Trump accuses Obama of treason, calls for prosecution
Donald Trump on Tuesday accused his predecessor Barack Obama of treason and called for his prosecution over a report alleging that officials in the Democrat's administration manipulated...
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Reactions to the death of Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of 1970s British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, has died at the age of 76, his family said on Tuesday. No cause of death was given but Osbourne revealed in 2020 that he...
Reuters, 22 July 2025
'We are making progress, I am hopeful,' Barrack says after Beirut visit
BEIRUT — In an interview with al-Jadeed Tuesday, U.S. envoy Tom Barrack reported "progress" in Lebanon talks but warned that "the timeline is short" for achieving stability amid...
L'Orient Today staff, 22 July 2025
Syrian American Druze killed in Sweida
BEIRUT — A U.S. citizen was killed last week during sectarian clashes between pro-government Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze factions in Syria’s Sweida province, the State Department confirmed...
Gabriel BLONDEL, 22 July 2025
Wadi al-Jamous land dispute turns violent: several injured in shooting
NORTH LEBANON — An old dispute over land ownership among members of the same family in Wadi al-Jamous, in the Akkar region, escalated into an exchange of gunfire, leaving at least five injured,...
L'Orient Today staff, 22 July 2025
Qassem denounces 'savagery, genocide, famine and massacres' in Gaza
BEIRUT — The secretary-general of Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem, on Tuesday denounced the "American-Israeli aggression" against the Gaza Strip, which he said is marked by "savagery,...
L'Orient Today staff, 22 July 2025
Commerce registry building in Baabda still at risk of collapse
Justice Minister Adel Nassar cut short his vacation abroad to visit Baabda, where the building housing the Mount Lebanon commercial registry is reportedly at risk of collapse, the state-run...
L'Orient Today staff, 22 July 2025
'Don't play with fire': Launch of national campaign to prevent forest fires
The fire season is well underway in Lebanon, and it risks becoming even more complicated due to the drought gripping the country as a result of the very sparse rainfall during the past winter. A...
L'Orient Today staff, 22 July 2025
Hungry and exhausted, AFP journalists document Gaza war
AFP journalists in the Gaza Strip said Tuesday that chronic food shortages are affecting their ability to cover Israel's conflict with Hamas militants. Palestinian text, photo and video...
AFP, 22 July 2025
US Justice Department plans to interview Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned accomplice of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, officials said Tuesday, as President Donald Trump struggles to...
AFP, 22 July 2025
Death toll in southern Syria rises to over 1,300
The violence in the southern Syrian province of Sweida has left 1,311 dead before a cease-fire took effect Sunday, according to a new toll released Tuesday by the Syrian Observatory for Human...
AFP, 22 July 2025
Aoun in Bahrain, Rajji calls on Manama to reopen embassy in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun arrived in Manama at 4 p.m. on Tuesday for an official two-day visit, at the invitation of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Upon his arrival, the Lebanese...
L'Orient Today staff, 22 July 2025
Colbert goes out swinging at Trump
Stephen Colbert had an unflinching message for U.S. President Donald Trump in his first broadcast since his "Late Show" was cancelled amid a political firestorm — "the gloves are...
AFP, 22 July 2025
Israeli far right discusses Gaza 'riviera' plans
Some Israeli far-right leaders held a public meeting on Tuesday to discuss redeveloping the Gaza Strip into a tourist-friendly "riviera", as Palestinians face a worsening humanitarian...
AFP, 22 July 2025
Interpol lifts red notice for Sea Shepherd activist Paul Watson
Global police organisation Interpol has lifted a red wanted notice requesting the arrest of Paul Watson, an anti-whaling activist and founder of the Sea Shepherd NGO, one of his lawyers told AFP on...
AFP, 22 July 2025
Salameh and Morcos receive families of Aug. 4 victims
BEIRUT — Less than two weeks before the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the Beirut port explosion, a delegation of victims' families was received by Lebanese Culture Minister Ghassan...
L'Orient Today staff, 22 July 2025
Lebanon's response to Barrack 'matches Hezbollah's demands,' says Geagea
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, on Tuesday criticized Lebanon's official response to U.S. envoy Tom Barrack regarding the state's monopoly on weapons, deeming that it...
L'Orient Today staff, 22 July 2025
Before heading to Paris, Salam discusses reforms with Jacques de Lajugie
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam discussed, during a meeting at the Grand Serail with Jacques de Lajugie, the international representative of the French Ministry of Finance and Economy, the latest...
L'Orient Today staff, 22 July 2025
Fire contained in Qala forest after Lebanese Army intervention
NORTH LEBANON — A fire broke out Tuesday morning in the Qala forest, located in the heights of Jurd Meshmesh in North Lebanon, at the border of the Akkar, Dennieh and Hermel regions, our...
L'Orient Today staff, 22 July 2025
Israel welcomes US withdrawal from UN cultural body UNESCO
Israel's foreign minister on Tuesday hailed the decision by the United States to leave the U.N. cultural and education agency UNESCO, thanking Washington for its "moral support and...
AFP, 22 July 2025
Connecting the Lebanese and Cypriot power grids, a 'feasible' project by 2040
Connecting Lebanon to Cyprus via an undersea cable to supply electricity to the crisis-hit country is one of the solutions discussed two weeks ago between Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and his...
Fouad GEMAYEL, 22 July 2025
Israelis prevented from landing on Greek island by pro-Palestinian protesters
Israeli vacationers on a cruise were prevented from disembarking Tuesday on the Greek island of Syros due to a gathering of pro-Palestinian protesters organized at the entrance to the port,...
L'Orient Today staff, 22 July 2025
Naya raises $195 million to expand Lebanese food chain across the US
"New York had never seen a Lebanese restaurant like Naya," the New York Times wrote back in 2008, two weeks after Naya first opened. Seventeen years later, the Lebanese restaurant chain...
Fouad GEMAYEL, 22 July 2025
Border and prisoner repatriation: Beirut and Damascus resume discussions
The issues of border security and Syrian detainees in Lebanon have resurfaced in recent days, prompting a meeting in Riyadh between the heads of military intelligence for the Lebanese and Syrian...
Jeanine JALKH, 22 July 2025
Cardinal says he returned from rare visit to Gaza with 'broken heart'
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch, said on Tuesday he and church leaders had returned from a visit to Gaza with "broken hearts", calling the spiralling...
Reuters, 22 July 2025
Why Lebanon’s cash economy continues to fuel inflation
Nothing seems to help: Even though the Lebanese Lira has remained relatively stable on the parallel market since the second half of 2023, and global inflation has yet to feel the impact of the...
Mounir YOUNES, 22 July 2025
Diaries from Gaza: Every day, dozens of people are killed ... their only crime is being hungry.
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 26-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today...
Noor ALYACOUBI, 22 July 2025
Barrack: Current negotiations are 'on behalf of Lebanon,' not Hezbollah
BEIRUT — On the third day of his third visit to Lebanon in just a few weeks, U.S. envoy Tom Barrack met Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday at Ain al-Tineh to discuss the Lebanese state’s...
L'Orient Today staff, 22 July 2025
Scuffle on stage at London opera as performer unfurls Palestinian flag
London's Royal Opera House on Sunday condemned as "wholly inappropriate" the actions of a performer who held up a Palestinian flag onstage at the end of a performance. Video footage...
AFP, 22 July 2025
Generators and solar panels on agenda for two meetings at Interior Ministry
Two separate meetings, respectively dedicated to the regulation of private electric generators and solar panels, were organized Tuesday at the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, according to...
22 July 2025
In Avignon, Arabic is spoken chiefly through dance
This year, Arabic is the guest of honor at the Avignon Festival. Sweeping away the xenophobic prejudices fostered by politicians, 10 shows from the Arab world — including six choreographic...
Clément Camil MOUNZER, 22 July 2025
Nâdiya: I camped with UN Peacekeepers in South Lebanon
Mr. and Mrs. Zighem have always watched Lebanese television. This Algerian couple often tuned in to LBCI and, in the 2000s, never missed an episode of the pan-Arab "Star...
Raphaël ABDELNOUR, 22 July 2025
Energy minister wants illegal artesian wells listed in Lebanese land registry
Energy and Water Minister Joe Saddi sent a letter to the Finance Ministry requesting that artesian wells built in Lebanon be registered in the country’s land registry, specifying that this request...
L'Orient Today staff, 22 July 2025
EU top diplomat tells Israel to stop killing Gazans at aid points
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Tuesday she told her Israeli counterpart that Israel's military "must stop" killing civilians at aid distribution points in Gaza. "The...
22 July 2025
Gaza civil defense says Israeli strikes kill 15 amid torrent of criticism
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli strikes killed 15 people in the Palestinian territory Tuesday, just hours after the World Health Organization said Israel attacked its facilities amid...
22 July 2025
Egypt legal reform raises fears over right to fair trial
Egypt is poised to adopt a new law aimed at overhauling the judicial process, but human rights groups warn it could entrench long-standing abuses including arbitrary detention, travel bans and...
22 July 2025
Heatwave hits water, electricity supplies across much of Iran
A severe heatwave sweeping Iran has disrupted water and electricity supplies in much of the country, with reservoir levels dropping to their lowest point in a century, state media said Tuesday. At...
22 July 2025
Top Catholic cleric says Gaza humanitarian situation 'morally unacceptable'
The Roman Catholic church's most senior cleric in the Holy Land said Tuesday that the humanitarian situation in Gaza was "morally unacceptable," after visiting the war-torn...
22 July 2025
Rai stance on expat vote isolates FPM on Christian scene
On Sunday, for the very first time, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai expressed a firm position on the issue of expatriate voting in the 2026 legislative elections.“Lebanese from the diaspora must...
Yara ABI AKL, 22 July 2025
'Sweida cannot live without Syria': Mustafa Bakkur, province governor
After several days of clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouins, a fragile cease-fire took effect Sunday in the province of Sweida, in southern Syria. Despite this lull, the already tenuous...
Caroline HAYEK, 22 July 2025
Israeli undercover force detains senior Gaza health official, ministry says
An Israeli undercover force detained Marwan al-Hams, a senior Gaza Health Ministry official, outside the field hospital of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the southern Gaza Strip on...
22 July 2025
Israel puts pressure on Hamas with massive offensive on Deir al-Balah
As cease-fire talks remain stalled, Israel has launched a new large-scale military operation in the center of the Gaza Strip, targeting Deir al-Balah, the last central area of the enclave that had...
Dany MOUDALLAL, 22 July 2025
US envoy travels to Middle East to finalize Gaza aid 'corridor' | LIVE
22:34 Beirut Time U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is traveling to the Middle East to finalize the implementation of a humanitarian aid "corridor" for the Gaza Strip, a plan that has...
Muntasser Abdallah, Sarah Abdallah, Nicholas Frakes & Renee Davis, 22 July 2025
BDL ban on al-Qard al-Hassan: Repercussions for Hezbollah's economy
After enduring Israeli strikes and American sanctions, Hezbollah now faces an economic offensive from the Banque du Liban (BDL). In a directive issued on July 14, the BDL banned Lebanese banks and...
Gabriel BLONDEL, 22 July 2025
Israel says intercepted missile fired from Yemen
The Israeli army said Tuesday it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, a day after Israel carried out airstrikes on its Houthi rebel-held port of Hodeida. "Following the sirens that...
22 July 2025
Iran says will not halt nuclear enrichment ahead of European talks
Iran has no plans to abandon its nuclear program, including uranium enrichment, despite the "severe" damage caused by U.S. strikes to its facilities, the country's foreign minister...
22 July 2025
WHO says Gaza facilities attacked as Israel expands operations
The World Health Organization said Monday its facilities in Gaza had come under Israeli attack, echoing calls from Western countries for an immediate cease-fire as Israel expanded military...
22 July 2025
US President Trump 'caught off guard' by Israeli strikes in Syria
U.S. President Donald Trump was "caught off guard" by Israeli strikes in Syria last week, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Monday, adding that he discussed the issue with...
