebanon's loss of UN voting rights
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement Saturday claiming media reports "unfairly" held the ministry responsible for Lebanon's failure to pay its contributions to the...
21 January 2023
Canada to repatriate 23 citizens from Syria
Canada will repatriate 23 citizens who have been detained in northeast Syria in camps for family members of Islamic State group fighters, officials and a lawyer said Friday....
21 January 2023
Israeli civilian kills Palestinian at West Bank farm
An Israeli civilian shot and killed a Palestinian at a settler farm in the occupied West Bank on Saturday after an attempted stabbing, the military said. An assailant...
21 January 2023
Turkey cancels Swedish minister visit over planned protest
Turkey on Saturday called off a visit by Sweden's defence minister over a planned demonstration by a right-wing extremist in Stockholm. Turkey has been angered by...
21 January 2023
With Chamoun’s term in office, Washington and Cairo enter the fray
Following World War II (1939-1945), the United States opted for a policy intent on putting an end to the French and British colonial empires.Washington encouraged independence movements and, with...
