TEL AVIV — Thousands of Israelis came out in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan on Thursday, blocking a highway in Tel Aviv after months of anti-government...
BEIRUT — Another consequence of the worsening economic and financial crisis that has shaken the country for almost four years: due to the strike of the civil servants of the public internet and...
GENEVA — Israel is "on a rampage" against human rights, the new head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) told Reuters on Thursday, urging allies like the United States to do more to both hold it...
Iran on Thursday said the International Court of Justice had demonstrated in a ruling the legitimacy of its claim to release frozen funds and the "illegal" behavior of the United States....
BEIRUT — Lebanon has no alternative for economic recovery but to make progress on a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. US Assistant...
BEIRUT — The price of the kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity supplied by owners of private generators rose sharply in March, following a 40.9 percent increase in February, due to the Lebanese...
Caretaker Public Works Minister Ali Hamieh on Thursday backtracked plans to add a second terminal, fully financed by an Irish company, to the Beirut international airport after a slew of...
The Arab region is facing unprecedented challenges in its efforts to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition, and ensure that everyone has access to adequate and affordable healthy diets. This...
Eleven people, mostly agricultural workers, have died in a road accident in Morocco, the health ministry said Thursday. The death toll of the accident "has risen to...
DAMASCUS — Syria's foreign ministry on Thursday condemned an overnight Israeli missile attack that hit near the capital Damascus, wounding two soldiers and causing material damage. Syrian state...
BEIRUT — “I had a critical meeting with my colleagues at work who are based in Berlin,,” said 34-year-old Dana Husseiny, a legal consultant working remotely from Beirut. The meeting, originally...
An Israeli court on Thursday charged two Jewish settlers with "committing an act of terror" for attacking Palestinians in a village of the occupied West Bank this month, officials said....
BEIRUT — Russian troops killed a young Lebanese-Ukrainian man embedded with the Ukrainian armed forces in Ukraine, L'Orient Today's correspondent reported. A Lebanese-Ukrainian resident in Kyiv...
Three self-styled religious reformers were jailed for a year in Bahrain on Thursday after being found guilty of violating the foundations of Islam, in a case that was condemned by rights...
BEIRUT — The European Commission on Thursday announced €60 million in humanitarian aid for the most vulnerable populations in Lebanon, as the country continues to suffer from an unprecedented...
“We don’t have the money to organize the municipal elections,” said caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi on Tuesday at the joint committee meeting in Parliament. This statement seems to...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Telecoms Minister Johnny Corm suggested Thursday that the Lebanese Army could "take over" state-run provider Ogero, where workers have been on strike since last week. In...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Transport Minister Ali Hamieh announced on Thursday the abandonment of a "mutual agreement" reached with the Irish semi-private company Dublin Airport Authority International...
BEIRUT — A Florida court issued its final ruling Monday, dismissing a lawsuit filed by two US-based plaintiffs against Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil. According to an FPM...
Turkey was set Thursday to become the final NATO member to approve Finland's membership in the US-led defense alliance in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Turkey's...
BEIRUT — Hundreds of army retirees protested in downtown Beirut Thursday morning demanding increased pensions amid Lebanon's spiraling economic crisis and depreciated national currency. ...
BEIRUT — French transport and logistics giant CMA CGM, headed by French-Lebanese businessman Rodolphe Saadé, confirmed Thursday morning that it has submitted a last-minute bid to take over...
How many different realities can a territory the size of a French department contain before it starts to crack? This is the unfortunate question we must all ask ourselves at the end of a fiasco...
Israeli forces carried out missile strikes near Damascus early Thursday that wounded two soldiers, Syria's defense ministry said. During more than a decade of war in Syria, Israel has...
DUBAI — United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has appointed his eldest son Sheikh Khaled as crown prince of Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich capital of the Gulf state, and...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Lebanon switched to daylight savings time last night, in accordance with Monday’s cabinet decision to reverse last week’s...
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
