The State Department has confirmed that “intensive and detailed” talks, facilitated by the United States, will take place on 14 and 15 May between the “governments of Israel and Lebanon.” These...
The United States said it expected an Iranian response as soon as later on Friday to its latest proposal to end the war in the Gulf, even as U.S. and Iranian forces traded fire in the region and...
An adviser to Iran's supreme leader compared control over the Strait of Hormuz to having an "atomic bomb" on Friday, and vowed not to relinquish it. Adviser Mohammad Mokhber said...
BEIRUT — Six people, including a Lebanese soldier, were wounded Friday in an exchange of gunfire before a raid inside a drug manufacturing plant in the Sharawneh neighborhood of Baalbeck. The...
The attack on Thursday against MP Hadi Abu al-Hosn (Baabda), in the village of Qobeih in Mount Lebanon, has raised many questions. All the more so as his party, the Progressive Socialist Party...
SOUTH LEBANON — Israel's war on southern Lebanon has continued unabated, with air strikes targeting various villages throughout Friday, accompanied by several forced evacuation orders issued by...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has stated that the authorities are “working to consolidate the cease-fire” ahead of the next round of talks with Israel . Beirut insists that these...
Saudi Arabia's budget deficit widened in the first quarter to its highest level since 2018, as spending on economic diversification projects continues to rise, Bloomberg reported Friday....
The date has been set. On May 14 and 15, direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel will take place in Washington, now at the delegation level, following two preparatory meetings between the...
SOUTH LEBANON — “The Israelis show no consideration or respect for people or religious symbols”: the desecration of a statue of the Virgin Mary in Dibil (Bint Jbeil), southern Lebanon, by an...
The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday accused the U.S. of a "flagrant violation" of the cease-fire, following an exchange of strikes between the two countries. “The action taken last...
Dear reader, I think it’s time for an intervention. Or at least, a confession. I’m an addict. But I’m also just a girl. A girl who hyperfixates on specific foods until they become my entire...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was expecting a response from Iran on Friday to U.S. proposals for a deal to end the war. "We're expecting a response from them today...
In front of a European Union (EU) representative, President Joseph Aoun on Friday called on European countries to put pressure on Israel alongside the support they provide to Lebanon, in order to...
This May afternoon, the Israeli MK drone is working overtime rounds of sensorial terrorism. One thing about the street where I live: I can hear the drones, but the birds are louder. Their chirping,...
Iran seized the oil tanker Ocean Koi in the Gulf of Oman over an alleged attempt to disrupt Iran's oil exports, Iranian state media said on Friday, quoting an army statement. It said the...
Iran created an authority to approve transit through the Strait of Hormuz and to collect tolls from vessels, a shipping journal said Friday, even as Washington pushed for a deal to reopen the...
On Wednesday, the Lebanese Army Intelligence Directorate arrested a citizen identified as (A.S.) for allegedly publishing an image and written content deemed offensive to a religious figure and...
More than half of Lebanon's population depends on humanitarian aid, a European Union official said on Friday, as Israel continues its attacks on the country despite a cease-fire in the...
A group of 12 Democratic senators sent a letter to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) questioning the coordination between Israel and the United States in establishing vast "evacuation...
An Israeli strike on Wednesday killed the son of Hamas' chief negotiator, a Gaza hospital and the group confirmed on Thursday. Azzam Khalil al-Hayya, 23, the son of top Hamas official Khalil...
More than 56,000 hectares of agricultural land in Lebanon have been affected by ongoing attacks, with damages devastating farms, livestock, and food production infrastructure across the south,...
After an image surfaced online showing an Israeli soldier desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary, with the widely circulated photo depicting the soldier placing a lit cigarette at the statue’s...
The scenario is starting to feel familiar. The United States leaks a new proposal to the media — conveyed to Tehran through Pakistani mediation. U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to strike Iran...
Armed Hezbollah men deployed across the streets of Beirut, barricades erected on the roads leading to the airport, media outlets targeted, and the Lebanese Army tried to prevent the country from...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called for U.S. authorities to relaunch their investigation into the Israeli military's killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen...
An Israeli strike on south Lebanon killed a member of Lebanon's civil defense, the rescue organization said Friday, a day after another strike killed a rescuer from the Islamic Health...
In response to the ongoing Israeli offensive devastating south Lebanon and Gaza, solidarity initiatives continue to multiply across France. In Marseille, restaurants are increasingly hosting such...
Given the country’s current turmoil, at a critical moment in its history, the stakes surrounding Lebanon’s pavilion this year were especially high — far more than in previous editions. Much...
Britain's health security agency said an additional suspected case of hantavirus had been identified in a British national on the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha. Two British...
22:28 Beirut Time Hezbollah claims responsibility for new attack on military base in northern Israel Hezbollah has claimed an attack on the Meron surveillance base in northern Israel...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, May 8, 2026Some key things to watch today:Updates on Iran-U.S. negotiations.Continuous Israeli attacks on south Lebanon.A man...
U.S. and Iranian forces clashed in the Gulf, and the UAE came under renewed attack, endangering a month-old cease-fire and shaking hopes for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The flare-up in...
Iran accused the United States of violating a cease-fire by targeting two ships at the Strait of Hormuz and attacking civilian areas, the country's top joint military command said early on...
The U.S. military on Thursday carried out strikes on Iran’s Qeshm port and Bandar Abbas, a Fox News reporter said in a post on X citing a senior U.S. official.
بدار سالم كاتبة ومحرّرة ومترجمة فلسطينية. فازت في عام ٢٠٢٥ جائزة سمير قصير لحرية الصحافة عن مقالها « عن تطبيع الصمود في غزة» ، الذي تنتقد فيه سردية الصمود ورمسنة الضحية في الخطاب حول الحرب على...
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
