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NGO, officials demand accountability in case of detainee allegedly tortured to death

BEIRUT — The Lebanese Center for Human Rights and several Lebanese officials reacted on Saturday to the news of the death of a Syrian detainee, Bashar Abdel Saoud, who was allegedly tortured to...

3 September 2022

Environment minister assures action ongoing on silo fire, debris treatment after MP denounces 'lack of plan'

BEIRUT — The caretaker Environment Minister Nasser Yassin reaffirmed Saturday that the cooling operations of the silos at the Port of Beirut, which have repeatedly caught fire and northern part of...

3 September 2022

Collective announces new campaign, intent to take rights from banks 'by hand'

BEIRUT — The Mouttahidoun (United for Lebanon) collective on Saturday announced it will start taking its rights from banks "by hand" and launched a new campaign, in which it will "publish the...

3 September 2022

Tamara Saade’s 'Tiers of Trauma' exhibition turns heads at the 'Visa pour l’image' festival in France

Since its creation in 1989, the international festival of photojournalism, “ Visa pour l'image ,” which takes place every end of summer in Perpignan, selects the best stories and photos from around...

Zéna ZALZAL, 3 September 2022

Ogero head says he is against workers' strike in spite of their rightful demands

BEIRUT — The head of the state-owned telecommunications company Ogero, Imad Kreidieh, on Saturday said that he "does not agree" with the current strike of his workers and "stopping people's...

3 September 2022

Lebanon's judges ready to end strike if they get paid at BDL's Sayrafa rate

BEIRUT — A group of Lebanese judges Saturday said they would end, for a specified time period, their now two-month-long strike if their salaries are temporarily paid at Banque Du Liban's Sayrafa...

3 September 2022

Presidential election: Forces of Change MPs launch their initiative and issue an ultimatum

BEIRUT — The Forces of Change parliamentary bloc on Saturday said that they will meet with all parliamentary groups in order to reach an agreement regarding a new president and establish the...

3 September 2022

Internet and telephone outages cause disruption in Koura

BEIRUT — Telephone and internet outages have been reported since Friday evening in several villages in Koura, North Lebanon. The outages have disrupted work in the region and caused distress among...

3 September 2022

From the bank to the ‘furn,’ the unlikely adventure of Jinane Hayek

The smell of manakish wafted through from the oven. Behind the counter, Jinane Hayek, 48, is the epitome of the “Lebanese auntie.”It is impossible to walk past her furn (bakery) without nibbling on...

Lyana ALAMEDDINE, 3 September 2022

Qatar to allow beer sales at World Cup games 3 hours before kickoff, according to a source

Qatar will permit ticketed fans to buy alcoholic beer at World Cup soccer matches starting three hours before kickoff and for one hour after the final whistle, but not during the match, a source...

3 September 2022

How a 92-year-old cleric silently halted Iraq's slide back into war

BAGHDAD — When a pronouncement by a religious scholar in Iran drove Iraq to the brink of civil war last week, there was only one man who could stop it: a 92-year-old Iraqi Shiite cleric who...

John Davison, Parisa Hafezi and Laila Bassam, 3 September 2022