“Lebanon and its region remain in imminent danger, but a diplomatic solution is still possible,” Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, said Wednesday during a U.N....
Thousands of protesters gathered Wednesday around the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., to protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech and call for a cease-fire in the Gaza...
The Arabic-language daily Nidaa al-Watan has been acquired by Michel Gabriel Murr, CEO of MTV Lebanon a publication aligned with the March 14 coalition and the Lebanese Forces, and critical of...
Hezbollah has released an eight-minute video on its war media Telegram channel, purportedly showing images of the Ramat David Airbase in Israel, without being intercepted by anti-aircraft defense...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be greeted by deep divisions among U.S. lawmakers, a distracted U.S. public and large protests on Wednesday as he addresses the U.S. Congress for a...
As daily fighting across the Blue Line continues between Israel and Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and al-Jama’a al-Islamiya, the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has maintained its presence south...
On an improvised pitch in war-ravaged Gaza, a young player and goalkeeper block out the boisterous crowd and focus solely on the football as they square off. The referee blows the whistle and the...
Tehran said it summoned the German ambassador on Wednesday after the closure of an Islamic center in Hamburg over alleged support for Lebanon's Hezbollah and links to Iran. Germany bans...
Two people were wounded in a Moscow car bombing on Wednesday, with investigators probing the incident amid conflicting reports over whether a Russian military official and his wife were involved....
Iran on Wednesday condemned a report by a United Nations expert that accused the country of "atrocity crimes" against minorities and killings in the 1980s. Javaid Rehman, the U.N.'s independent...
BEIRUT — Professors on hourly-paid contracts with the Lebanese University held a sit-in Wednesday in front of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education headquarters in Beirut, demanding...
A far-right Israeli minister said Wednesday he had prayed at Jerusalem's flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque compound, yet again defying longstanding rules that allow Jews to visit but not to pray. The...
In early July, the committee tasked with the partial overhaul of the Money and Credit Code submitted its report to caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati. While the report contained “good...
In the Paris metro, Philippe Wakim was on his way to work when his phone rang. It was May 21, 2024, and the call was coming from Lebanon. Read also Olympic Games: Caramnob Sagaipov, naturalized...
BEIRUT — Gebran Bassil, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), stated in an interview with influencer Mario Nawfal that the biggest "misconception" by the West regarding Hezbollah, his...
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Wednesday at least 39,145 people have been killed in more than nine months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. ...
On the occasion of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, L'Orient-Le Jour looked at the ten athletes who make up the Lebanese delegation. Here is that of Caramnob Sagaipov, representing Lebanon in judo,...
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement has agreed with Hamas to form a "national unity government" in post-war Gaza, but analysts are sceptical about the significance of the...
BEIRUT — A large fire broke out on Wednesday in a Syrian refugee camp on the outskirts of the town of Bhanin in Minyeh, North Lebanon. The blaze destroyed more than 10 tents, all of which were...
U.S. President Joe Biden will give what could be his final Oval Office speech Wednesday to explain why he dropped out of November's election and deny that he will spend six months as a lame...
21:12 Beirut Time Thank you for following our live updates of the Gaza war and its impact on the region, particularly Lebanon. Stay tuned for more coverage starting tomorrow...
Germany on Wednesday banned the Hamburg Islamic Centre, a Muslim religious association that has been under investigation for several months over its alleged support for Lebanon's Hezbollah group,...
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
