European and Iranian foreign ministers met Tuesday in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly to resume discussions on Iran's nuclear program, with no agreement reached just yet....
Unless there is a change in trajectory, the law designed to organize the allocation of the massive financial losses accumulated by Lebanon — which triggered the collapse of its banking sector —...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam responded on Tuesday to statements made by U.S. Ambassador Thomas Barrack , accusing him of calling into question the "seriousness of the government and the role of...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun attended the opening of the 80th United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday in New York, where he is set to outline Lebanon’s stance "in light of domestic...
Economy Minister Amer Bisat reiterated Tuesday that private generator owners have a 45-day deadline — ending in late September — to comply with current regulations, stressing that strict sanctions...
BEIRUT — At the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) on Tuesday, the health and information ministers visited Amani Charara and her eldest daughter, the only survivors of an Israeli...
The Franco-Lebanese middleman Ziad Takieddine, known as the main accuser of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the investigation into the alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential...
The Litani National Office announced Tuesday the arrest of six employees at a slaughterhouse in Terbol, the Bekaa, after a sanitary scandal was uncovered when large quantities of chicken scraps...
The Spanish government approved Tuesday a "total" arms embargo on Israel, part of a package of measures aimed at halting what Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called "the genocide in...
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday reaffirmed Lebanon’s commitment to the cease-fire with Israel, marking the first anniversary of the attrition war between Hezbollah and Israel. He...
The Park Avenue Armory, that brick-and-steel vessel he helped transform into one of New York’s boldest and most visionary cultural spaces, was turned into a sanctuary of light on Sept. 15 for a...
BEIRUT — “The Shade,” the current exhibition at Sfeir-Semler’s Karantina space, is one of several shows that the gallery is staging at its Beirut and Hamburg locations to mark gallerist Andrée...
The Lebanese Order of Chartered Accountants announced in a statement that it has submitted an official document containing its comments and proposals regarding the draft budget for 2026 to the...
Iranian and European ministers will hold nuclear talks in New York on Tuesday, a French diplomatic source said, after the U.N. Security Council voted to reimpose sanctions over Tehran's atomic...
Palestinian and Jordanian authorities said Israel was indefinitely closing the only crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan from Wednesday. There was no immediate confirmation...
Thirty years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United Nations gathered heads of state, dignitaries and civil society leaders to renew a universal commitment...
Interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, once aligned with al-Qaeda against the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, and had a $10 million bounty on his head by Washington, is set to meet his American...
The U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday said it had dismantled a network of more than 100,000 SIM cards that could have crashed New York's telecommunications network ahead of the U.N. General...
On the eve of the debates at the 80th United Nations General Assembly, the United States announced new restrictions targeting the Iranian delegation present in New York. The stated goal: to...
After two years of devastating war in Gaza, with repeated calls to evacuation and resettlement in the coastal enclave, and amid the acceleration of West Bank annexation that part of the Israeli...
Iran has executed at least 1,000 people so far in 2025, an NGO said on Tuesday, denouncing a "mass killing campaign" in prisons in the Islamic Republic. At least 64 executions took place...
Neither the painkiller Tylenol nor vaccines have been shown to cause autism, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, following comments from the U.S. president and his administration to the...
After years of suspension, Lebanese citizens will once again be able to obtain visas to travel to China starting Thursday, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. "Following...
Less than two years separate Lebanon’s independence, on Nov. 22, 1943, from the creation of the United Nations on Oct. 24, 1945. Lebanon signed the U.N. Charter on June 26, 1945, becoming one of...
Marwan Chahine reçoit le prix littéraire de L’Œuvre d’Orient
The Jdeideh-Burj Hammoud landfill has reached full capacity, and SGK, the company burying trash from all of North Mount Lebanon and part of Beirut, will halt operations there on Oct. 1. With no...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun extended his congratulations to Saudi Arabia on the occasion of the kingdom's 95th National Day, which marks the country's founding, saying that "Lebanon...
Russia and Iran will sign agreements this week for the construction of new nuclear production units in Iran, the Russian news agency RIA reported, citing the Iranian nuclear official. Mohammad...
MPs Georges Okais, Michel Douaihy, Faisal Sayegh, Ahmad Kheir, Adib Abdel-Massih and Ibrahim Mneimneh held a press conference at the Parliament building on Tuesday, during which they called for the...
Arab states are on the brink of a digital revolution that could reshape their economies, labor markets and societies, according to a new study by the International Labour Organization (ILO)...
MP Michel Moussa said in an interview with Sawt Kel Lebnen radio that the massacre that took place Sunday in Bint Jbeil "is a clear expression of Israeli criminality." On Sunday, a...
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced the arrest of a suspected dealer in early September in Dekwaneh. The suspect, A.KH., 49, was caught in the act while selling drugs from his moped, the...
Does a “new Lebanon” imply a new political system? Speaking to L’Orient-Le Jour last Sunday, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called for a “Third Republic.” The statement wasn’t surprising coming from...
Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Rajji met Tuesday with the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jassem Mohammad al-Boudaiwi, on the sidelines of meetings at the United Nations...
A British maritime security agency said an explosion was heard Tuesday near a vessel off Yemen, where Houthi rebels have been targeting shipping since the Gaza war began in 2023. United Kingdom...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. network Fox News on Monday that his country does not consider Hamas a terrorist organization, but rather a "resistance group." Speaking...
The prices of gasoline, diesel and household gas increased again on Tuesday, according to the latest price list published by the Energy and Water Ministry. Gasoline prices have not dropped in a...
Since last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah, nearly every home in southern Lebanon has lost a son, brother, or husband. Some are dead and buried, with tombs where loved ones come to talk...
Cabinet on Monday approved the 2026 budget bill during a session at the Grand Serail, presenting it as a text focused on strengthening tax collection and combating evasion, in the context of a...
23:12 Beirut Time That's a wrap for today – be sure to log in for tomorrow's live coverage of events. Good night. 21:55 Beirut Time Western pressure on...
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
