Army chief warns against risk of security incidents
BEIRUT — Lebanese Army Chief Joseph Aoun issued a warning Thursday of possible security incidents during the presidential vacancy that started on Nov. 1 after the end of Michel Aoun's mandate....
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Netanyahu and far-right allies secure victory in Israeli elections
Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies secured a clear victory and a majority in Parliament following elections two days ago, Israel's electoral commission announced...
3 November 2022
Israeli PM Lapid congratulates Netanyahu on election win
JERUSALEM — Israel Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his election win as final results confirmed the former premier's triumphant comeback at the head of...
3 November 2022
In Bahrain, pope speaks out against death penalty and discrimination
SAKHIR — Pope Francis spoke out against the death penalty on Thursday at the start of a trip to Bahrain, where the Shiite opposition accuse the Sunni monarchy of overseeing human rights abuses....
3 November 2022
US imposes new sanctions on oil smuggling network backing Hezbollah and Iran's Quds Force
WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday issued sanctions against an international oil smuggling network it accused of supporting Hezbollah and Iran's Quds Force, as Washington seeks to increase...
3 November 2022
Cleric in flashpoint Iranian city of Zahedan has been killed
DUBAI — The cleric of a Shiite mosque in the mostly Sunni flashpoint Iranian city of Zahedan has been shot dead, the official news agency IRNA reported Thursday evening. "A special task...
3 November 2022
Jordan and Russia coordinate to stabalize southern Syria
AMMAN — Jordan and Russia have agreed to step up coordination in tackling instability in southern Syria, which Amman blames on Iran-linked militias and multi-billion dollar drug smuggling across...
3 November 2022
Iranian security officer killed, 10 police officer injured in clashes
A member of Iran's Basij paramilitary force was killed while ten police officers and a cleric were injured on Thursday during clashes in Karaj, west of Tehran, state media said. The violence broke...
3 November 2022
Qatar hospitals to refrain from asking women about marital status
Women will not be asked about their marital status when seeking medical treatment during this month's World Cup in Qatar, which criminalizes sexual relations outside marriage, organizers said....
3 November 2022
UK urges all Israeli parties to respect minorities
Britain on Thursday urged all politicians in Israel to respect minorities as former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared poised to return to power in the 2022 legislative elections, with the...
3 November 2022
Constitutional Council rejects 4 additional invalidation appeals
BEIRUT — The Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected four new appeals — out of fifteen total — that were submitted in June to contest the results of the 2022 parliamentary elections....
3 November 2022
Ramco and Hamieh squabble over responsibility for recent flooding
BEIRUT — Ramco, the company contracted to collect solid waste in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, on Thursday responded to caretaker Public Works Minister Ali Hamieh's criticisms after a second spate of...
3 November 2022
Pope Francis arrives in Bahrain
SAKHIR, Bahrain — Pope Francis arrived in Bahrain on Thursday to start a four-day trip, the second by the pontiff to the Arabian peninsula. The plane carrying the pope arrived in Sakhir, where he...
3 November 2022
Britain has no plans to move its Israel embassy: UK prime minister's office
LONDON — Britain has no plans to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday, after his predecessor ordered a review into a possible move...
3 November 2022
Decline in freedom of expression during Aoun’s term in office, notes SKeyes
On Oct. 31, Michel Aoun ended his six-year term as head of the Lebanese state. A report by the Samir Kassir Foundation's SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom published on Tuesday sheds...
Nada GHOSN, 3 November 2022
Iranian human rights lawyers criticize clerical leaders
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Forty prominent Iranian human rights lawyers have publicly criticized the country's clerical rulers, saying their crackdowns which crushed dissent for decades will no...
3 November 2022
In Saifi, another attempt to unify parliamentary opposition around a presidential candidate
The 27 MPs gathered around the same table Monday. Indeed, it was only after Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called to convene Parliament for a session on Thursday to read former President Michel...
Yara ABI AKL, 3 November 2022
Far-rightist vows to impose order under new Netanyahu government
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A near-final tally of votes on Thursday showed former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on track to re-election with a clear parliamentary majority, boosted by...
3 November 2022
Slight decrease in fuel prices
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry on Thursday announced a slight decrease in fuel prices. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL720,000, down by LL2,000...
3 November 2022
Turkey's inflation hits 24-year high of 85.5 percent after rate cuts
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish annual inflation climbed to a new 24-year high of 85.51 percent in October, official data showed on Thursday, slightly below forecast, after the central bank cut its...
3 November 2022
Parliament rules that cabinet can proceed with its caretaker duties
BEIRUT — Parliament on Thursday decided that the current caretaker cabinet headed by Najib Mikati can proceed with its caretaker duties, according to an official statement published by Parliament...
Wael Taleb, 3 November 2022
Holdup at the Crédit Libanais branch in Hazmieh: four people arrested
BEIRUT — Four people who broke into a branch of Credit Libanais in Hazmieh, a suburb of Beirut, to demand the return of their deposits at the bank were arrested on at dawn Thursday after spending...
3 November 2022
Israeli forces kill 4 Palestinians in West Bank, Jerusalem clashes
RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank — Israeli forces killed four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, including an Islamic Jihad militant...
3 November 2022
Lebanon records six new cases and one death
BEIRUT — Lebanon on Wednesday recorded six new cases of cholera and one new death, while the total number of new confirmed and suspected cases stood at 366, the Health Ministry said in its daily...
3 November 2022
Parliament to meet, student killed in Tripoli, another bank holdup : Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Parliament is scheduled to convene today to discuss a letter sent by Michel Aoun on the eve of his last day as president to House...
3 November 2022
Erdogan says he wants to maintain Israel ties regardless of election outcome
ISTANBUL, Turkey — President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he wanted to maintain Turkey's relations with Israel based on mutual understanding, no matter the election outcome, as former Prime...
