BEIRUT — Bahrain’s Interior Ministry announced Monday the arrest of three individuals accused of "forming a cell linked to Hezbollah" and being involved in activities "of espionage,...
The commander of the foreign operations branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Esmail Qaani, issued a rare message on Monday hailing Iranian proxy groups for helping create a "new regional...
BEIRUT — U.S. President Donald Trump is interested in calling on Arab countries to pay for the cost of the Iran war, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday, as she claimed that...
"We live to the sound of the fighting around us. We have no connection with the outside world anymore since the road that used to connect us to Rmeish has become impassable." On the other...
France's foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday he has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council following "the extremely serious incidents" targeting U.N....
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday voiced hope for working with elements within Iran's government, saying the United States privately had received positive messages. Rubio said...
Nearly a month into Israel's renewed war on Lebanon, generator rates continue to increase. The Energy and Water Ministry published Monday the new rate schedule, setting the price at 40,580 LL...
Faced with mounting threats to its cultural assets, Lebanon is raising its voice on the international stage. Its permanent delegation to UNESCO has announced the convening of an extraordinary...
Israel's Knesset approved a bill on Monday that allows for the execution of Palestinians who have been charged and convicted of "deadly attacks," a move sharply criticized as...
Lebanon has asked Ukraine's Beirut embassy to hand over a man taking refuge there who is suspected of working with Israel's Mossad spy agency, a senior security official and a Hezbollah...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun affirmed Monday that "the hand that threatens civil peace will be cut off," adding that "security services are taking firm measures to prevent any...
BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike hit the densely populated Rihab neighborhood in southern Beirut, which had not been included in the army’s evacuation orders, killing one person and injuring 17,...
U.S. President Donald Trump pushed concerns about surging world prices aside Monday and threatened to destroy Iran's oil wells, power plants and main export terminal if Tehran does not quickly...
BEIRUT — Tensions rose Monday among armed Palestinian groups in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near Saida, a day after Islamist militants killed the bodyguard of a brother of the head...
Israel claimed Monday that one of the journalists it killed over the weekend in Lebanon was affiliated with Hezbollah, without providing any evidence. An Israeli strike on Saturday killed three...
Sour is now connected to the rest of the country by little more than a thread: a bridge of around 30 meters long spanning the Litani River amid banana groves and wild vegetation along the coastal...
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Monday to destroy Iran's oil export hub of Kharg Island, oil wells and power plants if it does not agree soon to a deal to end the war. Trump wrote on...
Since the start of the war, U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran have killed former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and a whole echelon of the political and military elite in the Islamic Republic. U.S....
First, there is him. He hails from southern Lebanon, but not always. He is Shiite, but not always. He hasn’t slept in a month. He’s angry at the whole world; at those who watch Israel destroy...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Monday that “the fate of the Lebanese must not remain subject to calculations that go beyond the interests of Lebanon and its people,” as he received a...
More than five years after launching the investigation in February 2021 into the deadly explosion at the Beirut Port (Aug. 4, 2020), Investigating Judge Tarek Bitar, attached to the Court of...
Dear reader, I’ve been waiting to write this ever since it happened. After four hours, countless toothpicks, and one very disappointed mother, I finally have “substance”. It started on Sunday,...
An Israeli strike has killed a Lebanese soldier at a checkpoint in the Sour district, Lebanon's military said Monday. "An Israeli attack targeted an army checkpoint" near Qleileh,...
Syria's military said a large-scale drone attack targeted its bases near the border with Iraq on Monday, the biggest such incident since the start of the Middle East war. The army reported...
The affront left the kingdom silent but was widely discussed around the world. During a speech on March 27 at the FII Priority forum, in front of an audience of international investors, including...
A new convoy of humanitarian aid has been delivered to certain Christian localities in the southern border area of Lebanon, at the initiative of Apostolic Nuncio Paolo Borgia. The Vatican's...
An Israeli strike hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday, AFPTV footage showed, after Israel issued an orcer for people in the area to leave. The strike is the first since Friday in the...
Iran confirmed on Monday that Revolutionary Guards commander Alireza Tangsiri had been killed, days after Israel said it targeted him in an air strike. A statement carried by the Guards' Sepah...
The Israeli military plan for south Lebanon is becoming increasingly clear. Israel is working to draw, through firepower, the outlines of its military operation: rather than targeting specific...
In the collective imagination, chocolate has never entirely escaped a sense of suspicion. If it inspires such fascination, it is also because it has long been associated with the idea of guilty...
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday called for Israeli "attacks on health facilities to stop immediately" in Lebanon. An Israeli...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, March 30, 2026 Some key things to watch today:11:30 a.m. Information Minister Paul Morcos will host spokesperson for the United...
Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war: Trading blows The Israeli army said on Monday morning that it was striking Iranian military infrastructure across the Islamic...
23:28 Beirut Time Latest developments in southern Lebanon Israeli strikes hit multiple locations in south Lebanon, including Rashaf (Bint Jbeil) and Dallafeh (Hasbaya), according to...
Long considered a staple of daily life, koshari was added to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in December 2025, a month after the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum in...
UNIFIL: two peacekeepers killed, others wounded amid fighting in south Lebanon The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported a tragic escalation in southern Lebanon over the...
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
