Crowds of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank town of Silwad attended the funeral of a 15-year-old boy on Friday after he was shot dead by Israeli forces overnight. About 200 mourners clapped...
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem praised in a speech the “responsible position” of President Joseph Aoun after his remarks urging the army to “confront” any new Israeli incursion into...
Fraud in higher education has taken several major turns in the past 48 hours, prompting a strong call for accountability from Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and immediate action from the judiciary by...
In the case of young Sophie Mechleb, who was left paralyzed in 2016 due to brain damage following surgery, the conviction for “false testimony” against Ghassan Mhaimes, a pediatric neurologist...
The Israeli incursion that took place at dawn Thursday in Blida (Marjayoun district) and the killing of a municipal employee continue to spark unrest in south Lebanon. On Friday morning, a...
At the Baabda Presidential Palace, First Lady of the Lebanese Republic Neamat Aoun officially launched "The School of Citizenship," a national initiative to be implemented in schools...
BEIRUT — Families of Islamist prisoners held protests in Northern Lebanon and the Bekaa on Friday to demand a general amnesty. In the Jeb Jenin–Kamed al-Lawz intersection in West Bekaa, they held...
DAMASCUS — "I didn't know the salaries the government pays were this high!" Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa joked after more than 100 loyalists arrived at his former rebel base, many...
BEIRUT — Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar stressed the importance of France "playing an active role in pressuring Israel to halt its daily aggressions against Lebanon" during a meeting...
BEIRUT — During a meeting with German Foreign Minister Johanna Wadephul on Friday, President Joseph Aoun said that Lebanon would be ready to negotiate with Israel in order to end its attacks on...
The project to rebuild the al-Hassanein mosque in the Berjaoui sector of Achrafieh, Beirut, has recently rekindled some sectarian tensions on social media, though without significant escalation....
Twenty years after the Darfur genocide, new reports of killings and ethnic violence are emerging in al-Fasher, following the city’s capture last weekend by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces...
The issue of repatriating Lebanese women of the Islamic State group (ISIS) detained in Syria appears to be making progress. Lebanese security services met on Thursday with representatives of the...
A supreme leader who signed the end of the guerrilla war in February, a movement that destroyed its weapons in July and then packed up and withdrew from the territory.At first glance, the skies...
Sudanese analysts are not tired of repeating that the war in Sudan cannot be reduced to a fratricidal struggle between two once-allied generals. The conflict that has plunged the country into chaos...
BEIRUT — The Public Works Ministry announced on Friday that it had launched roadwork projects ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Lebanon, set for Nov. 30 to Dec. 2. Lebanon's roads suffer from a...
After "Lettres à Nour" ('Letters to Nour'), "Voyage au bout de l’enfance," (Journey to the end of childhood') and "Les silences des pères" ('Silence of...
BEIRUT — Shiite cleric Ali Fadlallah announced his support on Friday for President Joseph Aoun's decision the day prior, to call on the army command to retaliate against Israeli incursions,...
Beirut municipality treasurer Khodr Bou Aram was arrested on Thursday by State Security following the withdrawal of $330,000 from the municipality’s funds. This new development in the case,...
BEIRUT — Following a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai in Bkirki on Friday, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced that the Lebanese Army would present, within the next week, another...
King Charles III's historic decision to strip his brother Andrew of his royal titles and effectively exile him won widespread backing Friday, but failed to calm calls for further action and...
The history of the Hneineh Palace, located in the Zokak al-Blat neighborhood of Beirut, has long remained unclear.It was said that this building, with decor inspired by the Alhambra and the...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea called for the dissolution of Hezbollah's military and security branches on Thursday night, accusing the party of endangering Lebanon's Shiite...
"Invisual art is to art what quantum physics is to physics," says Alexandre Gurita, attempting to explain the concept to those with overly Cartesian minds. "And the invisual art...
SANAA — Forty-three detained local United Nations staff will face trial on suspicion of links to an Israeli airstrike that assassinated top Houthi leaders in August, the acting foreign minister of...
Pressure on Lebanon has reached a breaking point: international actors are urging the country to decide swiftly — either enter negotiations with Israel or risk a major escalation.Lebanon is...
The government granted itself a week of reflection following Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting, during which a controversial issue was debated. It examined a draft law submitted two weeks ago by Foreign...
GAZA/CAIRO — The cease-fire in Gaza has eased the trauma of Israel's air strikes and blockade but a shortage of cash has left Palestinians unable to spend what little money they have without...
"I'm doing myself what they were not able to do: I'm creating a watermelon ice cream to call for total peace in Palestine."Prevented by Unilever and Magnum, the companies that own...
Rahma fled his home in Daraja Oula, a neighborhood in al-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, which fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Sunday.He left in such a hurry that he couldn’t take...
21:16 Beirut Time We are now closing our LIVE coverage of the region for tonight. We will be back tomorrow morning with more news updates. 21:13 Beirut Time...
UNITED NATIONS — More than 24,000 tons of U.N. aid has reached Gaza since the start of a cease-fire earlier this month, a U.N. official said on Thursday, but added that the process of distribution...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Oct. 31, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:• Developments in southern Lebanon as Israel...
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
