BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati distributed a draft law to the cabinet on Monday that would allow "the government to borrow foreign currency from the central bank." The bill...
SAIDA — Neighbors rushing a wounded man out of a street market on a vegetable cart. Families sheltering in a mosque overnight. And patients evacuating a nearby hospital — all as rival...
The first deputy governor of Banque du Liban (BDL), Wassim Mansouri, is taking over as acting governor after ruling politicians failed to name a successor to Riad Salameh, whose term ended on...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Ministry of Culture suspended cultural coordination with Sweden and Denmark on Monday after Quran burnings took place in both countries over recent weeks, a spokesperson for the...
BEIRUT — Around a dozen people, including journalists and colleagues, bade farewell to Riad Salameh Monday, on the last day of his 30-year mandate as Banque Du Liban (BDL) governor. ...
Since June, Hezbollah’s attacks against the LGBTQ+ community in Lebanon have increased. In a statement released during pride month, the party announced its rejection of “any tolerance of the...
BEIRUT — Clashes continued for a third day in a row on Monday between Palestinian factions in the Ain al-Hilweh camp near Saida, leaving at least eight dead, dozens injured and dozens more...
BEIRUT — The Health Ministry announced on Monday that it is evacuating all patients from the Saida Governmental Hospital near the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, to ensure their...
Frustration as other foreign nationals were set free. Occasional phone calls, months apart. And the constant fear that the executioner's noose could be tightened any day....
“Come in, to the Beehive”: all who arrive at the Beesline factory in Bshamoun, Mount Lebanon, are welcomed by this phrase. Inside the industrial hive, posters of bees dressed as lab technicians...
BEIRUT — Army Chief Joseph Aoun praised troops on Monday for "resilience and concern" amid the economic crisis and during recent heightened tensions along the southern border. It was Aoun's last...
BEIRUT — Banque du Liban's first deputy governor Wassim Mansouri announced Monday he would take over as acting leader of BDL as controversy-addled governor Riad Salameh stepped down from his...
A key party in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government will not agree to any concessions to the Palestinians as part of a deal on normalizing relations with Saudi...
Normalization of ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel would harm regional peace and stability, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday. US President...
Mohammed has been taking nearly a dozen Captagon pills daily for seven years. Now, as Iraq grapples with a major drug crisis, the 23-year-old hopes for a fresh start. Iraq,...
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday called on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to end "security collaboration" with Israel and "political arrests," according to participants at a meeting of...
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry on Monday announced a slight decrease in fuel prices, while the price of fuel oil for generators increased. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of...
BEIRUT — The death toll for the deadly clashes in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp rose to 11 on Monday, UNRWA announced in a statement. "According to reports, 11 were killed and...
Rival Palestinian political leaders meeting in Egypt decided on Sunday to form a committee on intra-Palestinian reconciliation, a move that one analyst doubted would end their 17-year rift....
Sudan's paramilitaries have ordered civilians to vacate homes in the capital's south, several residents said Sunday, as fighting between the forces of rival generals raged in the western Darfur...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . At least six people were killed and dozens injured since clashes between Fatah and Islamist factions began on Saturday in 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
