BEIRUT — Lebanese authorities plan to enforce a series of “measures” to curb irregular migration, the caretaker cabinet announced following a meeting Thursday in Beirut, a week after an attempted...
BEIRUT — UNIFIL commander Major General Aroldo Lázaro chaired a routine meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese and Israeli armies Thursday at the international force's Ras Naqoura...
BEIRUT — Parliament’s first session Thursday to elect a president, which failed to do so, “should serve as a step towards more concerted efforts” to choose the next head of state by the Oct. 31...
The news came as a bombshell to many. Caretaker Finance Minister and former Banque du Liban executive Youssef Khalil told Reuters on Wednesday that the "official" lira-to-dollar exchange rate will...
Iran on Thursday arrested a reporter who covered the funeral of Mahsa Amini, her lawyer said, the latest of a growing number of journalists to be detained since protests erupted over the young...
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he had advised the central bank to lower its policy rate at its upcoming meetings, a day after saying he expects interest rates to come...
BEIRUT — A countrywide bank employees union announced Thursday it would hold a protest on Oct. 12 to call for employees' safety after a series of bank holdups this month in which depositors — some...
BEIRUT — The families of transit migrants currently detained on the shores of Turkey and Greece staged a protest in Akkar on Thursday to demand the repatriation of their loved ones, L'Orient...
DUBAI — Iran summoned the chargé d'affaires of the French embassy in Tehran over France's stance on the unrest that has gripped Iran over the past two weeks over the death of Mahsa Amini, Iran's...
JERUSALEM — Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged an intensely divided public to keep its cool ahead of the country's parliamentary election, warning that heated tempers could easily spin out of...
Leila* compulsively sends messages full of crying emoticons and broken hearts.“Please help me, please. I’m looking for my fiancé. I’m dying, I’m looking everywhere. I just want to know if he’s...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira continued its fluctuation on the parallel market Thursday morning, trading at around LL39,000 against the dollar. According to the Lirarate.org platform, the dollar...
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Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri took everyone by surprise on Tuesday by calling MPs to a first session to elect a new president, set to take place Thursday, September 29, almost a month after the...
BEIRUT — The Ministry of Energy and Water announced new fuel prices on Wednesday morning, with a slight increase in the tariffs. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane...
BEIRUT — A major fire that broke out Wednesday in the forested areas around the town of Hrar in Akkar, North Lebanon, was brought under control on Thursday, L’Orient Today’s...
BEIRUT — Two individuals were arrested in the Israeli kibbutz of Yiftah for allegedly crossing the border from Lebanon, the Arabic Spokesperson of the Israeli army Avichay Adraee announced on...
BEIRUT — A resident of al-Khodor village in Baalbeck on Thursday morning fatally shot his son after an argument escalated between the two, before killing himself, L'Orient Today 's correspondent...
DUBAI/SULAIMANIYA — Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they fired missiles and drones at militant targets in the Kurdish region of neighboring northern Iraq, where authorities said 13...
RABAT — At least 19 people have died and dozens of others were hospitalized after consuming toxic alcohol from a roadside kiosk in northern Morocco, local media reported Wednesday. Police arrested...
A majority of Lebanese MPs will attend today’s parliamentary session to elect a new president, surpassing the two-thirds quorum needed to convene the session. The Ahbash bloc, Amal Movement,...
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
