Messi goal helps keep Argentina World Cup hopes alive
Lionel Messi helped keep Argentina's World Cup bid alive with the first goal in a 2-0 victory over Mexico on Saturday. Defeat to outsiders Saudi Arabia in their opening...
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Mbappe double sinks Denmark and takes France into last 16
Kylian Mbappe scored twice, including a late winner, as holders France edged Denmark 2-1 on Saturday to become the first team to reach the last 16 of the World Cup. A...
26 November 2022
Two suspects arrested for murder of 17-year-old in Saida
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army announced on Saturday that it has arrested a Syrian suspect, identified by the initials A.A., and his accomplice H.A., also Syrian, in relation to the murder of Elijah...
26 November 2022
Lebanon records five new cases but no deaths in 24 hours
BEIRUT — Lebanon on Saturday recorded five new cholera cases but no deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases and deaths to 600 and 20, respectively, the Health...
26 November 2022
Lewandowski breaks World Cup duck as Poland beat Saudi Arabia
Robert Lewandowski scored the first World Cup goal of his prolific career on Saturday when he netted in Poland's 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia, bursting their bubble following the team's giant-killing...
26 November 2022
Rapper arrested over protests risks death penalty, family says
The family of an Iranian rapper detained for supporting protests over Mahsa Amini's death said his life was at risk after he went on trial behind closed doors on Saturday....
26 November 2022
Suspected murderer of ISF chief warrant officer arrested in Chouf
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces announced on Saturday the arrest of a suspected murderer of one of the organization's chief warrant officers, who was found dead on the terrace of his home in...
26 November 2022
Khamenei says negotiating with US won't end recent 'troubles'
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that negotiating with the United States would not put an end to the "troubles" that have rocked the Islamic Republic over the past two...
26 November 2022
Demonstration in Beirut to demand harsher sanctions for sexual assault
BEIRUT — Dozens of women demonstrated on Saturday in front of the Lebanese Parliament in Beirut's Nejmeh Square to demand harsher sentences for sexual assault offenders in Lebanon. Videos and...
26 November 2022
Gutsy Australia squeeze past Tunisia to revive hopes
Australia won a World Cup game for only the third time in their history with a dogged 1-0 victory over Tunisia on Saturday to revive their last-16 hopes. Striker Mitch Duke scored the only goal of...
26 November 2022
Running water cut off in Saida for the past two days
BEIRUT — Running water has been completely cut off for the past two days in the South Lebanon city of Saida and its surroundings, several residents told L'Orient Today 's correspondent in the...
26 November 2022
Cyberattack hits Fars news agency
Hackers have disrupted the work of Iran's Fars news agency, one of the main sources of news disseminated by the state during protests over Mahsa Amini's death, the agency said....
26 November 2022
Geagea: No problem with 'any group or person who works to save Lebanon'
BEIRUT — Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said on Saturday that his party has "no problem with any group or person" working to "save" Lebanon. Geagea's remarks come as the country is mired in an...
26 November 2022
Three suspects arrested for stealing a safe from Gemmayzeh restaurant
BEIRUT — Three people have been arrested in relation to the theft of a safe containing LL400 million from a restaurant in Gemmayzeh, the Internal Security Forces announced on Saturday, adding that...
26 November 2022
Does Nabih Berri now reign supreme?
Under normal circumstances, Lebanon celebrates its Independence Day on Nov. 22, with a military parade, attended by the country’s top three political figures: the president, the Parliament speaker...
Jeanine JALKH, 26 November 2022
Six arrested after army raid and shooting in the Bekaa
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army arrested six suspects on Saturday following a search in the village of Hour Taala, in the eastern Bekaa, during which an exchange of fire occurred, L'Orient Today 's...
26 November 2022
Gilberte Abinader, embroiderer at heart
Her life has certainly not been sewn with white threads. It follows rather a long, quiet and transparent river lulled by prayer, silence and solitude in which she immerses herself, all day long, to...
Carla HENOUD, 26 November 2022
Khamenei praises Basij forces for confronting 'riots' — TV
DUBAI — Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Basij militia forces sacrificed their lives in "riots" sparked by the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish woman in...
26 November 2022
Qatar-based World Cup streaming service blocked in Saudi
The official streaming platform of the World Cup appears to have been blocked without explanation in Saudi Arabia, subscribers told AFP on Saturday. The platform, Tod...
26 November 2022
Rockets target US Syria base in latest strike
Two rockets targeted a US patrol base in northeastern Syria late Friday, the third such attack in nine days, US Central Command said. Centcom did not indicate who fired the...
