CAIRO — Egypt's cabinet approved regulations on Wednesday that would abolish many tax and fee exemptions for state-owned enterprises, fulfilling a key condition the IMF set in a $3 billion...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's pharmaceutical importers sounded the alarm on Wednesday, warning that a new tax outlined in the 2024 Budget Law would significantly increase their financial burdens. This move,...
BAGHDAD — A powerful Iraqi faction that led dozens of attacks against US forces since October was pushed to announce a suspension of attacks through pressure from Tehran and ruling Iraqi parties...
BEIRUT — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked the US State Department to present policy options regarding US and international recognition of a Palestinian state following the war in...
BEIRUT — The United States has revised its travel advisory for Lebanon from Level Four ("Do Not Travel") to Level Three ("Reconsider Travel"), according to the State Department's official website....
WASHINGTON — The United States imposed sanctions on three entities and one individual based in Turkey and Lebanon on Wednesday for giving "critical financial support" to a financial network used by...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return shortly to the Middle East, a US official said Wednesday, as negotiations gather steam on a proposal to halt Israel's offensive and free hostages...
Pro-Iranian Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah announced on Tuesday the suspension of all its military operations against US troops in the region, in a decision aimed at preventing "embarrassment"...
BEIRUT – Lebanese motorists rushed Wednesday to fill up their gas tanks, a day after the Association of Petroleum Importing Companies (APIC) announced it was suspending its fuel distribution to the...
Hamas is reviewing plans for a three-stage truce with Israel which will foresee a weeks-long halt to the Gaza war, a source in the Palestinian militant group told AFP on Wednesday....
At the age of just 57, Madonna has to rely on a cane for walking. Having suffered from multiple sclerosis for more than 20 years, this retired teacher saw her condition deteriorate after going...
Container shipping through the Red Sea has dropped by nearly one-third this year as attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels continue, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday....
Iran on Wednesday warned the United States not to threaten it, after Washington said it decided on a response to an attack that killed three American troops in Jordan. ...
The ambulance left its usual home base at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis six days ago with as many bandages, syringes and other basics as its crew could find, and has been operating as a mobile...
For Joe Biden, who is running for re-election next November, the death of three of his soldiers at Tower 22 base in Jordan (after a drone attack claimed by the Islamic Resistance group in Iraq) in...
Lebanon’s political landscape seems to be presently governed by intense diplomatic activity between two committees. There is the quintet that is responsible for setting up a process to unblock...
The Israeli military said on Wednesday its warplanes struck Syrian army infrastructure overnight in response to rocket fire from the country. "Last night, a number of...
The US expects Iraq's government to help it identify and disrupt the financing of Iran-backed armed groups in the country after a drone attack by Iraqi militants that killed three US soldiers, a...
At least 26,900 Palestinians have been killed and 65,949 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7, the health ministry in Gaza said in a statement on Wednesday. It said...
Fuel-importing companies announced on Tuesday evening that they would stop delivering their products starting Wednesday morning in protest against a provision in the 2024 state budget that imposes...
Yemen's Houthi rebels fired "several" missiles at a US warship in the Red Sea, they said on Wednesday, hours after the US military reported shooting down a missile. "The...
The Israeli police announced Wednesday the death of a policeman in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and said his body is being held by militants in the Gaza Strip. "Ran Gvili is no...
Israel's army has begun flooding Hamas's network of tunnels as intense fighting rages in Gaza, with the UN warning of the potential "collapse of the humanitarian system" in the territory after a...
US President Joe Biden said Tuesday he had decided on a response to a drone strike that killed three American troops in Jordan while insisting he did not want a wider war in the Middle East....
22:28 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE coverage from day 117 of the Hamas-Israel war. We'll be back tomorrow with more news updates and analysis, right here at L'Orient...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday’s LIVE coverage of Day 116 of the Israel-Hamas war here . Israeli shelling destroyed several houses in...
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
