BEIRUT — The Beirut fire department announced Monday the commencement of operations to remove the debris resulting from the collapse of the Beirut port silos’ northern block, the state-run National...
BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun on Monday indicated that he is working for the formation of a new government before his mandate ends on Oct. 31. Here’s what we know: • According to...
One would think that President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati have beaten their swords into a plowshare since the talks to form a new ministerial team surprisingly resumed a...
BEIRUT — Employees of state telecommunications provider Ogero announced Monday that they will hold an open-ended strike starting Tuesday to demand better wages, the state-run National News Agency...
BEIRUT — Lebanon on Monday qualified for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup after beating India 95-63. This is Lebanon’s fourth time to qualify for the Basketball World Cup. Here's what we...
BEIRUT — The death early Saturday of Lebanese singer George Al Rassi refocused attention on a perennial problem in Lebanon that is rarely prioritized — the high rate of death and injury on the...
BEIRUT — Legal Agenda on Thursday filed an appeal before the Shura Council to overturn Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi’s decision to prevent gatherings that “promote homosexuality,” Legal Agenda...
BEIRUT — Banque du Liban announced on Monday that it extended Circular 161, a measure meant to narrow the gap between the parallel market exchange rate and that of the central bank’s Sayrafa rate,...
BAGHDAD — Iraq's powerful Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said Monday he was quitting politics and closing his institutions in response to an intractable political deadlock, a decision that...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday, reportedly to discuss the formation of a new cabinet. Here’s what we know: • At...
BEIRUT — Tracy Chamoun, Lebanon’s former Ambassador to Jordan and granddaughter of former President Camille Chamoun, declared her candidacy for president at a press conference on Monday afternoon,...
“Stupidity.” This is how Saudi ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari, writing via Twitter on Thursday, characterized threats against his diplomatic mission by a critic of the kingdom. The...
BEIRUT — Gasoline prices increased on Monday after Banque du Liban lowered the ratio at which it subsidizes fuel through its Sayrafa exchange platform. A BDL spokesperson told L’Orient Today that...
BEIRUT — Garbage collection resumed Monday morning in Beirut, Metn and Kesrouan following the reopening of the Bourj Hammoud-Jdeideh landfill, after garbage had piled up in the streets the past...
BEIRUT — Families of the dozens of people who died when their smuggler boat sank off the northern Lebanese coast in April are calling for a “transparent international investigation” into the...
From his parents’ house in the Dbayeh area of Metn, Fady* only needs his computer and a good internet connection to work. He has been employed for nine months as a software developer for an...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . The submarine search operation at the wreck site of a makeshift migrant boat found the remains of at least seven passengers on...
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
