Richarlison double gives Brazil win over Serbia
A second-half brace by Richarlison, including a stunning overhead scissor kick, gave tournament favourites Brazil a 2-0 win over Serbia in their opening World Cup game at the Lusail Stadium on...
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Iran defends strikes on northern Iraq, in letter to UN
Iran told the UN on Thursday that it had no choice but to act in self-defence by striking Kurdish rebel groups in northern Iraq, state media reported. The Islamic republic...
24 November 2022
Portugal beats Ghana 3-2 in their World Cup opener
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first man to score in five World Cups on Thursday as Portugal opened their campaign in Qatar with a 3-2 defeat of Ghana in Group H. Ronaldo...
24 November 2022
Hospitals may stop accepting some dialysis patients, union warns
Healthcare facilities may soon refuse to receive kidney dialysis patients who are covered by the Health Ministry, Lebanon's syndicate of hospital owners said in a statement Thursday, claiming the...
24 November 2022
Kurdish forces say 8 fighters killed in Turkish camp strike
Kurdish forces in northern Syria announced Thursday the deaths of eight fighters following Turkish airstrikes that targeted their positions at al-Hol camp, which houses families of jihadists....
24 November 2022
Court in Paris rules in favor of depositor, against Saradar Bank
The Court of Appeal in Paris sided on Wednesday with a Syrian depositor residing in France in a case involving the Lebanese Saradar Bank, forcing the bank to reimburse her some “three million”...
Economic Service, 24 November 2022
State Council suspends controversial dismissal of union teacher
The State Council on Thursday suspended the controversial decision of caretaker Education Minister Abbas Halabi to dismiss contract teacher Nisrine Chahine. Chahine's dismissal after 11 years...
24 November 2022
Audit of gold reserves completed 'sucessfully,' says BDL
Banque du Liban completed an audit of its gold reserves, including “coins and bullion,” by a “specialized” international company, the bank said in a statement Thursday. The audit was part of a...
Economic Service, 24 November 2022
UN rights council orders international probe of Iran crackdown
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday condemned Iran's repression of peaceful demonstrators following the death of Mahsa Amini and voted to create a high-level investigation into the...
24 November 2022
After years of crisis, the Zoukak Sidewalks Festival returns
BEIRUT — It is an integral part of Beirut's cultural life, but since 2018, the art-loving public has had to do without the Zoukak Sidewalks Festival. Why? "Inflation. The economic crisis. And the...
Xaver Von Cranach, 24 November 2022
UN rights council orders international probe into crackdown
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday condemned Iran's repression of peaceful demonstrators and voted to create a high-level investigation into the deadly crackdown. With 25 votes in...
24 November 2022
UN calls for 'vital' aid during winter
The United Nations on Thursday called for "life-saving" funding to help six million people in Syria survive winter, after more than 11 years of devastating conflict. The...
24 November 2022
Saudi to host China-Arab summit in early December
Saudi Arabia will host the first-ever Chinese-Arab summit in early December, Beijing's consul in Dubai has said, as the oil-rich kingdom shores up ties with Asia. ...
24 November 2022
Two dead as Saudi storm closes schools, cuts main road to Mecca
At least two people died on Thursday as heavy rains hit western Saudi Arabia, including the coastal city of Jeddah, delaying flights and forcing schools to close, officials said....
24 November 2022
Iran arrests footballer over 'anti-state propaganda'
Iranian security forces on Thursday arrested ex-national football player Voria Ghafouri over accusations that he spread "propaganda" against the Islamic republic, Fars news agency reported. He was...
24 November 2022
Girl dies of suspected poisoning in Saida, three family members hospitalized
BEIRUT — A three-year-old girl died on Thursday in Saida, South Lebanon, while her parents and sister were admitted to hospital in a suspected case of poisoning, L'Orient Today 's correspondent in...
24 November 2022
Hezbollah knocks on Bkirki’s door
Hezbollah obviously does not want to waste any more time. A few days after party leader Hassan Nasrallah defined the profile of an ideal future head of state, Hezbollah appears to be actively...
Yara ABI AKL, 24 November 2022
Algeria sentences 49 to death over forest fire lynching: state media
An Algerian court sentenced 49 people to death on Thursday over the lynching of a man falsely accused of starting deadly forest fires last year, state news agency APS reported....
24 November 2022
Turkish central bank cuts rate for fourth consecutive month
Turkey's central bank said on Thursday it had cut its main policy rate for the fourth consecutive month despite high inflation. On the wishes of President Recep Tayyip...
24 November 2022
The Constitutional Council accepts two appeals for lawmaker invalidation, including that of Faisal Karami against Ramy Finge
BEIRUT — The Constitutional Council upheld on Thursday two appeals to invalidate parliamentary election results, a source at the Constitutional Council told L'Orient-Le Jour . The Constitutional...
24 November 2022
Iran official says 50 police killed in protests
Around 50 police have been killed in the protests shaking Iran since September, the deputy foreign minister said on Thursday, giving a first official death toll amid an intensified crackdown on...
24 November 2022
Israel rescinds 200 Gaza work permits, citing bomb worries
JERUSALEM — Israel has canceled 200 out of some 15,500 permits issued to Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to work in its territory after a laborer was accused of planning to carry out a bombing,...
24 November 2022
Western countries 'lack the moral credibility' to criticize Iran: Tehran
Tehran on Thursday slammed the Western countries that called for an urgent UN Human Rights Council meeting on its crackdown on the protests rocking Iran, saying they lacked "moral credibility."...
24 November 2022
Saudi storm closes schools, cuts main road to Mecca
Heavy rains in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah on Thursday delayed flights, forced school suspensions and closed the road to Mecca, Islam's holiest city, state media reported. ...
24 November 2022
Iranian-Briton arrested for media work over Amini protests: report
A British-Iranian dual national has been arrested for tipping off foreign media, including the BBC, about protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, Iran's Fars news agency reported late...
24 November 2022
After Wednesday's holdup, Sour depositor retrieves $6,000 of his savings
BEIRUT — The Association of Depositors in Lebanon announced on Wednesday night that the unarmed depositor who held up a Bank Audi branch in Sour on Wednesday had managed negotiate a deal to...
24 November 2022
UN rights chief urges Iran to halt violence against protesters
The UN rights chief urged Iran Thursday to immediately halt violence against protesters, as countries debated whether to launch an investigation into Tehran's deadly crackdown. Volker Turk opened...
24 November 2022
New Thursday, new failure: Still no president elected after seventh dedicated parliamentary session
BEIRUT —Parliament failed on Thursday to elect a new Lebanese president during a seventh session dedicated to the task. There were no major surprises in Thursday's electoral session, which lost...
24 November 2022
UN, diplomats demand end to deadly Iran crackdown
The bloody repression of peaceful demonstrators in Iran must end, the UN rights chief insisted Thursday, as countries discussed launching an investigation into Tehran's deadly crackdown. Volker...
24 November 2022
Lebanon's daily cholera report records no new cases
BEIRUT — Lebanon on Wednesday recorded no new cholera cases and no new deaths for the first time since the onset of the present outbreak, the Health Ministry said in its daily report. The total...
24 November 2022
Iraq to redeploy federal forces along border with Iran and Turkey
Baghdad said Wednesday it planned to redeploy federal guards along its border with Iran and Turkey, after repeated bombardments from both neighboring countries against opposition groups in Iraq's...
24 November 2022
Seventh attempt to elect president, customs dollar hike, bank depositor holdups: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Parliament is scheduled to convene today for a seventh attempt to elect a president, while Lebanon nears the end of its fourth...
24 November 2022
Palestinians return body of Israeli teen killed in West Bank
The body of an Israeli teenager snatched by Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank was returned to his relatives Thursday, following intense talks to avoid an escalation of violence....
