BEIRUT — The Samir Kassir Foundation (SKeyes) organized the 20th edition of the Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press ceremony on Tuesday at the Sursock Palace in Beirut, which annually...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun received a delegation of French deputies, accompanied by French Ambassador Herve Magro, at the Baabda Palace on Tuesday. The delegation included four...
BEIRUT — The defense of former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, retried in New York for sexual assault and rape, asked jurors on Tuesday for his acquittal if they have "the slightest doubt,"...
BEIRUT — The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), backed by the United States and Israel, announced Tuesday that it is appointing a right-wing evangelical as its head, following the announcement by...
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Tuesday called on Benjamin Netanyahu to return to the idea of a two-state solution, citing the Israeli Prime Minister's own remarks made in 2009....
Lebanese Business Leaders Association (RDCL) renewed its board of directors during elections held Monday at its ordinary general assembly at the ESA Business School in Beirut, according to a...
The Israeli army announced Tuesday evening that it has opened an "investigation" after confirmation by the Red Cross of the death of 27 Palestinians following fire near an aid...
It’s 6:40 a.m. when about 10 cars begin lining up at the first General Security checkpoint outside the Arida border post, which connects northern Lebanon’s Akkar coast to Syria. Closed since Dec....
BEIRUT — After weeks of unconfirmed rumors, a case involving financial fraud and drug smuggling — allegedly linked to the former sister-in-law of a senior Amal movement MP Ali Hassan Khalil — saw...
BEIRUT — The IMF delegation, led by Ernesto Ramirez-Rigo, arrived in Beirut on May 28 for a week of meetings about reforms. They have started their final talks with Lebanese officials before...
BEIRUT — The Head of the Syndicate of Food Importers, Hani Bohsali, reassured in a statement released on Tuesday that the prices of imported food products "will remain stable in the...
BEIRUT — A Lebanese army force raided a person in the Lebanese village of al-Qasr (Hermel district) on Tuesday for allegedly smuggling fuel into Syria, our correspondent in the Bekaa reported....
BEIRUT — Former Minister of Public Works Ali Hamieh was appointed Tuesday as advisor to President Joseph Aoun on reconstruction affairs, according to information obtained by L'Orient Today....
BEIRUT — The Ministry of Justice indicated in a statement that the first trial sessions were launched on Tuesday in the Roumieh prison, according to the state-run National News Agency. “In a...
BEIRUT — A unit of the Lebanese Army carried out an operation in the border locality of al-Qasr (Hermel district) targeting a Lebanese citizen suspected of fuel trafficking to Syria, reported our...
BEIRUT — The United States will scale down its military presence in Syria to one base from eight and U.S. policies will shift in the country "because none of them worked" over the last...
American proposal "has ambiguities," according to Tehran
BEIRUT — During a raid by a Lebanese army patrol in Brital, in the Baalbeck region, a "dangerous fugitive" accused of several serious crimes opened fire on soldiers, the military...
BEIRUT — In the context of an investigation that began more than a year ago for a Radio 4 podcast series, the BBC has discovered secret Syrian intelligence files that allegedly prove that U.S....
BEIRUT — The North Lebanon Water Office announced in a statement Tuesday the launch of several rationing programs for "the distribution of drinking and irrigation water in different cities and...
Investigative Judge Tarek Bitar, tasked with the investigation of the explosion at the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, has scheduled a hearing for former Public Works Minister and MP Ghazi...
The rapprochement is advancing. In recent days, the autonomous administration of Northeast Syria engaged in discussions with Damascus to advance the agreement signed between the two parties on...
While their existence has long been known, testimonies about Saudi Arabia’s Dar al-Reaya institutions remain rare. English daily The Guardian recently spoke with several women, under the condition...
12 of the 24 newly-elected members of the Tripoli municipal council submitted their resignations Tuesday to the acting governor of North Lebanon, Iman el-Rafih. Eleven of them are from the...
The Spanish Defense Ministry froze a major arms contract with the Israeli company Rafael, according to an article published Tuesday in the Spanish daily El País. The agreement, valued at around...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who arrived in Beirut Tuesday, said that Iranian companies were ready to contribute to Lebanon's reconstruction efforts "if the Lebanese government...
When Lebanese ceramists Yasmina Khalife, Zeina Aboul-Hosn, and Hassan Kamel Sabbagh gathered one morning in the winter of 2024 to discuss creating a ceramic collective, they didn't imagine they...
Round, blue glasses encircle his watchful eyes... And the bohemian look, in a black jacket with Parisian tourist motifs worn over a T-shirt printed with a phrase by the Abbasid poet Maari, all...
BEIRUT — Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh toured the archaeological and cultural sites in the city of Baalbek on Tuesday, including the site of the historic Manshia building that was destroyed in...
The results of Lebanon's recent municipal elections in May showed that women now make up 10.37 percent of municipal council members, nearly double the rate in the last vote in 2016, which stood at...
Moscow said Tuesday that Iran had the "right" to a peaceful nuclear programme, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he wanted to rule out "any" enrichment of uranium by...
“Marie was completely wrong. Sabrina, wrong! Hélène, perfect… Raphaël, not bad for a guy.” In the middle of the class, the comments fall like drumbeats. Laughter erupts. Véronique de Villèle...
In Chicago, there is a unique space known for its striking design by renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando, who masterfully uses natural light. The space is also notable for its focus on engaging,...
"This is an aberration and a violation of the Constitution," tax attorney Karim Daher said of the recent increase in fuel taxes in Lebanon.On May 29, Nawaf Salam's government decided...
The president of the Farmers' Association, Antoine Hoyek, denounced in a statement Tuesday the recent rise in diesel prices enacted by the government last week, which he deemed unjust, arguing...
It was supposed to be a highly symbolic visit. Saudi Foreign Minister Failsal bin Farhan was scheduled to visit the occupied West Bank on Sunday as the highest-ranking official from the kingdom to...
Rescuers said the Israeli military killed at least 27 people near a U.S.-backed aid centre in Gaza on Tuesday, with the army reporting it had fired on "suspects who advanced toward the...
President Joseph Aoun argued that the establishment of a 'Smart Government' in Lebanon was being postponed by those who wish to maintain corruption in the country. He spoke during a...
The Arida border crossing, one of the official crossing points between Lebanon and Syria, reopened this morning at 8 a.m., according to L'Orient Today's journalists on the ground. This post...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met Monday with Parliament Speaker and Amal Movement leader Nabih Berri at Ain al-Tineh, in what appeared to be a step toward easing tensions between Salam and...
United Nations' human rights chief Volker Turk said on Tuesday that "deadly attacks" on civilians around aid distribution sites in the Gaza Strip constituted "a war crime."...
BEIRUT -- The municipality of Hasbaya, in southern Lebanon, has issued a decision banning the circulation of two-wheeled vehicles within the locality, for any reason, between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m....
Jean-Pierre Fillu's words must be read closely: written with surgical precision and without ever giving in to rhetorical excess, they lay bare what Israel is doing in Gaza. His book, “Un...
As is the case every year ahead of the renewal of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mandate, tensions begin to rise.But this time, the renewal, scheduled for August, comes under...
Israeli security sources revealed Monday a new list of Hamas targets, including the former representative of the Islamist movement in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, as well as its spokesperson, Sami Abu...
After a brief period of ignited tensions, marked by sharp words from both sides, Hezbollah and the prime minister are now seeking to contain their differences. As usual, the essential intermediary...
Public operator Ogero, responsible for managing the fixed telephone and Internet network, announced on its X account that one of its exchanges located in the village of Moukhtara, situated in...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Beirut on Tuesday morning. He is scheduled to meet with President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berry and his...
Dima Hussein Abou Dayyah and Samer Ahmad Meshref are young Shiite opponents to Hezbollah in their regions, and they have just been elected — she in Zahle, he in Jbeil — to the municipal councils of...
The United States has begun reducing its military presence in Syria with a view to eventually closing all but one of its bases in the country, the US envoy for Syria has said in an interview....
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
