BEIRUT — Cabinet has renamed Hafez al-Assad Avenue, the main road that connects central Beirut to the capital's international airport, to Ziad Rahbani Avenue, according to Information Minister...
BEIRUT — As Cabinet convened a highly anticipated debate on his party's disarmament, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem delivered a televised address on Tuesday reiterating his refusal to surrender...
Is Lebanon on the right track? Two new laws — one on bank resolution, the other on judicial independence — were added last week to the bank secrecy law passed three months ago. These laws, seen as...
The head of the Syrian National Commission for Transitional Justice, Abdel Baset Abdellatif, announced Tuesday that the commission is communicating with Interpol and specialized international...
Ezzat walked nervously through his olive grove on the red earth of Zahib, located in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. Many of the gnarled tree trunks were cut close to the ground. The farmer...
TEL AVIV/CAIRO — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu favors a complete military takeover of Gaza, media reported, and was to meet senior security officials on Tuesday to finalize a new...
BEIRUT — Speaking during the "Economic Conference of Emigrants" forum in Baabda on Tuesday, President Joseph Aoun asserted that his government was making efforts to establish the...
Lebanon's cabinet will meet on Tuesday to discuss Hezbollah's arsenal, after Washington ramped up pressure on ministers to publicly commit to disarming the Iran-backed group and amid fears...
BEIRUT — "Aid that causes bloodshed" and "repeated mass displacements" are creating a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza, denounced the Danish NGO Danish Refugee Council...
BEIRUT — Cabinet's highly anticipated meeting on Hezbollah disarmament on Tuesday ended around 8:30 with an announcement from Prime Minister Nawaf Salam that the ministers have tasked the...
The EU announced the suspension on Tuesday of its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods worth 93 billion euros ($107 billion) after Brussels struck a deal with Washington last month. "The...
Israel must "totally defeat" Hamas in Gaza to secure the release "of all the Israeli hostages" still held captive in the Palestinian territory, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
BEIRUT — MP Bilal Abdallah on Tuesday introduced two bills in Parliament, one concerning public sector contract workers and the other relating to the accumulation of years of seniority for civil...
BEIRUT — A Hezbollah delegation led by MP Ali Fayad met Tuesday with Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil to stress the need for Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon. The...
In a rehearsal charged with anticipation, the first notes of “Hayeh Al Zouwar” cut through the still air like sunlight on the sea. Maestro Andre al-Hage stood centerstage, back taut, arms...
It is a first in the United States and a revelation for the history of global modern art. The Hessel Museum of Art, on the Bard College campus in New York, is hosting “All manner of experiments:...
Since the Hamas-led attack in October 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pursued a sharp military escalation, directly targeting Iran and its regional allies. This offensive...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun, signed on Tuesday the decree on judicial appointments and transfers, the presidency said on its X account. This decree comes four days after it was signed by Prime...
BEIRUT — Labor Minister Mohammad Haidar met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani in Baghdad on Tuesday, who announced a series of support measures for Lebanon, which remains in crisis...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah spokesperson Youssef Zein told L'Orient Today on Tuesday that the party's two ministers will attend this afternoon’s Cabinet session at Baabda Presidential Palace, which...
Having just been passed by Parliament on June 12 and approved by the Constitutional Council on July 22, which rejected an appeal to overturn it, the law on old nonresidential rents was amended on...
BEIRUT — The Finance Ministry raised the tone in an unusually stern statement against taxpayers who commit tax fraud, reminding them of the sanctions provided by Lebanese law for such offenses....
The new World Bank director for Lebanon, Enrique Blanco Armas, met in Beirut with members of the Lebanese Business Leaders Gathering (RDCL), chaired since early June by Joumana Saddi Chaya,...
Nations must resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of U.N. talks told negotiators from 180 countries gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to forge a landmark treaty on eliminating the...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah MP Ali Fayyad, spoke Tuesday following a meeting between a Hezbollah delegation and the head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), MP Gebran Bassil, where he stated that the...
BEIRUT — The PMI index fell slightly to 48.9 in July, down 0.3 points from June, reflecting weaker business sentiment among 400 Lebanese firms surveyed by Blominvest. This decline comes amid...
SOUTH LEBANON — An Israeli drone dropped leaflets Tuesday morning over the northern neighborhood of Kfar Shuba, in the Hasbaya district, justifying the destruction of a bulldozer previously used in...
BEIRUT — Following the commemorative march marking the fifth anniversary of the Aug. 4, 2020, explosion at Beirut Port on Monday, William Noun and Peter Bou Saab, both brothers of victims of the...
BEIRUT — Ahead of Tuesday’s 3 p.m. Cabinet meeting on Hezbollah disarmament and following Monday night protests by Hezbollah supporters in Beirut, several politicians stressed the urgent need to...
Russian forces have captured the village of Sichneve in Ukraine's east-central Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday. Reuters could not independently confirm the...
“We believe negotiations should be centered on an ‘all or nothing’ basis," said U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff during a speech while visiting Israel Saturday. "Ending the war and...
SOUTH LEBANON — The South Lebanon Water Authority has completed repairs and upgrades to the Saf al-Hawa pumping station and its water storage near Bint Jbeil, close to the Israeli border. The...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel must "complete" the defeat of Hamas in Gaza to secure the release of the remaining hostages, days ahead of a cabinet meeting to...
Taiwanese prosecutors said Tuesday they had detained three people after chipmaking giant TSMC reported suspected "trade secret leaks" relating to a key technology. Taiwan Semiconductor...
Two dates, five years apart, one challenge. On Aug. 4, 2020, the explosion at the Port of Beirut showed the world the full extent of Lebanon’s state failure. Five years later — almost to the...
Is the specter of another May 7 armed takeover looming over the country? Ahead of the highly anticipated Cabinet meeting scheduled for Tuesday to debate the divisive issue of Hezbollah’s weapons,...
Yemen's Huthi rebels claimed responsibility for firing a missile at Israel's main airport on Tuesday, as the Israeli military said it intercepted it. The Iran-backed rebels targeted Ben...
It took just minutes for a new Greek-made anti-drone system to show what it is capable of. On its first test run with a European Union patrol in the Red Sea a year ago, the Centauros system...
NORTH LEBANON — Unknown individuals set fire overnight from Monday to Tuesday to a photo of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Abde Square, at the southern entrance to Akkar (northern...
22:37 Beirut Time That concludes our live coverage for today. We'll be back tomorrow morning with more news updates and analysis. Thanks for joining us, goodnight. 22:12...
Climbing plants rise out of plastic bottles in Mahmoud Soueidani's bleak gas cannister warehouse in Nawa, the most populous city in southern Syria's Daraa province. The 35-year-old farmer...
One person was killed and 10 people, including two children, were wounded early on Tuesday in Russia's largest air attack on the Ukrainian town of Lozova since the war began, officials said....
British energy group BP on Tuesday posted a net profit for the second quarter, in contrast to energy rivals mostly reporting losses, as lower exceptional charges offset falling oil prices. Profit...
As Lebanon braces for a critical Cabinet session Tuesday in Baabda's Presidential Palace on the issue of Hezbollah’s disarmament, concerns are growing over potential violent backlash from the...
Iranian authorities ordered many government offices to close on Wednesday in a bid to cut power consumption as a heatwave strains generating capacity, state media reported. At least 15 of...
A British couple detained in Iran for seven months on espionage charges have been moved to separate prisons in and near Tehran, heightening fears for their welfare, their son told AFP on Monday....
Israel has partially reauthorized the entry of private goods into the besieged Gaza Strip, which is threatened by famine, the Cogat, a Defense Ministry body responsible for the civil administration...
The fifth commemoration of the Beirut port explosion brought together not only the families of the almost 250 victims and hundreds of citizens, but also a majority of ministers from Prime Minister...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025Some key things to watch today:Updates on the situation in Gaza.3 p.m. Cabinet session focusing on the disarmament...
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
