Iran has detained a prominent chef and Instagram influencer, known for his videos promoting Persian cooking, in its crackdown on nationwide protests, human rights groups and supporters said on...
Saudi Arabia's first female international referee was appointed by FIFA on Thursday, less than a year after the conservative kingdom's national women's team made their debut....
A barber who sent thousands of pounds of UK pandemic business support funds to the Islamic State group in Syria was jailed for 12 years on Thursday. Tarek Namouz, 43, who...
The United States and Turkey have taken joint action to block a finance network for the Islamic State group, the US Treasury announced Thursday. The Treasury slapped...
SYDNEY, Australia — Australian police arrested a woman on Thursday on charges of entering and remaining in areas of Syria controlled by Islamic State, just over two months after the government...
Iran's judiciary said Thursday a senior official has ordered an inquiry into allegations denied by the authorities of rape and sexual assault of inmates in the Islamic Republic's jails....
The United Arab Emirates on Thursday detailed its role in an international operation to arrest an Eritrean fugitive in Sudan accused of being "the world's most wanted" people smuggler....
European judges are slated to arrive in Beirut next week to investigate financial malpractice involving Banque du Liban (BDL) governor Riad Salameh. The scheduled visit is sparking controversy...
BEIRUT — Running water has been completely cut off for the two past days in Saida and its surroundings, in South Lebanon, our correspondent in the area reported on Thursday. Speaking to residents...
BEIRUT — Having been on strike since mid-August 2022 to demand a readjustment of their salaries, Lebanese judges will resume their activities gradually, a source at the Lebanese Judges Association...
Popular Egyptian actress Menna Shalabi was found guilty on Thursday for cannabis possession and handed a suspended one-year jail sentence and a fine, in a case that drew widespread attention....
CAIRO — Egypt's currency weakened on Thursday by about 2 percent against the US dollar, though bankers said trading was thin and demand for dollars high following the third effective...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Health Minister Firass Abiad stated that Lebanon is experiencing a new wave of COVID-19, but assured citizens that the situation is still under control, during a press conference...
JERUSALEM — Israel's new hard-right government seeks reforms to the judiciary to limit its influence on government policy and give politicians a bigger role in picking top judges, alarming...
BEIRUT — General Security announced on Wednesday its decision to stop receiving as of Monday, Jan. 9, “exceptional requests” from citizens who want to advance their appointment to obtain a...
Dozens of Tunisian lawyers protested on Thursday against newly imposed taxes on legal services, part of a 2023 budget that seeks to boost revenues to the cash-strapped treasury....
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that he may meet Syria's Bashar al-Assad as part of a new peace process, after their defense ministers met last week for the...
Mourners gathered Thursday in Iraqi Kurdistan for the politically charged funeral of activist Emine Kara, one of three Kurds killed in a December attack in Paris. ...
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received the United Arab Emirates foreign minister in Damascus on Wednesday in the latest sign of thawing relations between Assad and an Arab state that...
Iran's judiciary announced on Thursday it had sentenced a man to death for his role in the protests sparked by the death in custody of Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini....
The Lebanese military court on Thursday pressed charges against seven people allegedly involved in the attack on a convoy of UN Interim Force soldiers in al-Aaqbiya, South Lebanon, in which an...
A top Turkish court on Thursday suspended funding for the main pro-Kurdish party over its alleged ties to terrorism. The court decision deprives the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) — parliament's...
Three years ago, a majority of Lebanese citizens complained that they received only ten hours of state electricity supply per day. Today, those same people are hoping that Electricité du Liban...
Last week, we looked back on 2022 and recalled — in five minutes, of course — the most important events in Lebanon this past year . Today, we turn our attention to the Middle East in 2023. Three...
BEIRUT — Fuel prices in Lebanon rose Tuesday morning, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. These prices come after a volatile past couple of weeks for the Lebanese lira...
Arab-Israeli Karim Younis, hailed by supporters as the "dean of Palestinian prisoners," said Thursday he was proud after being released from 40 years behind bars for killing a soldier....
On the first day of the new year, one of Dubai's two main liquor suppliers — Maritime and Mercantile International (MMI) — announced via its Instagram account: “Buying your favorite drinks just got...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday pressed Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to declare a "unilateral" ceasefire in Ukraine. "President Erdogan said that...
The turmoil in the Free Patriotic Movement continues. In recent days, Gebran Bassil’s party witnessed a new series of resignations in protest of the dismissal of Maroun Abi Khalil, an FPM...
BEIRUT — Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt blamed Lebanon's political deadlock on local leaders waiting for foreign intervention, according to a Tweet posted Thursday. ...
Iran announced Thursday the closure of a Tehran-based French research institute in protest against cartoons of the Islamic Republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, published by French...
BEIRUT — Among the indicators in the World Bank’s Fall 2022 Lebanon Economic Monitor that illustrate the depths of the country’s economic crisis, there is one with particular salience when it comes...
The Israeli army killed a Palestinian boy Thursday in the West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said, where armed clashes broke out between militants and Israeli forces. The...
Cristiano Ronaldo has been urged to speak out about human rights issues in Saudi Arabia after completing his big-money move to Al Nassr. The Portugal superstar, who was greeted by fireworks and...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Approximately 30 relatives of the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port blast victims held their monthly vigil commemorating the tragedy but...
UNITED NATIONS — Russia has signaled to UN Security Council counterparts that it will likely allow humanitarian aid deliveries from Turkey to about four million people in northwestern Syria for six...
The UN Security Council will meet Thursday to discuss the controversial visit to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound by an Israeli minister that has enraged Palestinians....
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
