BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is expected to travel to Syria early next week at the head of a Lebanese delegation, a source close to the Grand Serail told L'Orient-Le Jour. The delegation...
BEIRUT — The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, one of the most prestigious honors dedicated to Arab literature and culture, announced its 2025 winners on Tuesday. Organized by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language...
BEIRUT — The Telecommunications Ministry on Tuesday announced the opening of nominations for five vacant positions within the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, including a chairperson and...
Amid cascading crises — from financial collapse and political paralysis to mounting security threats — Lebanon stands at a historic crossroads. The question is no longer whether reform is needed,...
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday again condemned "continued Israeli aggressions against national territory,” warning they could “threaten stability in the South.” “The...
Is the bromance faltering? The bond between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu remains, but it has been somewhat damaged. This was evident during the meeting held Monday between the two men in...
Australia is ready to absorb the impact of tariffs decided by U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday. These U.S. taxes are an 'act of economic...
The Lebanese Minister of Education, Rima Karameh, announced Tuesday the closure of all schools, technical institutes, universities, and higher education institutions, as well as kindergartens, from...
A statement released on Monday by Gazan journalists Hind Khoudary, Mezher Jeebat, and Ahmed Bassiouni, criticizing the ethics of reporting during the ongoing war, has sparked significant...
Kuwaiti businessman Abdullah Al-Dabbous offered Moroccan software engineer Ibtihal Abu Al-Saad, who was recently working for Microsoft and was fired for protesting against Microsoft's...
The Taliban government on Tuesday condemned the 'violence' inflicted on Afghans during Pakistan's new massive expulsion campaign, accusing its neighbor of using these migrants 'for...
Lebanese cybersecurity company Semicolon Security announced on Thursday that it had recently received $50,000 from Apple, after uncovering a flaw in its iOS system. In March, Hassan Sheet, a...
Curated by Marie-Nour Heshaime, organized in partnership with the Instituto Guimarães Rosa Beirut and the Brazilian Embassy in Lebanon, two works unfold in a Brazilian setting against a backdrop of...
This photo is almost half a century old.It caught my eye as April 13, 2025, approached. On that day, “our war” will turn 50. “Our war.” “The Lebanese war.” “The war of others.” How many quotation...
Around the illuminated Tele-Liban set, concerned cameramen wondered where the channels' news presenters had gone. Fifteen minutes before airtime, not a single team member was reachable, while a...
As part of an investigation into alleged bribes involving two judges during the exercise of their duties, investigative judge Pierre Francis, assigned to the case by the President of the Higher...
The South Korean army stated Tuesday it had fired warning shots following a brief incursion by North Korean soldiers across the highly secured border dividing the peninsula. These events come amid...
The Kremlin expressed on Tuesday its support for the 'direct' discussions announced the day before by U.S. President Donald Trump, between Tehran and Washington regarding the Iranian...
Charles III attended the flyover of Rome by Italian and British air patrols Tuesday morning during his reception by the Italian president, as part of his four-day state visit with Queen Camilla....
The Lebanese army, alongside Internal Security Forces (ISF) intelligence patrol, conducted searches on Tuesday in Syrian refugee camps in Anfeh and Chekka, north Lebanon. In search of individuals...
The municipal elections set to take place next month are unlike any other, especially for the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM). This vote marks the first assessment of popularity for the party since...
In the early months of the war in Gaza, Israeli soldiers were ordered to methodically and deliberately raze buildings and farmland located at the enclave's border to create a buffer zone,...
A Cabinet meeting took place on Tuesday morning at the Grand Serail to discuss the banking sector and its restructuring. The government continued its review of the banking restructuring bill and...
The president of the hoteliers' union, Pierre Achkar, stated on Monday that "the influx of Qataris and Kuwaitis to Lebanon during Eid al-Fitr was significant," despite the still...
The difficulties in transporting prisoners to court, the slowdown in court proceedings, and prison overcrowding have prompted Justice Minister Adel Nassar and Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar to meet...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogam filed a lawsuit for 'insult' against the leader of the main opposition party, who stated that the Turkish head of state was leading a 'junta,'...
Thirty employees at Beirut international airport, notably baggage handlers, reportedly had their accreditations canceled "one after another," in an action aimed at "weakening, as...
The Lebanese Minister of Displaced Kamal Shehadeh announced Monday night that "the Council of Ministers has tasked the Higher Defense Council with developing plans for the withdrawal of...
Asian and European markets battled Tuesday to recover from Monday's tariff-fuelled collapse, though Donald Trump's warning of more measures against China and Beijing's vow to...
China on Tuesday called on the U.S. to demonstrate 'sincerity' in the talks that Washington is set to begin Saturday in Oman with Iran regarding the nuclear issue. 'As the country that...
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte deemed China's military expansion 'stunning' during a visit to Japan that began Tuesday and aims to 'project' the alliance's power in the...
Israeli Supreme Court's hearing on the dismissal of the Shin Bet chief, the internal security agency, resumed Tuesday without an audience after it was briefly suspended due to altercations and...
A media outlet close to Hamas announced Tuesday the death of one of its journalists, Ahmad Mansour, in an Israeli strike on Khan Younis, in the south of the coastal territory. "Mansour,...
U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the ban on migrant expulsions under an exceptional wartime law on Monday for technical reasons, with President Donald Trump hailing it as a 'great...
The Israeli Supreme Court suspended its public hearing on Tuesday morning regarding the dismissal of the head of the Internal Security Agency (Shin Bet) following multiple disruptions in the...
The slogan "Hezbollah's disarmament" has been increasingly mentioned in political statements since the end of the war. But what exactly does it entail? According to Israeli officials...
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) announced Monday that it has been notified by Washington of new budget cuts concerning emergency food aid in 14 countries, fearing the "death...
Donald Trump surprised many by announcing that Washington is holding 'direct' talks with Iran over its nuclear program while hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who left...
The prices of gasoline increased on Tuesday in Lebanon, while those of gas cylinders, fuel oil used by generators, and diesel slightly decreased, according to the latest schedule published by the...
19:34 Beirut Time Military option 'inevitable' if Iran nuclear talks drag on, says Netanyahu The military option is “inevitable” against Iran if talks on its nuclear program...
As soon as the American envoy Morgan Ortagus left, Israel resumed targeted strikes in southern Lebanon, while the Lebanese troops intensified their deployment south of the Litani River. On Monday...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, April 8, 2025Some key things to watch today:9:30 a.m.: Cabinet meeting: MP George Adwan chairs a session for 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
