BEIRUT - Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian said on Wednesday that Lebanon "would be heading for the worst if a new government is not formed," as talks between caretaker Prime Minister Najib...
Tuition fees in private Catholic schools in Lebanon will not be dollarized this year. They will be charged in Lebanese lira, in accordance with the law regulating the private education sector in...
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry issued a statement Wednesday apologizing for any environmental damage caused by the thick black smoke that rose from the Zouk Mosbeh power plant north of Beirut...
In an otherwise empty café in Badaro, Alfred Tarazi is reflecting, a little reluctantly it seems, on his trajectory as an artist. His current show, “Memory of a Paper City,” is on display at The...
BEIRUT — Lebanon is preparing to send a delegation to Iran to discuss the acquisition of free fuel to ease local power outages without being exposed to U.S. sanctions, two Lebanese government...
PARIS - France's highest court on Wednesday sealed a ruling that found Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was guilty of acquiring millions of euros' worth of French...
VIENNA — Iran's stock of uranium enriched to up to 60 percent, close to weapons-grade, has grown to well above the amount that by one definition is enough, if enriched further, for a nuclear bomb,...
BEIRUT — Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned the death last week by alleged torture of Bashar Abdel Saud, a Syrian detainee who had been held at a regional office of the State Security in...
BEIRUT —An assembly of Maronite bishops issued a statement Wednesday calling on MPs to “reject the very idea of a presidential vacancy” as the country is in the midst of its presidential election...
BEIRUT —Lebanon plans to send a letter to the United Nations to express its official position on the return of Syrian refugees to their country, outgoing Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar...
BEIRUT — A review of more than 18,000 contracts from 44 state administrations by government transparency watchdog Gherbal Initiative found that the top five companies received a total of $3.45...
BEIRUT — Forces of Change MPs issued a statement Wednesday criticizing yesterday's decision by the Higher Judicial Council to appoint an alternative judge for the port blast investigation,...
TIRANA — Albania severed diplomatic relations with Iran on Wednesday, ordering Iranian diplomats and embassy staff to exit the country within 24 hours. The decision follows a July a cyberattack...
BEIRUT — A four-year-old Syrian child, who was aboard the stranded migrant boat that was rescued off the coast of Greece on Wednesday, died while being transferred to a Greek hospital, according...
Last week’s scandal of a Syrian detainee who was allegedly tortured to death has once again sounded the alarm on the urgent need to end to the violent practice and activate Lebanon's National...
BEIRUT — The 36 dancers of the Lebanese troupe "Mayyas" ignited the stage of America's Got Talent Tuesday night, during the semifinals of the well-known TV show. Their innumerable hands waving,...
BEIRUT — Families of the victims of the Aug. 2020 Beirut port explosion protested Wednesday evening in front of Justice Minister Henry Khoury's apartment in Hazmieh, decrying a decision by the...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun visited Italy and met the Italian Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini, who affirmed his country's determination to support the...
YAMMOUNEH, Bekaa Valley — Hashish, hardy and cheap to grow, has long been a favored crop in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. The cultivation of cannabis in the Bekaa pre-dates Lebanon’s Civil War, but it...
BEIRUT — Images of thick black smoke rising from the Zouk power plant in Kesrouan have been circulating heavily on social media since Tuesday evening. Residents of the area took to...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Relatives of migrants stranded aboard a boat off the Maltese and Greek coasts since Saturday blocked a road in Akkar yesterday,...
CAIRO — An Israeli airstrike on Syria's Aleppo airport on Tuesday has damaged the runway and taken the airport out of service, the Syrian Defence Ministry said. The Israel missile attack was...
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
