Lebanese priest George Badr, of Mar Takla parish in Hazmieh, denied Wednesday that he had been informed of any decision by the Vatican to strip him of his ecclesiastical status. "I have not been...
Though Lebanese officials say they have arrested eight people involved in organizing last week’s deadly irregular boat journey — which ended in the deaths of more than 100 people off the coast of...
In a Sept. 25 speech during the inauguration of a Free Patriotic Movement office in Zgharta, party leader Gebran Bassil reminded the audience that Lebanon's power comes from “the...
BEIRUT — Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Bassil said his party will participate in the Parliament's Thursday session to elect a new president, but will vote blank because "we don't have any...
After sounding the alarm in 2017 about the imminent risk of a large-scale banking crisis — which caused much controversy — you have repeatedly given your prognosis of the crisis and its causes. How...
BEIRUT — As post-war reconstruction got underway in the early 1990s, members of the Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities (LUPD) descended onto Ain al-Mreisseh, where the corniche...
BAGHDAD - Three Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on Wednesday while Iraq's Parliament voted to reject the resignation of Speaker Mohammed Halbousi, Iraq's military said....
SULAIMANIYAH — Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini was visiting Tehran with her family when she encountered the notorious morality police and died after a “violent blow to the head,” according to her...
“I followed the constitution and the laws in force and have fulfilled my duties as parliament speaker, rather than sending any political message to anyone.” This is how Parliament Speaker Nabih...
DUBAI, SULAIMANIYA, Iraq —Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday they fired missiles and drones at militant targets in the Kurdish region of neighboring northern Iraq, where an official said...
Banque du Liban will use an official exchange rate of LL15,000 to the dollar instead of the current rate of LL1,507, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement Wednesday. The statement confirmed...
BEIRUT — A fight broke out in front of BLOM Bank’s main branch in the Verdun neighborhood of Beirut Wednesday between a Lebanese soldier and MP Nabil Badr's bodyguards, according to local media and...
Pope Francis is scheduled to travel to Bahrain from Nov. 3 to 6, 2022, according to Vatican News . A statement released by the Director of the Holy See Press Office on Wednesday said the...
ANKARA — Turkey's booming wartime trade with Moscow took a giant step back on Wednesday with confirmation that the last three banks still processing Russian card payments were pulling out under...
Spain summoned the Iranian ambassador Wednesday to express its opposition to the heavy-handed crackdown on mass demonstrations across Iran that have claimed dozens of lives, a diplomatic source...
BEIRUT — A majority of Lebanese MPs will attend Thursday’s parliamentary session to elect a new president, ahead of the Oct. 31 deadline for current President Michel Aoun to vacate his post....
RAMALLAH — Three Palestinians were killed Wednesday during an Israeli West Bank raid targeting alleged militants, including the brother of a man blamed for a deadly attack in Tel Aviv, the...
TEHRAN — Iran’s police command warned on Wednesday that the force would come down hard on protests that erupted nearly two weeks ago over the death of a young woman in custody. Dozens of people...
BEIRUT — In a small fishing boat near Pigeon Rock, Raouche, a camera operator has trained his lens on the boat’s owner, Abu Mustafa, one of three characters in this film who devote much of their...
BEIRUT — The Ministry of Energy announced new fuel prices on Wednesday morning. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL677,000, up by LL27,000 • Twenty liters of...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri scheduled a parliamentary session for Thursday to elect a new president, despite a lack of...
NEW YORK — Dozens of young Iranians and Americans gathered Tuesday in front of The New York Times building in Manhattan to demonstrate for the rights of women in Iran, and to decry "bias" at the...
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
