Lebanese are the angriest of them all, Gallup decides
BEIRUT — A Gallup Global Emotions Report has ranked Lebanon the angriest country in the world, based on figures published Saturday through Statista . Here’s what we know : • The report...
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Civil society calls for Interior Ministry protest in response to calls to restrict LGBTQ+ gatherings
BEIRUT — Helem (dream), an NGO dedicated to the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, issued a statement Saturday in response to caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi’s call to ban events “promoting...
25 June 2022
Scholar Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn passes away at 71
BEIRUT — Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Ottoman historian and Professor of History at the American University of Beirut, passed away Thursday night. He was 71. Born in the Palestinian village of Nuba in...
Mohamad El Chamaa, 25 June 2022
Bassil calls on Israel to remove gas platform from Karish field to avoid ‘dangerous escalation’
BEIRUT — In a statement posted on Twitter Saturday, Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Bassil called on Israel to remove the production, storage and offloading vessel deployed in the disputed...
25 June 2022
Unseasonal weather wreaks havoc in North Lebanon, water spouts sighted in the South
BEIRUT — A “frightening and surprising” summer storm caused material damage and provoked traffic congestion across the country Saturday morning, L’Orient Today ’s correspondents reported....
Abbas Mahfouz, 25 June 2022
Education ministry director general calls on generator operators to keep the lights on during brevet exams
BEIRUT — Director General of Education and examining commission head Imad Achkar conducted a survey of brevet examination test centers Saturday and, noting electricity outages in certain centers,...
25 June 2022
As more infectious strain pushes COVID numbers higher, public health officials remind residents to get jabs
BEIRUT — “We are facing a new wave of COVID-19 that is expected to be more infectious and to spread faster,” the executive committee for COVID-19 vaccination said in a statement Saturday. Here’s...
25 June 2022
Interior Minister calls for crackdown on LGBTQ gatherings
Amid celebrations of Pride Month by the LGBTQ community, Lebanon's outgoing Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi sent a letter on Friday to the General Directorate of General Security and the General...
