Increase in Housing Bank capital: CEO hails 'vote of confidence'
The CEO of the Housing Bank, Antoine Habib, welcomed the Lebanese government's recent "vote of confidence," after the Cabinet last week approved the increase of the bank’s capital...
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Haneen Sayed presents her ministry’s 2025 report and touts a ‘daily commitment to citizens’
Minister of Social Affairs Haneen Sayed on Monday published a numerical assessment of her ministry’s assistance provided during 2025, touting a “daily commitment to citizens,” in a post on her X...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
US pledges $2 billion in humanitarian support to UN, State Department says
The United States on Monday pledged $2 billion in life-saving assistance to tens of millions of people facing hunger and disease in more than a dozen countries next year, the State Department said...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
Trump and Netanyahu to discuss next phase of Gaza plan in Florida
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to push for progress in the stalled cease-fire in Gaza when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for talks. Netanyahu said this...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
Foreigners will soon be able to buy real estate in Saudi Arabia
The new year will mark a turning point in the Saudi kingdom. Starting Jan. 1, 2026, foreigners outside the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries — who are already permitted — will be able to...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
Hamas armed wing confirms spokesman killed by Israel in August
Hamas' armed wing confirmed on Monday the killing of its spokesperson, Abu Obaida, months after Israel announced that he had been killed in an air strike in Gaza. The Ezzedine Al-Qassam...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
Israeli Supreme Court suspends Netanyahu government's decision to shut down military radio station
The Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday suspended Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to shut down the military radio station Galei Tzahal, ruling that such a measure requires prior approval from the...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
Aoun meets with Simon Karam ahead of next 'Mechanism' meeting on Jan. 7
President Joseph Aoun met Monday with Simon Karam, the former ambassador selected to be the Lebanese civilian representative of the Cease-fire Oversight Committee (known as the...
29 December 2025
Bassil: Lebanon will not be saved by alliances but by the strength of its diaspora
MP Gebran Bassil, head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), spoke Monday in Beirut at the inauguration of the "Lebanese Diaspora Energy" (LDE) conference — an initiative he launched...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
Boxer Anthony Joshua injured in Nigeria highway crash, two others killed
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was injured in a fatal highway accident that killed two people Monday, Nigerian media reported. Punch newspaper said the crash occurred on the...
AFP, 29 December 2025
Tehran shopkeepers shut stores over economic pain, currency volatility
Some shopkeepers in Tehran closed their stores on Monday in protest against economic hardships and sharp swings in Iran's embattled currency, Iranian media reported, following similar...
AFP, 29 December 2025
War pushes tech workers to move abroad
BEIRUT — Requests from Israeli employees working for multinational technology companies to relocate abroad have sharply increased over the past year, as a consequence of Israel’s ongoing two-year...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
Roads blocked by snow and fallen trees after heavy storm
BEIRUT — Rain, cold and snow swept across Lebanon as the country experienced its first sustained winter conditions late in 2025, following a year marked by severe drought during its first 10...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland shakes the Gulf
The news sent shockwaves across the region: On Friday, Israel made an unprecedented diplomatic move by granting official recognition to the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, becoming the first...
Tatiana KROTOFF, 29 December 2025
From Wall Street prodigy to image-hunter: The two facets of Erik Hadife
At only 27, Erik Hadife’s career is every bit that of a rising star. Following an extensive education at the prestigious London School of Economics and then at the Massachusetts Institute of...
Zeina KOVACS, 29 December 2025
Egyptian-British activist Abd el-Fattah apologises for past social media posts
Activist Alaa Abd al-Fattah, freed from prison in Egypt and now in Britain, apologiZed on Monday for his "shocking and hurtful" social media posts made more than a decade ago, which have...
Reuters, 29 December 2025
Lebanon, Egypt sign memorandum of understanding to 'meet Lebanon's needs for natural gas'
BEIRUT — Lebanon and Egypt signed a memorandum of understanding at the Egyptian Embassy to “meet Lebanon’s needs for natural gas dedicated to electricity generation from the Egyptian side," to...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
'Greatest calamity in the modern history of Lebanon is called Hezbollah,' says Geagea
BEIRUT — Samir Geagea, head of the Lebanese Forces (LF), said Sunday night in Meerab that Hezbollah is “the greatest calamity in the modern history of Lebanon,” accusing the group of paralyzing the...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
Egypt's ambassador calls for action on international resolution
BEIRUT — Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Alaa Moussa called on Lebanon to “implement international resolutions,” emphasizing, that this was not “a warning,” he said from Baabda Palace, several local...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
In maps: How many Syrian refugees returned to Syria since Assad's regime fell?
After nearly 14 years of conflict in Syria, the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime on Dec. 8, 2024, marked a turning point for the country and the region, paving the way for the voluntary return...
Enzo Quenescourt, 29 December 2025
Parliament elects speaker in first post-election session
Iraq's newly elected parliament convened on Monday for its first session since the November national election, opening the way for MPs' to begin the process of forming a new government....
Reuters, 29 December 2025
What’s at stake at the Trump-Netanyahu meeting in Florida?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump on Monday at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.This would be the fifth meeting between the two leaders in...
Léone LAALI, 29 December 2025
New lira will coexist with the old for at least three months
BEIRUT — The Central Bank of Syria announced Sunday that the new Syrian pound, set to enter circulation on Jan. 1, will coexist with the old currency for 90 days, giving people time to exchange...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
Brigitte Bardot: A life, a cause, and a honeymoon in Lebanon
July 9, 2024. In Saint-Tropez, it’s not even 8 a.m. yet, and the thermometer is already nearing 30 degrees.On the heights of the busy summer resort, a small house near the water catches the...
Karl RICHA, 29 December 2025
89 Chinese military aircrafts detected, 28 vessels near island
Taiwan said it had detected 89 Chinese military aircraft as well as 28 warships and coastguard vessels near the democratic island on Monday, as China launched live-fire drills. Taiwan's...
AFP, 29 December 2025
Three Turkish police officers killed and six IS members in clashes
BEIRUT — Three Turkish police were killed and nine other people wounded in an operation Monday against the Islamic State (IS) group in the northwest of the country, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya...
L'Orient Today staff/AFP, 29 December 2025
Assad-era mass grave revealed, criminal investigation opens
Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad and has opened a criminal investigation, following a Reuters report that revealed...
Reuters, 29 December 2025
Over 700 arrests and millions of dollars recovered in 2025
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s State Security reported filing hundreds of cases and arresting 716 people nationwide in 2025 for crimes ranging from drugs and terrorism to theft, forgery, and illegal weapons...
L'Orient Today staff, 29 December 2025
Will Trump give Netanyahu the green light to escalate in Lebanon?
It is now clear that Lebanon will be at the center of the Monday afternoon meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.According to leaked information, Netanyahu...
Mounir RABIH, 29 December 2025
Netanyahu arrives in US to meet Trump in Florida
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Donald Trump in Florida on Monday, with the U.S. president pushing to move to the next stage of the fragile Gaza truce plan. The crucial meeting...
AFP, 29 December 2025
Standing next to Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Trump says Hamas must be disarmed | LIVE
23:00 Beirut Time Trump on Hamas: Well, we talked about Hamas, and we talked about disarmament, and they're gonna be given a very short period of time to disarm. And we'll see...
Muntaser Abdallah, Sarah Abdallah, Ghadir Hamadi, 29 December 2025
Cabinet approves financial losses law, extraordinary parliament session set from Jan. 2 to March 1: Everything you need to know this Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:10 a.m. Opening of the "Lebanese Diaspora...
Abbas Mahfouz, 29 December 2025
Yemen declares state of emergency; Egypt and Lebanon revive natural gas deal: Everything you need to know this Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:12 p.m. Press conference at the Catholic Media...
