Olympic opening ceremony under way on River Seine
The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics began Friday, an unprecedented and ambitious show with up to 7,000 athletes parading down the River Seine past the historic monuments of the French...
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Environment Minister's tour of the Saida waste treatment plant
Caretaker Environment Minister Nasser Yassine visited the Saida waste treatment plant, IBC, on Friday with the city's municipal council president, Hazem Badih. The plant, intended to serve Saida...
26 July 2024
Why Fitch will no longer provide ratings for Lebanon
Fitch, one of the big three U.S. credit rating agencies along with Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, said in a recent press release that it will no longer provide sovereign credit rating for...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 26 July 2024
Hamas and Islamic Jihad sit-in in Saida
Hamas and Islamic Jihad held a sit-in in the city of Sidon to show support for the people of Gaza and the West Bank in their resistance against Israel. This conflict, which has been ongoing since...
26 July 2024
Lebanon scientists dismiss tsunami prediction
BEIRUT — Scientists in Lebanon have dismissed the latest apocalyptic forecast from self-taught Dutch "seismologist" Frank Hoogerbeets, who is warning of a potentially catastrophic tsunami in the...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 26 July 2024
Biden signs order to protect certain Lebanese individuals in US from deportation
On Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a decree protecting Lebanese nationals in the United States from deportation, allowing them to remain in the country for an extended period. This...
26 July 2024
Is Kamala Harris likely to win the US elections?
Will Kamala Harris really be “easier to beat than Joe Biden would have been,” as Donald Trump claimed on CNN on Tuesday? After the current President of the United States withdrew from the...
Clara HAGE, 26 July 2024
Expanded class action against Lebanese banks in the U.S.
More than three months after initiating a class action in the United States against the Central Bank of Lebanon (BDL), its former governor Riad Salameh, several Lebanese banks, and their auditing...
Fouad GEMAYEL, 26 July 2024
A fake armed robbery uncovered by police in Saida
On Friday, the General Directorate of Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced the arrest of a group responsible for staging an armed robbery aimed at stealing $200,000. According to the ISF, an...
26 July 2024
Latest report from the Health Ministry: over 2,000 injured, nearly 500 killed
The Lebanese Ministry of Health released its latest weekly report on Friday, detailing the ongoing clashes between Hezbollah and Israel along the Blue Line since Oct.8, 2023. According to the data,...
26 July 2024
Israeli northern commander claims to have 'eliminated' 500 Lebanese militants
The Chief of the Israel army's northern command, Ori Gordin, announced on Friday that the army has neutralized more than 500 militants in Lebanon over the past nine months. The majority of these...
26 July 2024
Rockets launched at bases hosting US troops in Iraq and Syria
Several rockets were launched Thursday and Friday against bases hosting troops from the U.S.-led anti-jihadist coalition in Iraq and Syria, security officials and a war monitor said....
26 July 2024
Britain will not pursue ICC challenge over Netanyahu arrest warrant
Britain said on Friday it would not proceed with efforts to question whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Alistair Smout, 26 July 2024
WHO sends over one million polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children
The World Health Organization (WHO) is sending more than one million polio vaccines to Gaza to be administered over the coming weeks to prevent children from being infected after the virus was...
26 July 2024
Halabi calls for refraining from celebratory gunfire over baccalaureate exam results
As the Lebanese Ministry of Education prepares to release the results of the baccalaureate exams, caretaker Minister Abbas Halabi made a strong appeal on Friday urging citizens not to fire weapons...
26 July 2024
Netanyahu objects to US Sanctions on Israeli settlers: Axios
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced strong objections to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday regarding recent U.S. sanctions against Israeli settlers...
26 July 2024
Gigantic church construction in Zahle sparks controversy
Topped with a golden onion-shaped dome crowned by a cross reaching toward the sky, a gigantic church in its final stages of construction has sparked controversy on social media platform X in recent...
Claude ASSAF, 26 July 2024
Wildfire rages in Bzal-Akkar, spreading towards nearby towns
A huge wildfire broke out Friday in the forested areas of Bzal Akkar, North Lebanon, quickly spreading towards the nearby forests in Habshit and Qabit, L'Orient-Le Jour's correspondent reported....
26 July 2024
Palestinian and Jewish protesters stage peace march in Tel Aviv
Chanting "Yes, to peace, yes, to a deal," hundreds of Palestinian and Jewish Israelis marched noisily through Tel Aviv on Thursday night, demanding an end to the war in Gaza and the cycle of...
26 July 2024
Tips for stargazing, Cairokee comes to Lebanon and the Olympics kick off
I have a small confession to make: I’m not usually big on sports. As a pretty uncoordinated and clumsy child, I never brought any trophies home from school sports days and, these days, I totally...
Anya Wickremasinghe, 26 July 2024
Sterling tiptoes higher after turbulent week
The pound rose on Friday but was still headed for a second consecutive weekly fall against the dollar after a week of turmoil across global markets hit higher-yielding assets and as investors...
26 July 2024
Goodbye free street parking: Parking meters are coming back to Beirut
BEIRUT — It’s been over four years since parking meters stopped working in Beirut, becoming somewhat of a “foreign concept” to visitors and residents across the capital. But that is soon changing...
Stephanie Bechara, 26 July 2024
War in south Lebanon: Behind Moscow’s sudden interest
Russia is back in the news in Lebanon. Preoccupied by the war in Ukraine, Moscow had initially distanced itself from the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in south Lebanon. It even seemed that...
Jeanine JALKH, 26 July 2024
Fuel and diesel prices dropped, gas canister's price remain unchanged
Fuel prices in Lebanon dropped on Friday, while the price of a gas canister remained unchanged after rising last week , according to the latest rates published by the Energy and Water Ministry....
26 July 2024
Death toll rises in Jran road accident, five killed and six injured
The death toll of a fatal road accident last week in Jran, in the Batroun district of North Lebanon, increased on Friday after Bassam al-Sayyed one of the injured, was confirmed dead — bringing the...
26 July 2024
The Israeli army claimed to have completed preparations 'for a large-scale ground maneuver in Lebanon'
The Israeli army claimed on Thursday that it has "completed preparations for a large-scale ground maneuver in Lebanon," as troops and Hezbollah have been engaged in deadly battles on the southern...
26 July 2024
UN puts 4th century Gaza monastery on endangered site list
The Saint Hilarion complex, one of the oldest monasteries in the Middle East, has been put on the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in danger due to the war in Gaza, the body said Friday. UNESCO...
26 July 2024
Rockets launched at bases hosting US troops in Iraq and Syria
Several rockets were launched Thursday and Friday against bases hosting troops from the US-led anti-jihadist coalition in Iraq and Syria, security officials and a war monitor said. Such attacks...
26 July 2024
France denounces 'criminal act' after rail 'sabotage' hours before the Olympics
France's high-speed rail network was hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF said Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of...
26 July 2024
China says FM Wang to meet US counterpart Blinken in Laos
China's top diplomat Wang Yi will meet with US counterpart Antony Blinken on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) talks in Laos, Beijing's foreign ministry said Friday....
26 July 2024
Harris attacks Trump's 'extremist' agenda
Kamala Harris launched a blistering attack on Donald Trump and his "extremist" Republicans as she addressed teachers Thursday, seeking to rally a key part of the Democratic coalition behind her bid...
26 July 2024
Trump will not agree to debate Harris until Democrats 'decide' nominee
Republican White House candidate Donald Trump rejected scheduling a debate with his presumptive Democratic challenger Kamala Harris because she has not been officially named her party's nominee,...
26 July 2024
Two dead, including a Hezbollah fighter, in an Israeli strike on Markaba, South Lebanon: Day 294 of the Gaza war
21:18 Beirut Time Thank you for following today's live coverage of the Gaza war. Make sure to tune back in tomorrow for all the latest updates. 21:17 Beirut Time...
Marguerita Sejaan, 26 July 2024
When to follow Lebanese athletes' events at the Olympics?
The Olympic Games officially began on Friday evening in Paris. Lebanon is participating with nine athletes, and a tenth entry is still pending due to a selection dispute between the Lebanese...
26 July 2024
Kamala Harris 'will not be silent' on Gaza after tough talks with Netanyahu
Kamala Harris signaled a major shift on U.S. Gaza policy Thursday, with the presidential hopeful telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seal a peace deal and insisting she would not...
