Guards on yacht shoot dead Yemen coastguard: security firm
A Yemeni coastguard on the lookout for arms smuggling was shot dead by security guards aboard a private yacht in an exchange of fire Friday, a maritime security company said....
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Iranian foreign minister: Tehran will accept any Lebanese president chosen 'by consensus'
BEIRUT — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Friday that Tehran will support the election of anyone in Lebanon "who will accede to the presidency by consensus." The remark came...
28 April 2023
Baklawa, a royal treat from the halls of Topkapi
If special occasions in Lebanon had to be represented by a single dessert, that dessert would be baklawa. Delicately layered, nut filled, and sugar drenched, the special pastry is offered almost...
Amanda Haydar, 28 April 2023
Iran foreign minister says embassies in Saudi Arabia, Iran to open 'within days'
BEIRUT — Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in a press conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday that embassies in Saudi Arabia and Iran will be opened "within...
28 April 2023
Bar Association head hosts author who made recommendations to 'reduce spread of homosexuality in Lebanon'
BEIRUT– The head of the Beirut Bar Association, Nader Gaspard, has once again raised eyebrows for hosting the launch of a controversial book titled, The Crime of Homosexuality in Lebanese Law...
Mohamad El Chamaa, 28 April 2023
Investigators to grill Lebanon central bank audit firms
European investigators probing Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh's wealth will question officials from two international firms previously tasked with auditing the central bank's accounts, a...
28 April 2023
Iranian president to visit Syria next week: source
BEIRUT — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Damascus next week, a senior regional source close to the Syrian government told Reuters on Friday. The visit will be the...
28 April 2023
Palestinian hunger striker's health worsens: activists
A Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for more than 80 days is being held in "difficult" conditions, his wife told AFP Friday after an advocacy group warned his health is deteriorating....
28 April 2023
UAE astronaut exits ISS for first Arab space walk
Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi stepped out of the International Space Station (ISS) Friday for the first space walk by an Arab astronaut, a moment touted by the UAE as a "milestone."...
28 April 2023
Khalil Gibran returns to New York after 100 years: A flash exhibition at the Glass Palace
“Khalil Gibran returns to New York after 100 years.” This is the theme of a three-day exhibition held at the Glass Palace at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. This exhibition...
Syliane ZEHIL, 28 April 2023
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank clash
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank — Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager during clashes in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian officials said. Palestinian witnesses...
28 April 2023
Sudanese struggle to survive as cash sources dry up
In Sudan's battle-hit capital, residents desperately count their last banknotes as nearly two weeks of fighting has frozen cash sources and pushed an already faltering financial system to the...
28 April 2023
Sudan conflict: Refugees on the move
The fighting in Sudan has prompted a wave of people to seek sanctuary in neighboring countries. The picture is "very chaotic," UNHCR refugee agency spokesman Matt Saltmarsh...
28 April 2023
Final batch of Sudan evacuees arrives in Beirut
BEIRUT — A third and final group of evacuees from Sudan, where a bloody armed conflict erupted on April 15, arrived in Beirut on Friday afternoon, the state-run National News Agency reported. The...
28 April 2023
Tunisia struggles to cope with number of migrant deaths
So many migrants risking the dangerous sea crossing from Tunisia to Europe have drowned that morgues and hospitals in the key launchpad city of Sfax are full, officials said Friday....
28 April 2023
‘Ghosts in the hall’: Karl Mattar talks Interbellum’s new album
BEIRUT — “The earth spoke / with the first stroke of the spade / deeper, deeper / ‘til it has nothing left to say.” So begins Lebanese group-turned-solo project Interbellum ’s newest album,...
Richard SALAME, 28 April 2023
Hamas armed wing announces suspension of bitcoin fundraising
GAZA — The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Thursday it would stop receiving fundraising via the crypto currency bitcoin, a method it has used for years, citing an...
Nidal al-Mughrabi, 28 April 2023
Israeli forces wound teenage boy, capture alleged militant in Jenin raid
RAMALLAH — The Israeli military said it arrested a suspected militant and confiscated weapons on Friday in a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin that led to clashes with Palestinian...
28 April 2023
Pro-Kurdish party calls on voters to back Erdogan rival
Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party and its leftist allies called on voters Friday to back President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main rival in the May 14 polls. The announcement pushes one of...
28 April 2023
UAE first 'gaming' resort to cost $3.9 billion: casino operator
The United Arab Emirates' first "gaming" resort will open in four years and cost $3.9 billion to build, US casino operator Wynn has said, unveiling new details of the flashy project....
28 April 2023
Iranian FM visits South Lebanon border area
BEIRUT — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian visited South Lebanon on Friday, where he toured the town of Maroun al-Ras just steps from the border with Israeli-controlled territory,...
28 April 2023
Hoayek undergoes second day of questioning in BDL probe
BEIRUT — European judges questioned Banque Du Liban (BDL) governor Riad Salameh's former assistant Marianne Hoayek for a second day in a row Friday as part of a corruption probe into Salameh, his...
Wael Taleb, 28 April 2023
Kataeb, Moawad and opposition MPs appeal municipal election delay
BEIRUT — A delegation of Kataeb MPs and other parliamentary opposition MPs submitted an appeal Friday to the Constitutional Council to invalidate a law extending the mandates of municipal councils...
Mario DOUEIRY, 28 April 2023
Police release kidnapped man in Aley
BEIRUT — Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced Friday they had released a Syrian man who was kidnapped in Aley earlier this month shortly after his arrival in Lebanon from Dubai. Police also...
28 April 2023
Media draft law to settle disputes out of court
A new media bill, drafted by the caretaker Information Ministry in cooperation with UNESCO, could be submitted to Parliament soon. In a press conference on Thursday, caretaker Information...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 28 April 2023
Qatar to host Basketball World Cup for first time
Qatar was named host of the 2027 men's Basketball World Cup on Friday, burgeoning its reputation for staging major global sports events. Germany will hold the women's...
28 April 2023
Sudan's army says paramilitary forces hit Turkish evacuation plane
KHARTOUM — Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shot at a Turkish evacuation plane as it was landing at Wadi Seyidna airport outside Khartoum on Friday, damaging its fuel system,...
28 April 2023
Amir-Abdollahian discusses Saudi-Iran deal with Nasrallah
BEIRUT — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who is on an official visit to Beirut since Wednesday, met with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and discussed the latest...
28 April 2023
Confusion over removal — or lack thereof — of SSNP's Assaad Hardan
BEIRUT — A branch of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) denied a statement that circulated online Thursday announcing it had removed former party leader and minister Assaad Hardan. ...
28 April 2023
Slight decrease in fuel prices
BEIRUT — Fuel prices slightly decreased in Lebanon on Friday morning, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane...
28 April 2023
Sudan truce extended, but strikes continue
Sudanese fighter jets pounded paramilitary positions in Khartoum on Thursday while deadly fighting and looting flared in Darfur, despite the army and a rival force agreeing to extend a ceasefire...
28 April 2023
Hoayek court hearing, Iranian FM visit, house explosion in south Beirut: Everything you need to know to start your Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Marianne Hoayek, charged by Lebanese prosecutors as a suspected co-conspirator in a scheme to defraud Banque du Liban (BDL),...
