Former gang leader charged with rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder
A former gang leader has been charged with the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas, a prosecutor said Friday. The development is the latest in a long-running...
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Volunteers help hundreds of baby turtles into the sea after 2-year hiatus
MANSOURI BEACH, South Lebanon — Dozens gather to witness newly hatched sea turtles advance on hard-packed sand, at the edge of the water, into their forever home in the sea. Gentle waves lap...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 29 September 2023
Generator prices up more than ever in September
BEIRUT — Tariffs for private generators, which supply power when public supplier Électricité du Liban rations its output, have risen for the fourth consecutive month in September, reaching their...
29 September 2023
Abiad announces secured funds for dialysis treatments
BEIRUT — Caretaker Health Minister Firass Abiad announced Friday that payments due to hospitals for dialysis treatment are secured, stressing that he will not "be complacent" toward those...
29 September 2023
Joint force deploys to UNRWA schools in Ain al-Hilweh, rival fighters exit premises
BEIRUT — Between 50 and 60 members of the Palestinian Joint Force in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in South Lebanon deployed Friday afternoon to schools belonging to UNRWA, the UN...
Mountasser Abdallah/OLJ, 29 September 2023
25 policemen injured in Thursday's protest outside Azerbaijani embassy
BEIRUT — Twenty-five Internal Security Forces (ISF) agents, including two officers, were injured at the Azerbaijan Embassy in Beirut on Thursday, where they clashed with Lebanese-Armenians...
29 September 2023
‘There’s nothing left, it’s over’: Exodus of Nagorno-Karabakh's Armenians
Mariam Sohomonyan made her way between cars with canvas-bagged roofs and white tents set up by the Armenian Red Crossin Kornitzer, the last Armenian village before the Azerbaijan border and the...
Astrig AGOPIAN, 29 September 2023
Dead, missing migrants in Mediterranean tripled this summer: UN
The number of Europe-bound migrants who died or went missing in the Mediterranean this summer has tripled since last year, the UN said Friday, adding it had become a "cemetery" for children....
29 September 2023
Army rescues man kidnapped in Bekaa
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army rescued a man on Friday who had been kidnapped in the Bekaa Valley, according to a statement, while the main suspect in the case was arrested in a separate...
29 September 2023
Lebanon's 'inclusivity' training program for teachers suspended
BEIRUT — A training program for Lebanon's teachers aimed at "inclusivity" is suspended, following accusations that it aimed to integrate Syrian migrants in Lebanon, according to a Thursday...
Mario DOUEIRY, 29 September 2023
Karabakh blast toll soars to 170 as exodus grows
The death toll from a Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot blast soared to 170 on Friday as the exodus from the ethnic Armenian enclave following its fall to Azerbaijani forces continued unabated....
29 September 2023
Jailed Tunisia opposition chief begins hunger strike
The jailed leader of Tunisian opposition party Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi, 82, began a hunger strike on Friday to protest his detention and express support for other "political prisoners," his...
29 September 2023
Riyadh helps Le Drian initiate the ‘third option’ transition
France’s special envoy for Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, has been tasked with the mission of bringing Lebanon’s presidential vacuum, which has persisted for 11 months and counting, to an end. Le...
Mounir RABIH, 29 September 2023
Italian navy ship visits Beirut for first time to strengthen ties
BEIRUT — Large, imposing and glittering in the sun. On Thursday Italy's offshore patrol ship, ITS Francesco Morosini, entered Beirut's port for the first time. The...
Olivia Le Poidevin, 29 September 2023
US-Saudi defense pact tied to Israel deal, Palestinian demands put aside
Saudi Arabia is determined to secure a military pact requiring the United States to defend the kingdom in return for opening ties with Israel and will not hold up a deal even if Israel does not...
29 September 2023
Boy and man hit by stray bullets in Ain al-Hilweh, suspected gunmen arrested
BEIRUT — Two people, including a young boy, were wounded in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp on Friday morning by stray bullets from a personal dispute ahead of a planned deployment of joint...
29 September 2023
Gas prices slightly down, diesel and fuel oil up
BEIRUT — Gasoline prices fell slightly in Lebanon on Friday morning, while diesel and fuel oil prices for generators rose. Here are the new rates, according to the Energy Ministry's price list: -...
29 September 2023
EU's Mediterranean leaders meet on migration
The leaders of nine Mediterranean and southern European countries, including France's Emmanuel Macron and Italy's Giorgia Meloni, meet Friday in Malta for talks set to focus on migration....
29 September 2023
Lebanese children 'miss out' on education as crisis takes toll
Rana Hariri doesn't know when she'll be able to send her children back to school, as Lebanon's grinding economic crisis thrusts the fate of public education into uncertainty....
Nour el-Hajj, 29 September 2023
Protest at Azerbaijan embassy, EDL warning, US embassy shooting motive: Everything you need to know to start your Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Hundreds of people gathered outside the embassy of Azerbaijan yesterday to protest the dissolution of the self-proclaimed...
