BEIRUT — Unknown persons opened fire with a military machine gun at the car of the son of a security official in Hezbollah Thursday evening. No injuries have been reported so far, according...
At dusk in early April in 2003, Ali Jasseb witnessed the first American tanks rolling into Baghdad. The scene looked as if taken from a Hollywood film. They arrived on the deserted avenue of...
Eyeliner applied with surgical precision, rosy cheeks, flawless complexion. Despite her efforts, Nana’s dark circles are barely covered by her makeup. This mother of two teenagers, 15 and 18 years...
BEIRUT — The price of bread was modified on Thursday in Lebanon, according to the latest tariffs published by the Ministry of Economy and Trade, while the Lebanese lira gained relative value...
BEIRUT — Middle East Airlines will push forward the departure times of all departing aircraft by one hour, starting from midnight 25-26 March until midnight 20-21 April 2023, the airline said in...
CAIRO — Preparations for the first review of Egypt's economic reform program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have begun and dates for the review mission will be announced...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati scheduled a cabinet session for next week to discuss the financial crisis and its repercussions, the cabinet secretary-general announced Thursday....
BEIRUT/RIYADH — Syria and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reopen their embassies after cutting diplomatic ties more than a decade ago, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, a step that would...
BEIRUT — Employees of the state-owned telecommunications company Ogero announced on Thursday that they would commence an open-ended strike Friday. The move follows a warning strike by the employees...
BEIRUT—One of Beirut’s principal water pumping stations was reopened Wednesday following a rehabilitation project funded by the European Union and implemented by UNICEF. The Tallet Al Khayat...
BEIRUT — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Thursday that Lebanon is in a very dangerous situation, one year after the country committed to reforms it has failed to implement....
TUNIS — Four African migration boats sank off the coast of Tunisia on Wednesday and Thursday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, leaving at least five dead and 33 missing, while...
BEIRUT — The Grand Serail announced Thursday that the transition into summer timings, which was scheduled to take place over the weekend, was “exceptionally” postponed for a month. It remains...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Thursday after meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that holding a legislative session of Parliament is necessary "to adopt reform...
TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM — Israelis took to the streets en masse on Thursday in protest against the government's overhaul of the court system, blocking roadways across the country and intensifying a...
The regional office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Beirut has launched a call for proposals to develop cultural productions in areas affected by...
BEIRUT — Around a dozen family members of the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port blast victims gathered Thursday in front of the Justice Palace, calling for authorities to continue the investigation, which...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army released a young man Wednesday who had been kidnapped earlier in the Khaldeh area south of Beirut, the army reported on its website. The five alleged kidnappers were...
Professionals in Lebanon’s fuel sector called on Wednesday for a series of measures that they believe will remedy the impact on their businesses of the sharp fluctuations of the Lebanese lira...
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, the first killing in the occupied West Bank during Ramadan as the army said it targeted an armed suspect....
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has canceled a meeting of the Parliament bureau that was planned for next Monday to discuss organizing a controversial legislative session, a source at...
A federal judge in New York ordered Iran's central bank and a European intermediary on Wednesday to pay out $1.68 billion to family members of troops killed in the 1983 car bombing of the US...
BEIRUT — Fuel prices decreased in Lebanon on Thursday morning, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Security forces fired teargas near the Grand Serail in an attempt to disperse hundreds of protesters contesting yesterday’s...
The Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers spoke by phone to mark the beginning of Ramadan, vowing to meet "soon" to implement a landmark bilateral reconciliation deal, Riyadh said on Thursday. ...
The world is becoming accustomed to the drip-drip of catastrophic headlines following each new climate-driven disaster. Increasingly frequent and severe heatwaves are causing wildfires in...
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
