Three Republican House lawmakers on Monday asked the CEOs of Alphabet, Facebook parent Meta, Amazon.com and Microsoft if they have adopted adequate safeguards to address growing national security...
Syrian Health Minister Musaab al-Ali told L’Orient-Le Jour on Monday, from Deraa, that the authorities have implemented an emergency health plan to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the south...
The Paris prosecutor’s office said Monday it has appealed George Abdallah’s release, but the move won’t stop the Lebanese activist from leaving prison Friday and returning to Lebanon. The appeals...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that the next peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv are scheduled for Wednesday, following two previous sessions in Istanbul that yielded little...
Israel’s Foreign Ministry plans to fund a visit for figures aligned with the Make America Great Again (MAGA) and America First movements, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz. These conservative...
BEIRUT — The parliamentary subcommittee examining amendments to the draft law on the resolution of the banking sector approved the text on Monday, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported....
President Joseph Aoun on Monday, signed the decree regarding the increase of the minimum wage in Lebanon’s private sector. On June 27, the government approved a 50 percent increase in the minimum...
Minister of Economy and Trade Amer Bisat said Monday that Lebanon cannot recover economically without first restoring security, chiefly through the state’s monopoly on weapons. Since the start of...
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "appalled" by the humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, where "the last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing," his...
The violence in Syria's Sweida province (south) has left more than 1,260 dead before a cease-fire took effect Sunday, according to an updated toll published Monday by the Syrian Observatory for...
BEIRUT — The ball is in the Lebanese court. That is the main message from U.S. envoy Tom Barrack during his third visit to Beirut on Monday, to discuss the issue of Hezbollah’s disarmament....
Druze Sheik Akl, Sami Abi al-Mona, received a call Monday from Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, during which the latter "expressed his support for the Druze community and its members," at...
Parliament will hold a plenary session on Wednesday to decide whether to lift the parliamentary immunity of former Industry Minister Georges Bouchikian, Vice President of Parliament Elias Bou Saab...
Britain on Monday slapped sanctions on 135 oil tankers in Russia's shadow fleet, in a bid to disrupt the flow of money helping Moscow fund the war in Ukraine. Two entities involved in shipping...
The death toll from extreme heat during the hajj pilgrimage rose Tuesday, with Jordan and Tunisia reporting more fatalities after temperatures hit 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit) in Mecca....
Pope Leo, whose role in advocating for peace in Gaza has become notably stark since Israel struck the territory's only Catholic church last week, told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on...
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said on Monday that it was "receiving desperate messages of starvation" from its Gaza staff, as the Palestinian territory experiences surging...
Syrian authorities on Monday evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida, after a ceasefire in the southern province halted a week of sectarian bloodshed that a monitor said...
A meeting of former prime ministers at Walid Joumblatt’s residence. A Sunni-Druze gathering in the Bekaa. A rare joint statement by Lebanon’s Grand Mufti and the Druze Sheikh Akl, Sami Abi al-Mona....
After the war comes the push to strengthen partnerships. At least, that is Iran’s hope as it reels from the 12-day war sparked by Israel’s "Rising Lion" operation in June. Tehran is now eager to...
Washington cannot "compel" Israel to do anything, U.S. special envoy Tom Barrack said in Beirut on Monday, in response to a reporter's question about Lebanese demands that the U.S....
NORTH LEBANON — A man is suspected of having opened fire on one of his friends in the village of Amsheet, in the Jbeil district, fatally shooting him multiple times, according to our North Lebanon...
SOUTH LEBANON — Vehicles from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrolling Monday in Haris (Bint Jbeil district) in southern Lebanon were briefly stopped by residents while...
Belgian authorities said on Monday that they had briefly held and questioned two israeli citizens who attended an electronic music festival, after pro-Palestinian groups accused them of war crimes....
Lebanese American fashion designer Reem Acra, known for bridal couture and a favorite of global celebrities, has won a major legal battle: A Manhattan court has ordered real estate group Chetrit to...
Britain and 24 Western allies including Australia, Canada, France and Italy, said in a joint statement Monday the war in Gaza "must end now", arguing civilians' suffering had...
An Israeli soldier and citizen were both taken into custody by police in Belgium on Monday to investigate their potential involvement in war crimes committed in Gaza, said a statement by the Hind...
The national airline Middle East Airlines (MEA) announced Monday that some of its flights connecting Beirut to eight destinations will be modified between July 26 and 30 for "operational"...
The parliamentary subcommittee tasked with examining amendments to the banking sector resolution bill approved the text on Monday, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. This bill,...
The sharp snip of censorship from Lebanon’s General Security (GS) office falls once more, silencing artistic voices and trampling the constitutional right to freedom of expression. Just last week,...
The bag-making workshop launched by Kinamania will return to Lebanon for its second edition on July 31 and Aug. 7: A beautiful terrace overlooking the sea, a large table covered with leather scraps...
Since July 13, the violence erupting from southern Syria has evoked not only the brutality, but also the language and methods of an era many had hoped was over.As in the coastal massacres in March,...
Located in the heart of Saifi Village in Beirut, Dupain is much more than just a bakery. With 270 square meters spread over two floors — a 90-square-meter ground floor housing an elegant tea room...
July 6, 1997. In a hushed room in Paris, beneath the weight of summer heat and quiet anticipation, Gianni Versace presented what would unknowingly become his final Haute Couture show. The audience...
Franco-Lebanese author Georgia Makhlouf has won the first-ever Mediterranean Readers’ Prize, awarded by the “ Des livres et nous ” (Books and Us) circle at Perpignan’s Media Library, for her novel...
The Directorate General of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) announced in a statement that on Monday it disbursed a new batch of LL 65 billion — about $726,257 at the market rate — to...
Hussein Hajj Hassan, a Hezbollah MP and former minister, said Monday that his party was "ready for any discussion on Lebanese internal issues" with the aim of "defending Lebanon...
Former public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation, Judge Ghassan Oueidat, did not appear at the interrogation session scheduled for Monday before investigating judge at the Court of Justice, Tarek...
I joined the L’Orient-Le Jour’s newsroom a little over 11 years ago. With a few exceptions – brief enchanted interludes we wanted to believe in — I feel that I’ve written ever since only about...
On July 15 it was revealed that many Houthi weapon deals were taking place across both X and Whatsapp despite site regulations, according to a report by Washington-based Tech Transparency Project...
American envoy Tom Barrack stated Monday, following a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, that Washington wants to ensure the return of stability to the region, which justified his return to...
She has been the most discussed figure in the national entertainment scene’s inner circles in recent months. A prolific interpreter of both sugary pop and passionate patriotic anthems, and an...
The war in Gaza appears to have catalyzed this phenomenon. According to a 2025 Pew Research Center poll, more than half of American adults — that's 53 percent — now hold a negative opinion of...
On April 27, 2025, France organized the repatriation of a group of 105 people from the Gaza Strip, including Kinan, his four siblings and their parents, Hussam and Islam Musleh. For the family,...
A report by the U.N. International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) published on Sunday, July 20, detailed the impact that the war in Gaza has had on children in the enclave with a specific...
His remarks were strongly denounced by pro-Palestinian voices on social media: A senior official from the U.S. State Department said Friday that criticizing Israel could lead the United States to...
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai took a stand on Sunday during a Mass in Annaya, in the heights of Jbeil, in favor of Lebanese expatriates voting for all 128 members of Parliament, rather than for...
The body of a man was found Monday morning in Mais al-Jabal (Marjayoun), L'Orient Today's correspondent in in the region reported. The victim, a Lebanese national from Habboush (Nabatieh),...
20:22 Beirut Time U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “appalled” by the humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, where “the last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing,”...
Iran confirmed fresh talks with European powers to be held on Friday in Istanbul, the country's state media reported, the first since the United States attacked Iranian nuclear facilities 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
