UK court rejects bid for legal review of Saudi arms sales
London's High Court on Tuesday rejected a bid for a judicial review of the UK government's decision to renew arms sales to Saudi Arabia that could be used in the war in Yemen....
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Judiciary summons Wassef Harakeh for 'contempt and threats against a magistrate'
BEIRUT — Activist and lawyer Wassef Harakeh announced Tuesday that he was summoned to appear before Beirut's examining magistrate Assaad Bayram on July 4, adding that he is accused of "contempt and...
6 June 2023
Iran reopens long-shut Saudi embassy, confirming detente
Iran reopened on Tuesday its embassy in Saudi Arabia after a seven-year closure, reaffirming a Chinese-brokered rapprochement that has redrawn the region's diplomatic map....
6 June 2023
Long-overdue pension reform, coming soon?
This article is part one of a two-part series on pension reform in Lebanon’s National Social Security Fund. Read part two here . BEIRUT — Parliament’s joint committees convened last Wednesday to...
Richard SALAME, 6 June 2023
MP denies 'political' intervention after Mar Mikhael works suspended
BEIRUT — Reconstruction at the Mar Mikhael-Gemmayzeh intersection has been suspended after the alleged "political" interference of Lebanese Forces MP Ghassan Hasbani and his brother Elie Hasbani,...
Ghadir Hamadi, 7 June 2023
Judge overturns decisions forcing students in Nabatieh to pay full tuition fees in dollars
Urgent Matters Judge Ahmad Mezher has overturned decisions taken by schools in Nabatieh requiring parents to pay the full amount of school fees in dollars, the state-run National News Agency...
6 June 2023
15 suspects arrested after massive theft of electrical cables in Beirut
Fifteen people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a series of electrical cable thefts in Downtown Beirut, the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced Tuesday in a statement. On...
6 June 2023
Why did they decide to move back to Lebanon?
Oct. 25, 2022. Emilie Edde and her husband closed the door of their Paris apartment for the last time. They left Lebanon when they were 16 and 18 respectively, in the summer of the July 2006 war....
Nour BRAIDY, 6 June 2023
Internet, landlines out in Sour after telecom central transmission station goes down
BEIRUT — Sour's central Ogero transmission station stopped working Tuesday morning, causing both an internet and landline outage in the area, the state-run National News Agency reported. The...
6 June 2023
Palestinian toddler killed by Israeli forces buried
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered Tuesday for the funeral of a three-year-old boy who died after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank last week. Mohammed...
6 June 2023
Assad after meeting Aoun: Syrian-Arab rapprochement will have 'a positive impact' on Lebanon
BEIRUT — During a meeting between former Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Tuesday, the latter said that the recent Syrian-Arab rapprochement will...
6 June 2023
University students' parents protest in Tripoli, demanding 'student dollar law'
BEIRUT — Two dozen parents of students enrolled in universities abroad staged a sit-in Tuesday in front of a branch of the Arab Bank in Tripoli, urging authorities to implement a proposed "student...
6 June 2023
Who will vote for whom on June 14?
Five months after the failure of the last electoral meeting, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has set the 12th session. With the aim of electing a president, the session is set to take place on...
Salah Hijazi, 6 June 2023
Clashes between Sudan's warring factions intensify, no end in sight
KHARTOUM — Sudan's warring military factions clashed by air and on the ground in the country's capital on Tuesday, as increased violence and spreading lawlessness added to the misery of...
6 June 2023
Judge Habib Rizkallah to investigate Oueidat's case against Tarek Bitar
BEIRUT — The First President of the Beirut Court of Appeal, Habib Rizkallah, has been appointed by the President of the Higher Judicial Council, Souheil Abboud, to investigate a lawsuit brought by...
Claude ASSAF, 6 June 2023
Iran debates new penalties for veil violations
An Iranian draft law that would set new penalties for women not wearing a headscarf in public has sparked heated debate within the Islamic republic's leadership as more women flout the country's...
6 June 2023
NSSF employees stage protest in Nabatieh
BEIRUT — Workers at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) in Nabatieh staged a sit-in Tuesday in front of the local NSSF office to demand improved living conditions amid the deepening economic...
6 June 2023
US senator presses for declassified report on Shireen Abu Akleh's killing
WASHINGTON — US Senator Chris Van Hollen called on Monday for declassifying a government report on the death of Al Jazeera's Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist who was shot and...
6 June 2023
DR Congo says Sudan army killed 10 citizens in Khartoum
Ten Democratic Republic of Congo citizens have died in Sudanese army strikes on a Khartoum university campus, the Congolese government said on Monday. Sudan has been mired...
6 June 2023
Blinken heads to Saudi Arabia amid strained ties, Israel normalization in mind
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday on a mission to steady Washington's relationship with Riyadh after years of deepening disagreements on issues...
6 June 2023
Slight change in fuel prices
BEIRUT — Fuel prices slightly changed in Lebanon on Tuesday morning, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane...
6 June 2023
Israeli soldiers to join Moroccan war games for first time
Israeli soldiers will for the first time take part in military exercises in Morocco when the biggest war games event in Africa kicks off Tuesday, the Israeli army said....
6 June 2023
Iran unveils its first hypersonic missile, IRNA reports
DUBAI — Iran presented what officials described as its first domestically-made hypersonic ballistic missile on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency reported, an announcement likely to heighten...
6 June 2023
Parliament to convene next week, bystander shot in army raid, Gaddafi’s son starts hunger strike: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Parliament is scheduled to convene next Wednesday for a 12th presidential election session. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri...
