Amnesty condemns Algeria mass death sentences
Amnesty International urged Algeria on Monday to annul death penalties against dozens of people over the lynching of a man falsely accused of starting deadly forest fires, state media reported....
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Public school teachers hold protests, demand salary increases
Public school teachers demonstrated throughout Lebanon on Monday to protest the deterioration of their working conditions and the severe drop in their salaries due to the depreciation of the...
9 January 2023
Mikati to convene cabinet to discuss EDL credit
BEIRUT — A source at the Grand Serail told L'Orient Today Monday evening that caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati is expected to schedule a cabinet meeting — a controversial measure, given the...
9 January 2023
Irregular migration continues despite deadly shipwrecks in 2022
The year 2022 ended with yet another major shipwreck. On Dec. 31, the Lebanese army and UNIFIL rescued 232 people whose irregular migration boat had capsized off the coast of Selaata, northern...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 9 January 2023
Tony Shalhoub, others of Lebanese origin honored in DC
BEIRUT — Caretaker Foreign Affairs Minister Abdallah Bou Habib on Monday awarded medals to six people of Lebanese origin residing in the United States to salute their works in the fields of...
9 January 2023
Syrian farmers lose crops after regime allegedly pollutes Orontes River
Was it a deal too good to be true? Last summer, the price of fish fell suddenly in the markets of Jisr al-Shughour, in Syria’s Idlib governorate. In the area, where Turkish currency is in...
Abdel Majid el-Karh and Afaf Jakmour, in Idlib, 9 January 2023
Fuel prices increase
BEIRUT — Fuel prices increased in Lebanon on Monday, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline:...
9 January 2023
Amal: Electricity crisis facing citizens transcends 'political resentment'
BEIRUT — The Amal Movement, which is headed by Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, issued a statement on Monday from its political bureau calling for the challenges that Lebanon is going...
9 January 2023
Germany says it wants to increase pressure on Iran after latest executions
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday condemned Iran for using the death penalty against demonstrators, and his spokesperson said Berlin wanted to crank up the pressure on...
9 January 2023
Ukraine, Iran women activists win Swedish rights prize
Three women from Ukraine, Iran and Turkey on Monday won Sweden's Olof Palme human rights prize for 2023 for championing women's rights and freedoms. Marta Chumalo of...
9 January 2023
Palestinian prime minister says Israeli sanctions 'new war'
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday described a raft of Israeli measures as a "new war" against the Palestinian Authority aimed at pushing it "to the brink."...
9 January 2023
Presidential election: (Nearly all) stakeholders are reconsidering their positions
The end-of-year holidays have drawn to a close, pushing the presidential election back to the center stage of Lebanese politics. After a break of nearly two weeks, all local actors seem to be...
Yara ABI AKL, 9 January 2023
Pope Francis condemns Iran for using death penalty against demonstrators
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Monday condemned Iran for using the death penalty against demonstrators demanding greater respect for women. The pope's remarks, made in his yearly speech to...
9 January 2023
ISF: Vandalization of Jbeil church has 'no political or religious background'
BEIRUT — Internal Security Forces arrested a suspect and are investigating the Sunday vandalization of a church in Jbeil, they said in a statement Monday, asserting that "there was no political or...
9 January 2023
Nabil Bukhalid, the man who connected Lebanon to the Internet, is no longer here
The announcement was made on Wednesday, but the circumstances surrounding the sudden death on Tuesday of Nabil Bukhalid, 65, while he was spending the holidays in London, were unclear. Some say he...
Julien RICOUR-BRASSEUR, 9 January 2023
Meta's Oversight Board tells company to allow 'death to Khamenei' posts
Meta's Oversight Board on Monday overturned the company's decision to remove a Facebook post that used the slogan "death to Khamenei" to criticize the Iranian leader, saying it did not violate...
9 January 2023
Suez Canal traffic 'normal' after stuck vessel refloated
Egypt's Suez Canal Authority chief Osama Rabie said Monday traffic was "normal" in the vital waterway after a grounded Norwegian cargo ship had been refloated. Authority tugboats "have begun...
9 January 2023
CEO of Turkey's top bank says capital boost to help it drive economy in 2023
ISTANBUL — An expected capital increase will help Turkey's Ziraat Bank to spearhead President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's drive to boost economic growth and tackle chronic current account deficits this...
9 January 2023
Iran sentences three more to death over Amini protests
Iran has sentenced to death three more people, accused of killing three members of the security forces during the protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's death, the judiciary said Monday. The Islamic...
9 January 2023
European Salameh probe due in town, passport crisis to end, water cuts: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. A delegation of European judges investigating allegations of corruption and money laundering by Banque du Liban chief Riad...
