BEIRUT — The Lebanese Forces (LF) — one of Lebanon's main Christian parties— on Friday condemned the desecration of a Quran in Sweden. In June, an Iraqi asylum seeker torched a Quran outside a...
BEIRUT — Swedish Ambassador to Lebanon Ann Dismorr left Lebanon on Friday for a "pre-planned vacation," a spokesperson for the embassy told L'Orient Today. Earlier in the day, hundreds of...
Caretaker Energy and Water Minister Walid Fayad signed an memorandum of understanding with Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdelghani on Friday to renew Baghdad's supply of fuel to Lebanon. The deal...
BEIRUT — Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Boukhari said Friday that "brotherly and friendly countries are waiting for Lebanon," which has been without a president for more than eight months. "The...
Adolescent boys are systematically being separated from their mothers in detention camps in northeast Syria, a UN expert said Friday, warning the practice was causing irreparable harm and violated...
Reaching Palm Island, known to locals as jaziret al aranib (rabbit island), requires a half-hour boat ride from al-Mina in Tripoli. Tourists take simple boats with wooden seats...
BEIRUT — "We are all against what happened in Sweden." The day after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah called for demonstrations to be held after Friday prayers, hundreds of supporters of the...
BEIRUT — In the last two decades, the publication of controversial cartoons and films targeting Islam and Prophet Muhammad have ignited fiery protests and violent clashes across the world,...
The four deputy-governors of the Banque du Liban (BDL) outlined Thursday a strategy to “rectify the country’s monetary policy” and to pave the way for the revival of the economic and financial...
Ericsson (ERICb.ST) is investigating reports Baghdad has suspended employees' work permits in Iraq and the potential implications for customers and staff in the country, the Swedish telecom...
BEIRUT — Depositor Hani Andari and his wife Ihsan Ajami, who held up a Hammana bank on Friday morning, reached an agreement with their bank that afternoon in which they will gradually receive their...
BEIRUT — The caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdallah Bou Habib, declared Friday after a meeting in Meerab with the leader of the Lebanese Forces (FL), Samir Geagea, that "the issue of...
Cryptocurrencies are now banned in Kuwait. The country decided to strictly prohibit any form of transaction involving “digital assets,” including cryptocurrencies. Although these assets were not...
BEIRUT — On Thursday evening, on live television, former Lebanese minister Wi'am Wahab and journalist Simon Abou Fadel fought during Sar el-Wa't , Marcel Ghanem's political talk show. The...
Iran said the oil cargo of an Iranian-flagged supertanker seized by Indonesia last week does not belong to Tehran, Iranian state media reported on Friday. A statement from Iran's oil ministry did...
In the village of Brih in the Chouf region, a rusty old pick-up truck makes its way through the deserted streets to collect residential waste in the morning. But the morning rounds of Rawad, the...
Saudi Arabia said late Thursday it was summoning a Swedish diplomat to denounce the issuing of permits for protests that desecrate the Koran. The foreign ministry of the...
BEIRUT — Gas, diesel and fuel oil prices on Friday increased slightly, according to the latest tariffs issued by the Energy Ministry. These are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane...
Iraq expelled the Swedish ambassador on Thursday in protest at a planned burning of the Koran in Stockholm that had prompted hundreds of protesters to storm and set alight the Swedish embassy in...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday evening called for the expulsion of the Swedish ambassador to Lebanon and called for protests following the profanation of a Quran copy in...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. The Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) announced a “return to precautionary and strict measures” in response to a...
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
