Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he hoped that US President Donald Trump was looking to end the war in the Middle East, as he called for a halt to violence ahead of Easter. "I'm told that...
The sacred union is starting to show its first signs of strain in Israel. In the United States, new “No Kings” rallies on Saturday, March 28, featured antiwar slogans, in what organizers described...
Lebanon denounced what it called Israel's plans for "a new occupation of Lebanese territory" on Tuesday, after Israel said it would establish a "security zone" in the...
The United Nations Security Council convened for an emergency session on March 31, 2026, to address the dire situation in Lebanon in the face of an intense military escalation between Hezbollah and...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel would press ahead with its military campaign against Tehran, declaring that it would continue to "crush Iran's terror...
Israel will reduce its military imports from France "to zero" in retaliation for French policies it deems hostile towards its interests, a defence ministry spokeswoman told AFP on...
A female journalist holding a U.S. passport was kidnapped in Baghdad on Tuesday by unknown parties, two police sources said. The Iraqi interior ministry did not disclose her nationality, but said...
Two little roses and a heart frame the message Sarah Qadi sent to her schoolchildren on the morning of Friday, March 27, at 8:42 a.m.: "Good morning my students, don't forget our class:...
BEIRUT — Dozens protested Tuesday in Beirut’s Riad al‑Solh square in support of Hezbollah amid the war with Israel and against the government’s March 2 decision declaring the group’s military...
France and Italy have joined Spain in pushing back on U.S.-Israeli military operations, sources said on Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump singled out NATO allies in Europe as unhelpful in the...
Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil presented on Tuesday his "proposal to protect Lebanon through dialogue" to the country's Grand Mufti Abdellatif Derian, Druze Sheikh...
Ten European countries, including France and the United Kingdom, Tuesday urged all sides to ensure the safety of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon after three peacekeepers were killed in...
BEIRUT — Authorities arrested Michel Afram, former director of the Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI) in Zahle, along with three employees, over alleged embezzlement and invoice...
The Lebanese Army withdrew on Tuesday from the border towns of Rmeish, Ain Ibl, and Braasheet, in the district of Bint Jbeil, as well as from Beit Yahoun in the district of Nabatieh, according to...
In Sour, the sounds of war are no longer distant. They reverberate through streets, homes, and hospitals. Families hurriedly pack their belongings, the sky hums with Israeli drones, and fear hangs...
The scene takes place during an off-the-record meeting of international diplomats in Beirut, attended by a handful of journalists.“An Israeli official in charge of the Lebanon file told me that...
On Friday, March 13, Caroline, Lucile, and her camera went to Burj Hammoud, an Armenian-majority northern Beirut suburb, looking for a building that had been hit by an Israeli strike a few hours...
One of the desalination plants on Iran's Qeshm Island has been out of service since being hit by an air strike earlier in the month, an official from the Health Ministry told Iranian media on...
BEIRUT — Lebanon has relayed to the U.N. the government’s decision considering as illegal Hezbollah’s military activities, according to information obtained by L’Orient-Le Jour. Lebanon’s...
The Gulf states are unified in calling for a de-escalation of the Middle East war, Qatar said Tuesday as Tehran launched new strikes against its neighbours. "Our understanding is that there...
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the next days of the Iran war will be "decisive" while refusing to rule out U.S. ground forces playing a role in the conflict. Hegseth also...
BEIRUT — President, Joseph Aoun, expressed regret, while receiving the French Deputy Minister for the Armed Forces, Alice Rufo, that his appeals and those of the international community to initiate...
President Donald Trump lashed out at France on Tuesday, saying it had been "very unhelpful" in the U.S.-Israel war on Iran. "The Country of France wouldn't let planes headed to...
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun received the president of the American University of Beirut, Fadlo Khuri, on Tuesday, two days after Iranian threats targeting American university...
BEIRUT — The Syrian army sent reinforcements to the Lebanese-Syrian border on Monday, including tanks, armored vehicles, and medium weaponry, security sources and residents told L'Orient...
It is a tense Holy Week for Syria's Christians. On Friday night in Suqaylabiya, a predominantly Orthodox city in western Hama, dozens of armed men from the nearby village of Qala'at...
Missiles or not, Manal no longer sleeps. Instead, at night, she keeps one eye on the news and makes sure that no shell has landed on her house in Bir Hassan, which she left in the early hours of...
The scale of the outcry was evident as even the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, joined international condemnation on Sunday, March 29, over Tel Aviv’s decision to bar the Latin Patriarch...
As the war between Hezbollah and Israel continues, Tel Aviv has framed its invasion of southern Lebanon — aimed at demilitarizing the region — as a central objective of the conflict. The Israeli...
More than 200,000 people have fled Lebanon for Syria since fighting resumed a month ago between Israeli forces and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, the United Nations' refugee agency said on...
BEIRUT — State Security stated on Tuesday that it "arrested the former Director General of the Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI) in Zahle, Michel Afram, as well as three...
"In 1973, I was 10 years old. I was coming home from school when, for the first time in my life, I heard the war alert. I remember that day with unsettling clarity, as if suspended in my...
BEIRUT — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed Tuesday that the Israeli army will continue to occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River, about 30 kilometers north of the border, after...
BEIRUT — The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) recovered Tuesday morning the bodies of two Indonesian peacekeepers who were killed a day earlier "in an explosion of unknown origin"...
Fuel price increases, which have surged since the renewed war between Hezbollah and Israel began about a month ago, slowed on Tuesday, according to the latest pricing schedule issued by the...
Gathered in front of the Grand Serail on Saturday, Hezbollah’s supporters again harshly attacked Prime Minister Nawaf Salam — who vows to disarm the militia — going so far as to label him...
A drone interception left two people injured in a Saudi region southeast of the capital Riyadh, the country's civil defence said Tuesday. "Falling debris from the interception of a drone...
Explosions were heard in Dubai on Tuesday, AFP journalists reported, as UAE authorities warned of missile and drone attacks, one month into the Middle East war that has seen Iran launch daily...
The Lebanese state has just suffered a major diplomatic setback. “Our [designated] ambassador will continue to carry out his duties in Beirut,” the Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry stated on...
Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war: Explosions and power outages in Tehran Explosions were heard in Tehran and power cuts hit some parts of the capital, Iranian media...
Iran attacked and set ablaze a fully loaded crude oil tanker off Dubai on early on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump warned the United States would obliterate Iran's energy plants and oil...
On Monday, the 29th day of the war on Lebanon, Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed a Lebanese soldier, injured several others, targeted civilians and rescue centers, and involved intense...
01:20 Beirut Time Israeli strikes on Jnah: Cars targeted, according to NNA The Israeli strikes on Jnah, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, targeted several vehicles, according to NNA....
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, March 31, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Updates on Israel's ground invasion in southern LebanonInternational...
An unknown projectile struck a tanker 31 nautical miles northwest of United Arab Emirates' Dubai, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO)said on Monday. It said the tanker'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
