European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas offered Israel help on Wednesday to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, where it has not arrived for over two months. “I also offered the help of the...
Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday welcomed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa for his first visit to the West since he came to power at the head of an Islamist coalition following the fall of Bashar...
Hamas insisted Wednesday on a "comprehensive" agreement to end its war with Israel, as rescuers said Israeli bombardment of Gaza killed at least 26 people amid a growing humanitarian...
BEIRUT — A meeting was held on Wednesday between Labor Minister Mohammad Haidar and the Index committee — the body tasked with reviewing wage policy and made up of union representatives and...
Yemen's Houthi rebels will continue targeting Israeli ships in the Red Sea, an official told AFP on Wednesday, despite a cease-fire that ended weeks of intense U.S. strikes on the Iran-backed...
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday welcomed a deal brokered by Oman ending hostilities between the United States and Yemen's Houthis rebels following weeks of airstrikes by American forces. Saudi...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun announced on Wednesday that he would donate a month’s salary to the Lebanese Red Cross, as part of the launch of the organization’s annual fundraising campaign for...
Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, on a visit to France on Wednesday, met a whistleblower known as "Caesar" who smuggled out tens of thousands of pictures depicting the tortured...
National Defense Minister General Michel Menassa issued a decision to freeze the validity of weapon carry permits in the North and Akkar governorates from May 10 at midnight until May 13 at...
One of the most vocal allies of the Trump administration, in efforts to erase the word “genocide” from U.S. university campuses, is making a comeback. Betar, the historic movement of Israel’s...
President Donald Trump is expected to announce during his upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia that the United States will begin referring to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia,...
Finance Minister Yassine Jaber and Energy and Water Minister Joe Saddi concluded a two-day visit to Iraq on Tuesday, during which they discussed several issues with Iraqi officials, particularly in...
You’ve been hearing the word “Druze” a lot lately: headlines about Syria, Walid Joumblatt, Israeli airstrikes, even street tensions back home in Lebanon. But what’s actually going on? Let’s break...
In a statement released Sunday after a virtual meeting of eight OPEC+ members, the expanded alliance of oil-exporting countries said it would increase its total daily output by 411,000 barrels. The...
The United Arab Emirates has set up a backchannel for talks between Israel and Syria, three people familiar with the matter said, as Syria's new rulers seek regional help to manage an...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stated that "work is underway to develop the master plan for the martyr president Rene Moawad airport in Qleyaat, and that several foreign companies are expressing...
Lebanese journalist Nancy Lakkis said she was the "target of an assassination attempt" early Tuesday morning when nine bullets were fired at her parked car at 3:00 a.m. in Haret Saida,...
Interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Paris on Wednesday, according to the official Syrian news agency SANA, marking his first European visit since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in...
Hamas called for a "global and complete agreement" to end the war in Gaza, rejecting attempts to impose a "partial agreement" before Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East....
Who among us does not know Swan Lake , the 1812 Overture , The Nutcracker or Piano Concerto No. 1 ? Filled with iconic melodies, the works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky will echo in Beirut on...
The Ministry of the Interior published on Wednesday on its website the results of Sunday's municipal elections in the districts of Metn and Chouf in Mount Lebanon. The results for the...
Palestinian Civil Defense reported Wednesday that 26 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced persons in the northern Gaza Strip. "Our teams recovered 26...
Wrinkled fingertips graze the lips of older women, while shrill and unyielding cries pierce through the air — the pitch of the zalagheet (ululation) underscoring their joy. Rice and flower petals...
Last month, the teams at L’Orient Today and the American University of Beirut’s independent gazette, ‘Outlook,’ teamed up to launch the first step in a joint initiative spotlighting the next...
Badr Mohammed Al-Saad, the President of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, outlined the fund’s objectives during a series of key meetings in Lebanon on Wednesday, emphasizing its...
Two Emirates Airlines planes landed at Beirut airport, roughly a week after the United Arab Emirates announced the lifting of the travel ban to Lebanon imposed on its nationals since August 2023....
French President Emmanuel Macron will be the first European leader to welcome Syria’s Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa.On May 7, Macron will receive his Syrian counterpart in Paris, honoring an...
A U.S. military plane crashed into the Red Sea on Tuesday while landing on an aircraft carrier, lightly injuring two pilots, reported several American media outlets. This marks the second such...
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Wednesday criticized the clashes of May 7, 2008, in Lebanon, on the 17th anniversary of these incidents, which involved Hezbollah fighters storming the streets...
The Israeli mediator in charge of hostages, Gal Hirsch, stated Wednesday that the number of people still alive and held captive in Gaza after being kidnapped during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7,...
Today's controversial visit of the Syrian president to France, his first in the West, offers an opportunity to address accountability for atrocities and continue the fight against terrorism,...
President Donald Trump's administration said yesterday that the United States would end an independent Office of Palestinian Affairs in Jerusalem, a largely symbolic move but one supported by...
Eight members of the same family, including children, were killed Wednesday in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, said the local civil defense, reporting three other deaths in a raid elsewhere in...
India and Pakistan exchanged artillery fire on Wednesday, killing at least 26 Pakistanis and eight Indians in the most serious military confrontation between the two countries in two decades....
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that three of the hostages still held in Gaza, abducted during the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023, were dead, and that 21 were alive. According to the Israeli...
The international airport in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, has suspended all flights until further notice due to the ''significant damage'' caused by Israeli strikes from the...
22:40 Beirut Time We are now closing our live coverage of regional events for the night. We will be back tomorrow with more news updates. 22:39 Beirut Time Saudi...
An Israeli drone targeted a vehicle in the Villas neighborhood of Saida on Wednesday at 4:20 a.m., reported L'Orient Today's correspondent in south Lebanon, Mountasser Abdallah. The...
India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery along their contested frontier on Wednesday, after New Delhi launched deadly missile strikes on its arch-rival in the worst violence between 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
