Lebanon records no new cholera cases, no new deaths
BEIRUT — Lebanon recorded no new cholera cases and no additional deaths in the previous 24 hours, the Health Ministry said in its report published on Thursday evening. The country has so far...
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France says EU to add new Iran sanctions on human rights, drone supplies
PARIS — The European Union is set to agree new sanctions targeting Iran over human rights abuses in its crackdown on protesters in the country and the supply of drones to Russia, France's foreign...
8 December 2022
Qatar probing death of a worker at World Cup training site
DOHA — Qatar has launched a workplace safety investigation into the death of a Filipino national, officials said on Thursday, following reports that the man died while working at a training site...
8 December 2022
ISF thwarts a prison break attempt in Mount Lebanon
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Internal Security Forces on Thursday thwarted six detainees from escaping the Jbaa police station in Iqlim al-Tuffah, the state-run National News Agency reported. The six...
8 December 2022
Lebanon's 'Captagon King' sentenced to 7 years in jail
A Lebanese court sentenced a man known as the "Captagon King" to seven years in jail with hard labor for producing and trafficking the illegal drug, a judicial source told AFP on Thursday....
8 December 2022
Iran says 5 face death penalty for Shiraz shrine attack
Iran's judiciary said Thursday that five people are facing the death penalty over an October attack that killed at least 13 people at a Shiite shrine in the southern city of Shiraz....
8 December 2022
HRW: Tunisia fails to protect women from domestic violence
Authorities in Tunisia have not done enough to protect women against domestic violence despite progressive legislation it adopted five years ago, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said...
8 December 2022
Despite search warrant, actress close to Riad Salameh freely enters Lebanon
BEIRUT — Known to be close to the Banque Du Liban governor Riad Salameh, Lebanese actress Stephanie Saliba — who is the subject of a search warrant — was not arrested when she landed at Beirut...
Claude ASSAF/L'Orient-Le Jour, 8 December 2022
Alfa and Touch strike: Minister brandishes judicial threat, union escalates
BEIRUT — Caretaker Minister of Telecommunications Johnny Corm and the union of mobile operators in Lebanon continued their dialogue on Thursday during the fourth consecutive day of strikes, as the...
8 December 2022
Biden says UAE facilitated Griner release
President Joe Biden said Thursday that the United Arab Emirates facilitated Brittney Griner's release from Russia in a prisoner swap. Biden thanked the UAE "for helping us...
8 December 2022
Former US official says 'political will' to restore Lebanon's economy is missing
BEIRUT — The United State's former ambassador to Lebanon and former senior official, David Hale, on Thursday and said that the "political will" to restore Lebanon's economy is missing. "I was here...
8 December 2022
Iran hanging shows 'boundless contempt for humanity': Germany
Germany on Thursday strongly condemned Iran's first known execution over the protests that have shaken the regime since September but said it would not stop the demonstrations....
8 December 2022
In the Arab world, everyone unites behind Morocco
“We all felt that Morocco’s victory was a victory of all Arabs,” said Jalal, a 28-year-old Palestinian resident of Jerusalem. Since Tuesday night, the fact that the Atlas Lions reached the World...
Noura DOUKHI, 8 December 2022
Iran denies sexual assault in jails, threatens accusers
Iran's prison service on Thursday denied women are sexually assaulted inside its jails and threatened to file charges against those making such allegations. The service...
8 December 2022
Payroll tax: Finance Ministry considers revising its decisions
Caretaker Finance Minister Youssef Khalil agreed Tuesday to delay action on decisions No. 686/1 and 687/1 dated Nov. 23. These two decisions set the rules for the implementation of provisions in...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 8 December 2022
Qatar probing migrant worker death at site: official
World Cup host Qatar is investigating the death of a migrant worker, an official said Thursday, after reports he died at a training base during the ongoing football tournament....
8 December 2022
Saudi Arabia signs Huawei deal, MoUs on hydrogen, deepening China ties on Xi visit
Chinese President Xi Jinping met Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince on Thursday on an Arab outreach visit that will yield billions of dollars in deals and has earned a rebuke from...
8 December 2022
Outrage as Iran carries out first first hanging over protests
Iran carried out its first known execution Thursday over the protests that have shaken the regime since September, sparking international condemnation and warnings from rights groups that more...
8 December 2022
Ninth voting round in Parliament and still no president
The ninth parliamentary session devoted to electing Lebanon's next president was adjourned Thursday, less than an hour after it began, without reaching a result. As in previous weeks, Parliament...
8 December 2022
Netanyahu moves closer to coalition deal
Israel's Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu struck a deal with an ultra-Orthodox Jewish party Thursday on allocating cabinet jobs in a key step towards forming a government ahead of a...
8 December 2022
Fuel prices increase slightly
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry announced new, increased fuel prices on Thursday morning. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL781,000, up by LL8,000 • Twenty liters...
8 December 2022
Hezbollah and the FPM exchange criticisms
Hezbollah rejected on Thursday criticism apparently leveled at it two days ago by its Christian ally, the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, who appeared to accuse the party,...
8 December 2022
Ninth session aimed at electing a new president kicks off
BEIRUT — At 11 a.m. on Thursday, as has been the case in previous weeks, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri opened a parliamentary session devoted to electing a new president. This is the...
8 December 2022
Lira hits all time low of LL42,000 against US dollar
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira on Thursday reached an all time low of LL42,000 to the US dollar on the parallel market. According to the Lirarate.org platform, exchangers were buying dollars at...
8 December 2022
Lebanon records two new cholera cases but no new deaths
BEIRUT — Lebanon on Wednesday recorded two new cholera cases but no new deaths in the previous 24 hours, the Health Ministry said in its report published on Thursday morning. The country has so...
8 December 2022
Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in West Bank raid
Israeli troops killed three Palestinians on Thursday in their latest deadly raid on the flashpoint city of Jenin, Palestinian health officials said, as violence surges in the occupied West Bank....
8 December 2022
Iran carries out first execution over Amini protests
Iran hanged a man Thursday convicted of wounding a paramilitary force member, the judiciary said, the first known execution it has carried out over nearly three months of protests. "Mohsen...
8 December 2022
Ninth try to elect president, cholera ‘under control,’ a plethora of spies: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Parliament is scheduled to convene today for a ninth attempt to elect a president. The country’s dual executive vacuum — in...
8 December 2022
Taliban carry out first public execution since takeover
An Afghan man convicted of murder was executed in public Wednesday, the Taliban said, the first confirmation of such a punishment since the hardline Islamists returned to power....
