Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a far-right member of the government, on Wednesday announced a new plan to sell building plots in northern Israel, near the Lebanese border. The...
The providers responsible for supplying meals and food products to Lebanese prisons are threatening to suspend their deliveries starting at the end of July if the state does not quickly pay them...
The Higher Judicial Council on Wednesday signed a new round of judicial appointments and transfers affecting 524 judges and submitted the list to Justice Minister Adel Nassar. The move marks a...
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem stated Wednesday night that the weapons of the pro-Iranian party "are intended to resist Israel, not for use inside the country," and that any...
The World Health Organization's chief said getting a continuous flow of medical supplies into Gaza was "critical," as WHO trucks carrying aid headed for the border on Wednesday....
A Spanish military plane will fly 13 ailing children from war-torn Gaza and their families from Jordan to Spain for hospital treatment, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said Wednesday. An A400...
Back in Beirut on Wednesday, Bahaa Hariri, son of the Sunni leader and former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, told LBCI that he intends to move back to Lebanon “permanently” with his family in...
The long-frozen issue of maritime border delimitation between Lebanon and Cyprus may be nearing resolution — an important step for Beirut as it seeks to settle border disputes with neighboring...
Belgium said Wednesday it would ask the International Criminal Court (ICC) to look into accusations of war crimes leveled against two Israelis who travelled to a Belgian music festival this month....
BEIRUT — These days, much of the wall space of Marfa’ Projects has been turned over to treasure maps. Their details are often basic. You may search in vain for one of the four points of the...
BEIRUT — Dozens of angry people gathered in front of the Raj hotel in Aley on Tuesday night following rumors claiming that Syrian Druze military leader Laith al-Balous — who some accuse of being...
A Syrian-Israeli ministerial meeting is set to take place Thursday in Baku, with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer in attendance, a...
Environment Minister Tamara Elzein gave an account Wednesday, during a press conference, of the first 100 days since taking office, listing the various initiatives implemented as part of the...
After 12 days of war with Israel, during which, in the last chapter, the U.S. became directly militarily involved, Iran is looking to establish its technological independence from the U.S.Ehsan...
BEIRUT — The head of the parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, said Wednesday that he hopes "the law on banking resolution will be passed during Thursday's...
BEIRUT — HSBC’s Swiss private bank is being probed by Swiss and French law enforcement authorities over money laundering allegations, the bank revealed in its 2025 interim results report on...
Jordan's King Abdullah II said Wednesday that the "humanitarian catastrophe" unfolding in the Gaza Strip was the worst in modern history. "Gaza is witnessing a humanitarian...
Shiite cleric Ali Fadlallah on Wednesday emphasized, during a meeting with a Hamas delegation led by its representative in Lebanon, Ahmad Abdel Hadi, the need to "reinforce Palestinian...
Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, is expected to visit Israel soon, a senior Israeli official told AFP on Wednesday. The U.S. news site Axios...
The Public Works and Transport Ministry announced Wednesday in a statement, "the completion of maintenance and rehabilitation work on the expansion joint of the Fidar bridge [Jbeil]."...
The Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, Waleed Bukhari, said Wednesday he was convinced that “Lebanon’s future will be bright, God willing,” after praising “the model of coexistence in all Lebanese...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam declared a national day of mourning on Tuesday to mark the 5th anniversary of the tragic double explosion at the Beirut Port. "Flags will be flown at half-staff on...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri reaffirmed Lebanon’s commitment to the Arab Peace Initiative, as defined at the Arab League summit in Beirut in 2002, during ministerial-level...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam received the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ivo Freijsen, who is soon to leave his post, at the Grand Serail on...
BEIRUT — Jaafarite Mufti Ahmad Qabalan, known for his political proximity to Hezbollah, warned Wednesday against "dividing the government over explosive files that could throw Lebanon into the...
At just 35 years old, Lebanese Karim Atiyeh, co-founder of Ramp, has become the sixth Arab billionaire to amass his wealth in the United States, now estimated at $1.3 billion according to the...
Since July 13, the Sweida region has been suffering steadily. Never before has the division between Damascus and the Druze community, which has made this southern mountain its stronghold, been so...
BEIRUT — Two legal appeals were filed against the acting financial prosecutor general, Dora al-Khazen, on Monday, suspending her handling of an investigation into illegal online gambling which she...
That may seem obvious coming from a former senior officer, but he stressed the seriousness of the current moment and the urgent need to save the country by providing the army with material,...
BEIRUT — Israeli security agencies are weighing alternatives to the military's "Chariots of Gideon" operation in Gaza, which they say has failed to secure the release of remaining...
BEIRUT — Far-right American congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, an ally of Donald Trump, denounced the catastrophic situation in Gaza in a social media post, which she called a...
On Monday evening, the verdict in the case of the murder of Irish U.N. peacekeeper Sean Rooney — killed on Dec. 14, 2022, in an attack on a UNIFIL vehicle in Akbieh, southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh...
The Finance Ministry has begun preparatory work on the 2026 draft budget, alongside the development of a framework for the 2026-2029 financial and fiscal reform. Public administrations have been...
BEIRUT — Israel has denied reports that its ambassador to the UAE, Yossi Shelley, was recalled over alleged inappropriate behavior at a bar months ago, according to the Times of Israel....
Turkey will begin exporting Azerbaijani natural gas to Syria starting Saturday, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Wednesday. "We will begin exporting Azerbaijani natural gas...
Aid has been trickling into Syria’s southern Sweida province following weeks of deadly violence. The United Nations warned Monday that the humanitarian situation remains “critical due to ongoing...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday denounced, in an interview with daily al-Joumhouriya, the discussion of an "expanded Israeli war" in Lebanon, saying that...
BEIRUT — The Assembly of Civil Servants said Wednesday in a statement that public sector employees in Lebanon will strike only on Thursday and Friday this week, pending a meeting that will...
Unconditional support for Israel has long been an entry requirement in U.S. Republican politics, but that orthodoxy is being challenged by Donald Trump's populist base — where invocations of...
Amid recent rumors about a UK-backed project to build watchtowers for the Lebanese Army along the southern border with Israel, the initiative is actually aimed at reinforcing an existing Lebanese...
When two human rights groups became the first major voices in Israel to accuse the state of committing genocide in Gaza, breaking a taboo in a country founded after the Holocaust, they were...
President Joseph Aoun met Tuesday with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to discuss bilateral ties, focusing on Lebanon's urgent need for reconstruction aid after the war with Israel....
Is it time to debate the arms monopoly in the Cabinet?The answer appears to be yes, as President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam decided to bring the issue before the Cabinet, which is...
BEIRUT — Army commander-in-chief , Rodolph Haykal, warned on Wednesday, on the occasion of the army's 80th anniversary, that the army "will not tolerate any attempt to undermine security...
By 6:30 PM, the sun still lingered in the sky, casting a golden wash over the stone pillars of the National Museum of Beirut.Already, a crowd had formed, families from across Lebanon, young...
France and 14 countries, including Canada and Australia, are "inviting" nations around the world to express their willingness to recognize a State of Palestine, French Foreign Minister...
22:07 Beirut Time We are now closing our LIVE coverage of the region for the day. We will be back tomorrow morning with more news updates. 22:06 Beirut Time The...
The price per kilowatt-hour (kWh), produced and sold by private or neighborhood electricity generators, increased again in July, according to the rate schedule published Tuesday by the Energy and...
A meeting on the war in Sudan involving the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt was postponed Tuesday after disagreement over the final joint statement, two diplomatic...
More than half (52 percent) of soils in Europe and the Mediterranean basin were affected by drought at the beginning of July, according to AFP's analysis of the latest data from the European...
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
