TEHRAN — The Islamic State jihadist group said Thursday that it carried out twin bombings which killed at least 84 people at a memorial ceremony in Iran for slain Revolutionary Guards general Qasem...
TUNIS — A Tunisian anti-terrorism unit arrested Al Jazeera reporter Samir Sassi late on Wednesday, the Tunisian journalists' union said. The unit has searched his home and seized...
WASHINGTON — US top diplomat Antony Blinken will depart on Thursday evening for a week of diplomacy on Israel’s war in Gaza, visiting Israel and the West Bank, as well as Turkey, Greece, Jordan,...
BEIRUT — Dozens of people, relatives of victims of the devastating Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port blast, came together once again on Thursday afternoon for their first monthly sit-in of the year, at the...
WASHINGTON — A Houthi drone boat laden with explosives detonated in the Red Sea on Thursday but failed to cause any damage or casualties, the US Navy said, as the Yemen-based group continued its...
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna agreed to seek steps to avoid a wider Middle East war following strikes in Lebanon and Iran, the...
BEIRUT — An Israeli strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Tuesday killed seven people, including Hamas’ number two Saleh al-Arouri, during a “targeted assassination.” It remains unclear whether...
More than a thousand people gathered in Beirut on Thursday for the funeral of Hamas deputy political leader Saleh al-Arouri and two of his associates, who were killed in a strike, attributed to...
BEIRUT –Between July 2023, when Banque du Liban's first vice-governor, Wassim Manssouri, became the institution's acting governor, and December 2023, the country's foreign reserves have risen from...
This was one of the key questions immediately raised after the assassination: Did Washington know? For several weeks now, the Biden administration has been stepping up the pressure on its Israeli...
In the heart of Beirut's heavily fortified southern suburbs, Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas's number two, was killed by an Israeli surgical strike on Tuesday. Israel has followed through on its threats to...
Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Thursday strongly condemned comments by two Israeli ministers calling for Palestinians to emigrate from the Gaza Strip. Israel's National...
Attacks in Red Sea shipping lanes have to stop otherwise international action will be taken, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Thursday. When asked, Cameron...
A total of 22,438 Palestinians have been killed and 57,614 have been wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7, Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said in a statement on...
BEIRUT – Forbes just released its Top 100 CEOs list of 2023 , featuring two Lebanese Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), Carlos Wakim and Joe Kawkabani, who head companies in the Middle East. Last...
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Thursday he was "very disturbed" after comments by senior Israeli officials calling for Palestinians to leave Gaza. "Very...
“The government has set us the objective, in the street, of eliminating Hamas. This is our Munich. We'll do it everywhere, in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Turkey, Qatar. It will take a few years,...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese army announced on Thursday that it prevented 700 Syrians from entering Lebanon and arrested nine Syrians who had infiltrated into Lebanese territory at the Shudra-Akkar...
TEHRAN — Islamic State claimed responsibility Thursday for two explosions that killed 84 people and wounded many others at a ceremony in Iran to commemorate Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps...
Saudi Arabia rejects "extremist remarks" by two Israeli ministers who called for the displacement of Gaza's population, the reoccupation of the strip and the construction of settlements, the...
After the assassination of Hamas's number two political leader in an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, did Tel Aviv eliminate a "senior official" of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on...
“When we opened the southern front on Oct.8, we did so to support the oppressed people of Gaza, while taking into consideration the national interest and the difficulties in Lebanon,” Hezbollah...
The US military carried out a strike in Baghdad against an Iraqi militia leader it blames for attacks against US forces in the country, killing him and another person, a US official told Reuters on...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head Thursday to the Middle East as fears mount that Israel's war in Gaza will spread across the region, following deadly blasts in Iran and the killing of...
Iran blamed Israel and the United States on Wednesday for twin bomb blasts that killed at least 95 people in the country's south, ripping through a crowd commemorating Revolutionary Guards general...
Eighteen shipping companies are re-routing their vessels around Africa to avoid the Red Sea amid an upsurge in attacks on shipping, blamed by Western countries on Yemen's H0uthi rebels, the UN's...
The United States on Wednesday criticized South Africa for bringing a genocide case against Israel before the UN's top court, rejecting accusations against its ally over the war in Gaza....
22:03 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE coverage from day 90 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 89 of the Israel-Hamas war here. Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah...
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
