UNITED NATIONS — United Nations investigators expect to receive shortly materials from Israel related to its accusations that staff with the UN Palestinian refugee agency took part in the Oct. 7...
The price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for private, or neighborhood, generators, which supply electricity to make up for state-owned Electricité du Liban (EDL) shortfalls, has been set at LL34,286 for...
BEIRUT — A halt to fighting in the Gaza Strip as early as next week would trigger indirect talks to end hostilities along Lebanon's southern border with Israel, Lebanon's caretaker prime...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "condemns" the deadly aid delivery incident in northern Gaza, in which Hamas says over 100 people were killed, his spokesperson said Thursday....
JERUSALEM — Two men were killed in a shooting attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday, Israeli emergency services said. The Israeli military said a gunman had...
Lebanese public administration employees announced the suspension of their strike on Thursday afternoon. However, they said they are still awaiting clarification of several points in the proposal...
Thousands of Palestinians flocked to an aid distribution point early Thursday, desperate for food amid Gaza's looming famine, only to be met with lethal chaos including live fire by Israeli...
BEIRUT — Kuwait's Court of Cassation has ruled to convict three people on charges of conducting espionage on behalf of Lebanon-based, Iran-backed Hezbollah, Kuwaiti news outlet al-Qabas reported...
"Life is draining out of Gaza at terrifying speed," the UN humanitarian chief said following multiple deaths Thursday during an attempt to distribute aid supplies in the Palestinian territory....
Commenting on efforts to end Lebanon's presidential vacuum, Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said Thursday that his party is "in favor of internal dialogue without any preconditions" and promised that...
DUBAI — Yemen's Houthis will introduce military "surprises" in their Red Sea operations, the Iran-aligned group's leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said in a televised speech on Thursday....
On Tuesday, Beirut’s acting first investigative judge Bilal Halawi issued five arrest warrants against former Customs Director Badri Daher for failing to appear before him. Halawi is investigating...
WASHINGTON — The White House said on Thursday it is looking into reports of Israeli fire on Palestinians waiting for aid near Gaza City, describing it as a "serious incident."...
An operation by the Jordanian army and France to drop food aid parcels over the Palestinian enclave has been the subject of controversy on social networks, with many Internet users denouncing the...
Iranian authorities have prevented jailed Iranian Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi from attending the burial ceremony of her father who died earlier this week, her family said Thursday....
From pathos to praise of Hamas, songs written by musicians across the Middle East in response to Israel's offensive in Gaza are putting the Palestinian issue back at the forefront of Arab...
Léa Sednaoui’s dishes are a perfect blend of beauty and flavor— a combination of poetry, aesthetics, modernity and at the same time, a sense of nostalgia stemming from her mixed origins. Born to...
Finely chop the shallots and sweat them in olive oil and butter. Once translucent, add the garlic and sauté. Wash the mushrooms and add 1/4 of the quantity to the garlic and shallot mixture. Brown...
MOSUL — A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq on Thursday killed two fighters from the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a militia affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Iraqi...
Israel is reviewing possible curbs on access to Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem over the upcoming Ramadan fast month, a government spokesperson said on Thursday following media reports that the...
Though she was born in Beirut, Carla Rebeiz is a true citizen of the world. After spending a portion of her teenage years in Lebanon she later relocated to the US to pursue her studies for an MBA....
Spanish police on Thursday said they had arrested the owner of a company that illegally exported military equipment to Saudi Arabia, some of which was used in the Yemen conflict. ...
In a saucepan, combine 1/4 cup water with the Lebanese fig jam. Bring to the boil, then purée in a blender. Mix the yogurt, chopped mint and ¾ of a tsp. of salt. Remove the outer skins of the...
The health ministry in Gaza said Thursday that 104 people were killed and more than 750 injured after Israeli soldiers opened fire on civilians gathered at an aid distribution point in the...
Hassan Nasrallah waited almost a month before making his first speech after Operation al-Aqsa Flood. Why? Because he wanted to preserve a “strategic ambiguity” over Hezbollah’s intentions in this...
The shadow of a total war between Israel and Hezbollah has been hovering since Oct. 7. The possibility that Israel will launch a full-scale operation in Lebanon seems to have grown in recent...
Israel's planned ground assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip would contravene the orders issued by the United Nations' highest court, the UN human rights chief said on Thursday....
Saudi Arabia executed five Yemeni nationals charged with murder and robbery, state media reported, bringing the number of executions in the kingdom this year to 34. An...
BEIRUT — US officials are concerned that Israel is planning "a ground incursion into Lebanon that could be launched in the late spring or early summer if diplomatic efforts fail to push Hezbollah...
The potential truce slowly taking shape in Gaza, possibly before the onset of Ramadan in roughly 10 days, is intricately tied to the conflict initiated by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. However,...
An Israeli drone targeted a Hezbollah vehicle in western Syria on Thursday, while explosions were heard in Damascus, already targeted by Israeli strikes the previous evening, according to an NGO...
An official at a hospital in Gaza said Thursday that Israeli forces shot dead at least 50 people who rushed towards trucks loaded with humanitarian aid for Gaza City residents....
A German-Iranian woman has been ordered back to jail in Tehran after several weeks of medical leave despite mounting concerns over her health, her daughter said on Thursday....
Iran announced on Thursday the launch of a remote sensing and imaging satellite into orbit from Russia, according to state media. The launch of "Pars-I" with the Russian...
New Zealand on Thursday became one of the last Western countries to designate all of Hamas as a "terrorist entity," saying its Oct. 7 attacks on Israel had shattered the notion its political and...
Turkey bears responsibility for human rights abuses and violations of land and property rights in swathes of northern Syria it controls alongside its proxies, a Human Rights Watch report said...
BEIRUT — "Out of all the things I should be crying for; sleeping in a UNRWA shelter with dozens of people in the same room, sleeping hungry every day the past few months, the number of people who I...
The Gazan health ministry said Thursday more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war between the militant group and Israel began nearly five months ago. While mediators say...
Despite protests organized by depositors and army retirees in front of the Grand Serail, the government met on Wednesday as scheduled to examine several leading issues. Speaking at a press...
21:45 Beirut Time Thank you for following our live updates on the Gaza war. We will continue our coverage of the conflict tomorrow morning. 21:43 Beirut Time...
Catch up on our LIVE coverage of Day 145 of the Gaza war here . Hamas, for the first time in months, claimed responsibility for rocket launches towards Israel from southern Lebanon. The group...
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
