JERUSALEM — Five people were killed in a Jerusalem synagogue attack on Friday, Israeli media reported. Israel's ambulance service said 10 people were wounded in a shooting police described as a...
The United Nations called Friday for an end to the "endless cycle of violence" in the occupied West Bank, after one of the deadliest Israeli army raids in years. "We are...
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and former minister Marwan Hamadeh on Friday separately called for the swift formation of an international commission of inquiry into the deadly Aug. 4, 2020,...
WASHINGTON — The United States is deeply concerned about recent violence in Israel and the West Bank and believes there is an urgent need for all parties to de-escalate in the region, White House...
BEIRUT — The administration of US President Joe Biden is proposing a significant change in the way Washington collects US race and ethnicity data, with the creation of a new “Middle Eastern or...
Iranian authorities have executed 55 people so far in 2023, a rights group said Friday, adding that the surging use of the death penalty aims to create fear as protests shake the country....
The US Justice Department announced Friday the arrests of three people who allegedly took part in a Tehran-backed plot to assassinate dissident Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad. ...
BEIRUT — After a meeting in Parliament on Friday, several opposition MPs denounced Lebanon's "hateful police regime," in response to Thursday's assault against demonstrators and...
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced Friday that cabinet will meet "next week" to discuss the education sector in a country in the midst of economic collapse, whose public...
Two Lebanese lawmakers entered the second week of their parliamentary sit-in on Friday, maintaining their vow to remain inside Parliament's chambers until fellow MPs elect a new president....
BEIRUT — Fuel prices in Lebanon decreased according to new tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry Friday afternoon. This latest price change comes as the Lebanese lira recovered to LL58,000...
BEIRUT — State-owned Electricité du Liban (EDL) issued a statement Friday announcing the launch of the first phase of a plan to improve its power production, which has been practically nonexistent...
His trump card is his US passport.Mohammad Ziad al-Awf, a US-Lebanese dual national, was among the 17 people released Wednesday after being detained for more than two years in connection to the...
BEIRUT — General Security will stop using its online platform to grant passport appointments "within a month," after which applications may be filed without appointments, General Security head...
Turkey summoned Denmark's ambassador Friday to condemn a protest at which a far-right extremist burned the Quran over Ankara's refusal to let Sweden and Finland join NATO....
One of Iran's top Shiite clerics, Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem, has spoken out against the use of violence to force women into wearing the Islamic veil. Iran has...
Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation Ghassan Oueidat ordered Jan. 25 the release of the 17 people in custody since the deadly explosion of Aug. 4, 2020. Contested by the victims’ families...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Defense Minister Maurice Slim on Friday denied press reports that he intended to sack Lebanese Army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun, after a meeting in Bkirki with Maronite Patriarch...
Investigators believe the Syrian regime was behind a 2018 chlorine attack on the town of Douma that killed 43 people, the global chemical weapons watchdog said on Friday in a long-awaited report....
BEIRUT — Authorities on Thursday released 13 public servants who were detained for alleged corruption in Dekwaneh and Ouzai Vehicle Registration Centers outside Beirut, a judicial source told...
BEIRUT — Hours after reaching a new record low on the parallel market Friday morning, at more than LL63,000 to the dollar, the Lebanese lira abruptly retreated to LL57,000 by end of afternoon....
A gunman stormed Azerbaijan's embassy in Tehran on Friday, killing the mission's head of security in an attack Iran said was motivated by personal reasons but Baku labeled an act of "terrorism."...
BEIRUT — Fuel prices continued to soar in Lebanon according to the morning tariffs announced on Friday by the Energy Ministry. This latest price hike comes as the Lebanese lira plummets on the...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . The Higher Judicial Council canceled a meeting scheduled for yesterday as activists and relatives of the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut...
PARIS, France — French President Emmanuel Macron met with Iraq Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Thursday, said the French presidency, signing a set of strategic agreements meant to boost...
Tunisians are to vote again on Sunday in elections for a parliament stripped of its powers, the final pillar of President Kais Saied's remake of politics in the birthplace of the Arab Spring....
Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip traded missile fire Friday, raising fears of a further escalation after one the deadliest army raids in the occupied West Bank in years....
A pinch of salt was enough to make Nusret Gokce an international culinary legend. Also known as Salt Bae, the Turkish restaurant owner has become an internet phenomenon since he posted a video in...
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
