After years of being deprived of all contact with her son, Liliane Cheaito, a young woman who is paralyzed and a survivor of the Beirut Port explosion in August 2020, has achieved a first legal...
As flu cases multiply in Lebanon, particularly those related to the A (H3N2) strain, health authorities emphasize that this is a typical seasonal increase and not an exceptionally dangerous...
Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Rajji on Tuesday called, in a message to his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, for the opening of "a new page" in relations between Lebanon and Iran,...
The Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) has called on banks to attend a meeting next week to consult and take measures after the Nawaf Salam government adopted a draft law to organize financial...
Information circulating online since last week reports the death of two prisoners in Roumieh prison, Lebanon’s largest, after they had apparently contracted tuberculosis. According to posts on...
2025 showed up unannounced, overstayed its welcome and left without cleaning up. Presidents elected, wars raging, cease-fires signed and promptly violated — this year rewrote the regional playbook...
In a year-in-review assessment, the Agriculture Ministry said it had "issued and published 80 ministerial decisions and circulars between March and December 2025" as part of its...
After a brief increase that ended three years of declines, the price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) produced and sold by private or neighborhood electricity generators in Lebanon has resumed its downward...
The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday the withdrawal of its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia earlier set a 24-hour deadline for their departure. "The Defense Ministry...
Iranian students staged street protests in Tehran on Tuesday, a day after the capital's shopkeepers demonstrated against economic hardship and won a message of understanding from the president...
Central to Mesoamerican civilizations, where it was both a ritual drink and a form of currency, cacao arrived in Europe as an aristocratic luxury imbued with a sensual aura. It became accessible...
Whether you love or hate celebrating New Year's Eve, we can all admit our escape from the Dec. 26 to Dec. 30 purgatory is cause for celebration enough. Within the spirit of welcoming new...
Lebanese Defense Minister Michel Menassa welcomed U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa on Tuesday at his office in Yarzeh, a day after a meeting between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu during...
Syrian authorities imposed an overnight curfew in the port city of Latakia on Tuesday after attacks in predominantly Alawite neighborhoods the day before. The interior ministry announced a...
In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Add the milk, coffee, oil, eggs and vanilla. Mix well until everything is combined and smooth. Divide the batter into...
Israel has defended its formal recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, but several countries at the United Nations questioned whether the move was aimed at relocating Palestinians...
Preheat the oven to 110°C (230°F). Remove the egg whites from the refrigerator 30 minutes in advance. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and trace 10 circles (one per person), each 10 cm in...
"Sales during this holiday season have been far better than last year's," says Rita*, manager of a beauty products shop located in a shopping mall on the outskirts of Beirut,...
The Mount McKinney tanker, sailing under the Marshall Islands flag, was not authorized to unload its cargo of fuel intended for Électricité du Liban (EDL) due to a technical compliance issue,...
Dec. 7, 2024. At the Masnaa border, a Sedan merged with the endless stream of vehicles fleeing Syria. The passenger, Samir Hassan, a businessman close to the Assad regime — a well-known frontman...
Local residents found the body of a 17-year-old boy in the town of Sheikh Ayash in the Akkar plain foothills of northern Lebanon, prompting a security investigation amid suspicions of a...
“What my brother and friend, the martyred minister Mohammad Shatah, established in open-minded thought and steadfast moderation will remain a beacon for our political project,” Saad Hariri...
Iran's government said on Tuesday it would seek dialogue with protest leaders following popular protests in Tehran and other cities over the depreciation in the currency's value. The...
In London and Paris, Alberto Giacometti finds himself at the center of a double dialogue with two major figures of the Arab art world. At the Barbican Centre, his sculptures resonate with the...
Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday its national security was a red line, hours after an airstrike on Yemen's southern port of Mukalla by a Saudi-led coalition, and gave UAE forces 24 hours to leave,...
If the objectives are aligned, the methods are less so. The Iranian problem is once again on the table between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during...
Amid the frantic pace of Paris, Galerie Lelong, tucked at the corner of Rue de Teheran, recently hosted Christine Safa’s “I Have Two Homes,” an exhibition that unfolded like a slow, unhurried sigh....
The Fatah movement handed over its last heavy weapons to the Lebanese Army on Tuesday, in a new stage of the process of disarming Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon that began in mid-September,...
To earn the trust of great artists, you must know how to love them madly, desperately, painfully, as the formidable Annie Girardot once said.You must also understand that most of them — at least...
During U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting on Monday in Florida, Trump warned Iran and Hamas against any attempt to rearm, as the latter is...
21:34 Beirut Time West Bank: Israel says it killed man who drove at soldiers The Israeli army said it shot and killed a man who tried to run over a group of soldiers with his vehicle...
Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa unveiled on Monday new banknotes replacing those showing ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad and his family, hoping the Syrian pound can regain some of the value lost to over...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced Monday at the Grand Serail the transfer to Parliament of the long-awaited bill on the "restoration of financial order and the return of deposits."...
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday called the UAE's support for a separatist offensive in Yemen a threat to the kingdom and regional security, hours after a Riyadh-led coalition launched strikes against...
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
