BEIRUT — US-based law firm Arnold & Porter issued a statement Monday evening denying any connection of their client, Bahaa Hariri, to the rape and sexual assault allegations against his...
Six minors were arrested on Monday for vandalizing a Maronite cemetery in Saida, South Lebanon, the Lebanese Army said in a statement. The army said it had arrested the suspects, who are being...
BEIRUT — The prices of Arabic bread bundles in Lebanon decreased slightly on Monday, according to the latest tariffs published by the Ministry of Economy and Trade. On the same day, the national...
Cynthia Haddad is thrilled. After several trips back and forth, her new workspace is finally ready just in time for the start of the summer party season: a wooden bar made by a carpenter in...
A military court in the Gaza Strip convicted six people of "collaboration" with Israel on Monday, sentencing two of them to death. The court said in a statement the death sentences would...
BEIRUT — Three electricity network pylons have collapsed in the Makneh region of the Bekaa, the state-owned Electricité Du Liban (EDL) said in a statement on Monday, after thefts of metal rivets....
France is no longer merely working behind the scenes for a compromise around making Sleiman Frangieh Lebanon’s next president. On Friday, the Marada Movement leader traveled to Paris by public...
ISTANBUL — A mother has been reunited with her baby in southern Turkey after a DNA test confirmed it was her daughter, almost two months after a devastating earthquake ripped through the region,...
Lebanon is investigating alleged embezzlement of over $300,000 at its Ukraine embassy, a judicial official told AFP on Monday, as sources say cash-strapped Beirut is trying to cut costs at...
Tunisia's main opposition coalition pressed the government on Monday to explain a days-long public "absence" of President Kais Saied, saying it had information that he was sick....
In a bid to send a message to the Gulf states determined to normalize ties with the Syrian government, the United States and the United Kingdom have imposed sanctions against key players in the...
BEIRUT — Fuel prices decreased in Lebanon for the second time on Monday, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane...
BEIRUT — Around 100 demonstrators and activists gathered Monday morning in front of the Beirut Justice Palace to denounce the summoning of journalist Jean Kassir, co-founder of the media outlet...
JERUSALEM — An Israeli campaigner for Jewish prayer rights at the Jerusalem compound that houses Al Aqsa mosque was detained on Monday, in an apparent bid to preempt any attempt to hold a...
BEIRUT — The minimum monthly wage for Lebanon’s private sector workers is set to be increased to LL9 million pending approval this week in a potential cabinet meeting, caretaker Labor Minister...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi provided information on Monday during a press conference regarding the organization of the municipal elections, which, he assured "will be held...
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan is expected to deliver an invitation for the 32nd Arab League summit, scheduled for May in Riyadh, to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in...
BEIRUT — A man suspected of "attempted rape" last week near the former KidzMondo children's recreation center on the Beirut waterfront has been arrested, Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced in...
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians Monday in a morning raid in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, in what the army described as "counterterrorism activity."...
Turkey's annual inflation rate slowed to 50 percent in March, official data showed on Monday, delivering another boost for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead May elections....
BEIRUT — Two people were killed and three others were injured early Monday morning in a traffic collision in Tripoli, North Lebanon, according to L’Orient Today ’s correspondent in the North....
BEIRUT — Assistant Foreign Minister for Regional Affairs at the Qatari Foreign Ministry Mohammed Abdel Aziz Al-Khulaifi arrived in Beirut, Sunday night, for a one-day visit to Lebanon during...
BEIRUT — Fuel prices slightly decreased in Lebanon on Monday morning, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of...
RIYADH — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Saudi state news agency SPA said, as Cairo seeks financial inflows to ease pressure on its currency and bolster...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri “will defend himself in court ,” his press office said, in response to sexual assault...
JERUSALEM — Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to dismiss last week, has completed his visit to the occupied West Bank and warned against Iranian...
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
