The sunken Rubymar cargo ship, damaged in a Houthi attack off the coast of Yemen, presents no "immediate danger" of pollution, according to Cedre, an organization specialized in marine pollution...
BEIRUT — Masked gunmen opened fire on two people inside a store in Tripoli on Friday, killing both before disappearing. L'Orient Today 's correspondent in northern Lebanon, Michel Hallak,...
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Friday that the planned maritime corridor to bring aid into Gaza “will take months to stand up” in its entirety, BBC reported. While he welcomed the...
On February 15, 1953, Lebanese women gained the right to vote, 9 years after French women and 62 years before Saudi women. On this day the Council of Ministers declared there would be no...
BEIRUT — At least five people have been crushed to death after being hit by aid packages airdropped into Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reported from Rafah on Friday. AFP later reported the...
On Feb. 24, four underwater cables were damaged in the Red Sea. While these infrastructures carry the overwhelming majority of Internet traffic between Asia and Europe, the incident suddenly...
The new acting public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation Jamal Hajjar issued three circulars on Tuesday. Some judges and lawyers said they illustrate his desire to organize the work of the...
A team of UN special rapporteurs and independent experts issued a warning on Feb. 24 that sending weapons to Israel could violate international humanitarian law. A week later, 218 MPs from 13...
“Only Israelis on Tinder?” Nour* couldn’t hide her surprise. Returning to Beirut in December 2023, the expat architect reactivated the popular dating app, per her holiday routine. But this time,...
We are sharing this article, originally published in Glorieuses, as part of our collaboration with the Spark News Towards Equality Initiative for International Women’s Day. Heitor* used to...
The fight for women’s rights over the past fifty years is a story of progress. Women and girls have demolished barriers, dismantled stereotypes and driven progress towards a more just and equal...
During the final State of the Union address of his first term, US President Joe Biden announced that the US military would construct a "temporary pier" that would allow aid to more quickly flow...
The violent repression of peaceful protests and discrimination against women and girls by Tehran led to serious rights violations, many amounting to crimes against humanity, a UN experts probe said...
Expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories constitutes "a war crime" and risks eliminating "any practical possibility" of a viable Palestinian state, the United Nations...
Around a hundred demonstrators staged a sit-in on Friday in Sin al-Fil, in Beirut's eastern suburbs, in front of the headquarters of UN Women, the UN entity for gender equality and women's...
The prices of gasoline, diesel for vehicles and heating oil fell slightly in Lebanon on Friday, while the price of a domestic gas cylinder remained the same, according to the price list published...
This is the story of an obstetrician-gynecologist and a hypnotherapist-sexologist, who joined forces to create a secure digital space, dedicated to making information about sexuality and...
It is a winter day in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest city, and near the end of Syria Street, youth sit gathered in a cafe. They laugh and chat over coffee, as the rain rhythmically raps the...
At least 30,878 Palestinians have been killed and 72,402 have been wounded since Oct. 7 in Israel's military offensive on Gaza, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Friday....
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it conducted self-defense strikes on Thursday against four mobile Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM) and one Houthi unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in...
US President Joe Biden warned Israel on Thursday that it cannot use aid as a "bargaining chip" in its fight against Hamas and called for an immediate temporary cease-fire in Gaza, where fears of a...
For Muslims worldwide, Ramadan is a time of prayer, reflection and joyful evening meals, but all Gazans wish for this year is an end to five months of war and suffering. It...
Israel said on Thursday its entry "Hurricane" had been approved for the popular Eurovision Song Contest, appearing to end a dispute over political content. The European...
Bearing food aid and wearing "Don't Starve Gaza!" t-shirts, dozens of Israeli activists drove towards the border of the besieged territory on Thursday in a show of support for Palestinians....
21:21 Beirut Time That's it for today's live coverage of the Gaza war — thanks for joining us. We'll be...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday’s LIVE coverage of Day 152 of the Gaza war here . The Civil Defense uncovered the remains of a civilian...
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
