The plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Oslo for the funeral of the king of Norway was nearly struck by a drone when taking off from Moldova on Tuesday, Norwegian Prime...
Yemen's Houthi rebels reported dozens of Saudi airstrikes on Wednesday as daily attacks continued in a conflict that has reignited during the Middle East war, with hundreds of people killed in...
Amr Abdelfattah traveled to Saudi Arabia in June 2024 to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca. More than two years later, the 41-year-old French-Egyptian IT engineer and researcher at Sorbonne...
BEIRUT — Payment-card transactions in Lebanon rose by 130% in the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, Banque du Liban (BDL) Vice-Governor Makram Bou Nassar announced...
BEIRUT — In a lengthy statement on Wednesday, the Lebanese Army detailed the missions it has undertaken in then so-called “pilot zones” since the signing of the framework agreement between Lebanon...
In Nabatieh, the Lebanese state aims to demonstrate its presence amid the Israeli escalation, but the extent of the army's deployment has already sparked debate. While Prime Minister Nawaf...
Journalist Fawzi Zibian was assaulted and targeted by gunfire on Wednesday in Choueifat, south of Beirut, following a dispute with a chief warrant officer of the Lebanese Army, according to...
The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors on Wednesday decided to close a long-time probe against Syria launched under ousted leader Bashar al-Assad after the country's new authorities...
BEIRUT — Mansouri, which was already targeted the previous day by multiple demolitions, was subjected to 20 demolition operations by the Israeli army on Wednesday. The ongoing destruction continues...
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called on Wednesday for a plenary session to hold a general policy debate on the government next Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the state-run National...
Since Lebanon’s financial collapse in 2019 , former Banque du Liban ( BDL, central bank) governor Riad Salameh has faced a maze of investigations and legal proceedings at home and across...
An explosion at an arms depot in Syria's northwestern Idlib province killed 14 people on Wednesday, the local health department said, without specifying the cause of the blast. "The toll...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a warning letter on Wednesday ahead of a libel suit against Israeli newspaper Haaretz, after it reported that UAE President Mohammed Bin Zayed...
The photos, posted by Gemayel on Sept. 1, show the MP with about 30 men, several carrying weapons and others wearing masks. Prosecutor Claude Ghanem requested Lebanese Army Intelligence and the...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday that the war with the United States could end if Washington stopped threatening the Islamic Republic and met Tehran's conditions, including...
At least 26 people have already been killed, many of them civilians. Cultural heritage sites are under threat, and residents are once again being displaced. The latest Israeli military escalation,...
Iran's Guards said on Wednesday that a new "prohibited zone" outside the Strait of Hormuz would cover parts of the Gulf of Oman and beyond, adding they would announce the exact...
The governor of Banque du Liban (BDL, the central bank), Karim Souhaid, said he does not expect the law on financial reforms and deposit recovery, also known as the financial gap law, to be passed...
BEIRUT — The Free Patriotic Movement's (FPM) parliamentary bloc, “Strong Lebanon,” filed an appeal Wednesday with the Constitutional Council against the general amnesty law, passed by...
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is"deeply concerned" by the worsening situation in southern Lebanon, his spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said Tuesday at a press briefing. The U.N....
The U.S. Central Command dismissed reports that Iranian forces had hit its warships operating in the Middle East and said all attempted attacks had failed, in a post on X on Wednesday....
Several merchant vessels in the northern Gulf and Gulf of Oman were hit by disabling fire during military activity in the region overnight, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said...
BEIRUT — Over a hundred retired military personnel protested in downtown Beirut and north Lebanon on Wednesday, calling for their demands, including restoring retirement benefits to their...
Benchmark Brent crude oil futures rose past $100 a barrel on Wednesday, breaching the symbolic barrier for the first time since July 24 as intensifying U.S. war with Iran fueled growing concern...
The chief of staff of the Israeli army, Gen. Eyal Zamir, announced plans to establish a fourth branch for “unmanned systems and artificial intelligence” (AI), according to Israeli media reports....
"Huge pothole in Sin al-Fil," "garbage on the road" in Baalbeck, "rats" in Ramlet al-Baida: problems on Lebanon’s roads that affect the safety of both pedestrians and...
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis reported more than 30 Saudi strikes on several regions on Wednesday, a day after the rebels launched major attacks on their neighbor, injuring dozens of people....
21:54 Beirut Time Trump says he believes Iran war will end 'immediately' after US midterm elections in November U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes the Iran war will end...
Since fighting resumed in Yemen between pro-Iranian Houthi rebels and pro-government forces backed by the Saudi-led Arab coalition, more than 500 people have been killed and 20,000 displaced. The...
Israel has told the British consulate in East Jerusalem that it must close and that diplomats assigned there will lose their accreditation within 30 days, an Israeli official and two sources...
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used by the U.S. military and attacked 10 ships on Wednesday, after the U.S. said it had destroyed five Iranian...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Retired soldiers stage sit-ins across Beirut to demand better pensions.The Free...
BEIRUT — Several public sector unions have called for a protest Wednesday in downtown Beirut against the government’s 2027 budget draft, which they say fails to address the collapse in public...
