Israel estimates that its imminent offensive on Gaza City would displace one million Palestinians, a senior military official said Wednesday, as Gaza's civil defense reported dozens killed...
The 11th stage of the Vuelta a Espana cycling race was shortened on Wednesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated at the finish line in Bilbao. "Due to some incidents at the...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun affirmed Wednesday that Lebanon is "committed to working with UNESCO to protect cultural heritage as well as Lebanese sites listed as World Heritage,"...
Jean-Yves Le Drian, special envoy of President Emmanuel Macron, is expected in Beirut on Sept. 10, according to information obtained by L'Orient-Le Jour. He will be accompanied by the French...
At least 21,000 children in Gaza have been disabled since the war between Israel and Hamas began on Oct. 7, 2023, a United Nations committee said Wednesday. Around 40,500 children have suffered...
The Israeli military said Wednesday it intercepted two missiles fired from Yemen, after Houthi rebels vowed to avenge the killing of their prime minister in an Israeli strike last week. In two...
A dispute between two families in the Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian camp, located in the southern suburbs of Beirut, escalated into armed clashes on Wednesday, local sources told our correspondent....
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said Wednesday it regretted Iran's decision to suspend cooperation with the agency in the wake of June's Israel-Iran war and urged a speedy resumption of...
The Hezbollah parliamentary bloc on Wednesday reiterated its call for the Lebanese authorities to "reverse their decision contrary to the national pact regarding the weapons of the...
The Lebanese government’s historic decision to disarm Hezbollah marks both the culmination of a long struggle and the start of a process fraught with uncertainty and risk.Now largely obsolete in...
State Security announced Wednesday that it had uncovered "major financial irregularities" at the Port of Beirut, involving more than a million dollars in unpaid invoices by operating...
The drug importers' syndicate released a statement on Wednesday in which it protested what it called "a serious exaggeration in the media regarding the quantities of expired medications on...
The mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Abdellatif Derian, on Wednesday issued a plea for the monopoly of arms in the hands of the state and for an end to corruption, in a message broadcast on the...
The Israeli army said on Wednesday that its forces had not intentionally fired at peacekeepers in Lebanon, after the U.N. force said Israeli drones dropped four grenades near its personnel a day...
BEIRUT — The Maronite bishops, who held their monthly meeting Wednesday in Bkerkeh under the presidency of Patriarch Bechara Rai, called on Lebanese authorities to "restore sovereignty"...
BEIRUT — The number of passengers at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport for arrivals, transits and departures reached 4,802,038 travelers between January and August 2025, compared to...
BEIRUT — Labor Minister Mohammad Haidar announced Wednesday his intention to bolster oversight regarding the issue of child labor in Lebanon. During a meeting of the National Committee to Combat...
The United Arab Emirates, which normalized relations with Israel in 2020, warned Wednesday against any Israeli attempt to annex Palestinian territories in the West Bank, calling it a "red...
Kurdish security forces in northeast Syria announced Wednesday they thwarted an escape attempt by around 50 people from the al-Hol camp, where relatives of suspected jihadists are among those held....
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday the leaders of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, who appeared together at a military parade in Beijing, represented an "autocratic...
Rue des Petits-Carreaux in Paris’s second arrondissement is full of surprises: the ceramic sign of Au Planteur with its colonial look, the restaurant Au Rocher de Cancale, once frequented by...
There are those who cover the news, and those who step back to ask what it all means. Kim Ghattas has done both. She decided she would be a journalist at 13, growing up in Civil-War Beirut,...
Nearly 10 years after it was launched, the thorny file of the “Nafaa,” — the Vehicle Registration and Traffic Authority, and the failures in the large-scale project to modernize vehicle titles and...
BEIRUT — Four items deemed "urgent" by the presidency of the Cabinet have been added to the agenda of the Cabinet meeting scheduled for Friday. The session was originally set to focus on...
Israel has launched a new spy satellite into orbit in what Defence Minister Israel Katz described on Wednesday as a "message" to its enemies that they are under continuous surveillance....
Syria has interrogated and detained members of its defence and interior ministries suspected of committing abuses against civilians in the predominantly Druze province of Sweida in July, the...
Last week, the Lebanese Army took possession of a third shipment of weapons from the Palestinian camps of Burj al-Barajneh, Mar Elias and Shatila, located near Beirut.The disarmament operation in...
After being postponed for several days, the coordination meeting between Lebanon and Syria finally took place on Monday in Beirut, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri, who welcomed a...
The Israeli military said Wednesday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen after Houthi rebels vowed to avenge the killing of their prime minister in an Israeli strike last week....
The debate over Hezbollah’s weapons has become charged with emotion and sectarianism, fueled by foreign interference and Israeli air superiority.Each stakeholder, internal or external, remains...
Emmanuel Macron "undermines the stability" of the Middle East and his actions are "dangerous," Israel accused after the French president warned against any Israeli attempt to...
“Unity, unity and unity is what can save Lebanon in this particularly delicate phase,” said Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, the key figure today as all negotiations go through him, in front of his...
From manipulated images to out-of-context photos, false claims that Donald Trump is seriously ill — or even dead— have swirled online, with the misinformation persisting even after the U.S....
NORTH LEBANON — Defense Minister Michel Menassa arrived Wednesday morning by helicopter at the Qleiaat military base in North Lebanon, accompanied by Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar and Transport...
President Donald Trump said U.S. forces had attacked a boat carrying drugs to the United States Tuesday, killing 11 "narcoterrorists" from a gang he alleged was controlled by leftist...
During her visit to Beirut, UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay plans to announce new restoration projects at the Mar Mikhael railway station and the Grand Theatre de Beyrouth, funded by Italy...
The euro zone economy kept expanding at a snail's pace in August as weaker services growth offset improved manufacturing output, despite the first rise in overall new orders since May last...
Russia will help China overtake the United States as the world's biggest producer of nuclear power, the chief of Russia's Rosatom state nuclear corporation said in comments broadcast on...
Born in New York on Nov. 8, 1985, the daughter of French director Louis Malle and American actress Candice Bergen, Chloe Malle was named on Sept. 2 as Anna Wintour’s successor at the helm of Vogue...
Russia launched a large-scale attack overnight with more than 500 drones and missiles, mainly targeting western Ukraine, Kyiv announced Wednesday. The Ukrainian Air Force said Moscow had launched...
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Wednesday with his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un in Beijing, where the two leaders attended celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory...
Millions more children around the world could end up out of school by the end of 2026 due to a forecasted plunge in international aid for education, UNICEF said Tuesday. Official development aid...
22:34 Beirut Time More information on the situation in southern Lebanon, where the Israeli army heavily bombed the district of Saida and carried out drone strikes in the evening: -...
Afghanistan airdropped commandos on Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble of homes in mountainous eastern areas ravaged by earthquakes this week that have killed 1,400, as it ramped up...
As it does every year ahead of the new school year — set to begin Sept. 15 for both public and private schools — the conference of Catholic schools in Lebanon this week spotlighted the challenges...
SOUTH LEBANON — The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Wednesday denounced a "serious" Israeli drone attack on peacekeepers, which occurred yesterday while peacekeepers...
The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Wednesday condemned what it called a “serious” Israeli drone attack on its peacekeepers, which it said took place Tuesday while soldiers were clearing...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Sep. 3 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:UNIFIL condemns a "serious" incident after...
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
