An Israeli rights group said Friday it believed a gay Palestinian beheaded in the occupied West Bank this week was killed for his sexuality, as Palestinian security sources disputed the claim. The...
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old, in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said Friday evening. The 14-year-old boy was...
The sight of his gray beard protruding from behind a surgical mask and his dark-rimmed eyes set behind glasses was meant to silence rumors about his poor health from mid-September. But on Oct. 3,...
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian, the highest Sunni religious authority in Lebanon, denounced on Friday the "shadow management" of the country's presidential elections, just weeks before the...
From the day after the first parliamentary session last month to elect a new president, the traditional opposition has been working to unify its ranks in order to improve the standing of its...
ERBIL — One person was killed and four were injured when a vehicle exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil on Friday, the Kurdistan region's counter-terrorism service said. An explosive...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese General Security on Friday warned anyone paying a bribe to get their passports will be "summoned" for investigation and their passports will be "taken off and canceled." ...
The atmosphere changed dramatically in just a few hours. Lebanon woke up on Thursday with the conviction that the agreement on the maritime border delimitation with Israel was almost a done deal....
BEIRUT — For several months, Beirut residents have been smelling a foul odor from grain silos damaged by the Aug. 4, 2020 port explosion. Analyses indicate the pollutants in the air are a danger to...
PARIS — Eutelsat alleged on Thursday that Iran had jammed two of its satellites since Sept. 26, adding that it had asked the relevant authorities to stop the interference immediately. Paris-based...
PARIS – Iran announced Friday that an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini found she lost her life to illness rather than reported police beatings that sparked three weeks of bloody...
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Michel Aoun urged Friday for the election of his successor, that should be a "top priority," as the presence of a sitting president is "fundamental for the formation of...
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about improving bilateral ties and he repeated Ankara's willingness to do its part to peacefully...
OSLO — Jailed Belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian human rights organization Memorial and Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel...
DUBAI — Iranian authorities have denied reports security forces killed a 16-year-old girl during protests ignited by the death of a woman after she was in police custody, Iranian media reported on...
BEIRUT — Lebanon on Friday recorded its second Cholera case after the first case was confirmed on Thursday, a Health Ministry spokesperson told L'Orient Today . Here's what we know:...
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry announced new increased fuel prices on Friday morning. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL710,000, up by LL11,000...
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said regarding the recent news about Israel allegedly rejecting Lebanon's proposal regarding the Lebanese-Israeli maritime border negotiations that "Lebanon...
QAMISHLI — A rare United States helicopter raid on a government-held village in Syria's northeast killed an Islamic State militant hiding out there and a separate US air strike later on Thursday...
BEIRUT — Banks across Lebanon will close their doors indefinitely following a series of "attacks" by depositors seeking to withdraw their own savings, the Association of Banks in Lebanon announced...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Banks indefinitely close following “attacks” by depositors seeking to withdraw their own savings, a statement by 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
