The government of Nawaf Salam decided Monday, following an emergency meeting convened in response to a series of building collapses in Tripoli — the capital of North Lebanon and the country’s...
BEIRUT — The municipality of Qalamoun, a town located in the district of Tripoli, asked residents of a residential complex housing more than 200 people to evacuate the building after cracks and...
The secretary general of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, called on Lebanon to reject pressures to disarm the Resistance, as the party refuses to hand over all its arsenal to the Lebanese Army north of the...
From Feb. 9 to 13, a delegation from the International Monetary Fund is set to hold another round of talks with Lebanese authorities in Beirut.The objective has remained unchanged for years: to...
The atrocities unleashed on al-Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region last October were a "preventable human rights catastrophe", the U.N. rights chief said Monday, warning they now risked...
BEIRUT —“A government of reform and salvation,” it was under this dual pledge that Prime Minister Nawaf Salam framed his Cabinet’s mandate during the confidence vote parliamentary session in...
Iran is prepared to dilute its highly enriched uranium if the United States lifts all sanctions on the country, the head of its atomic energy agency said Monday after talks resumed with Washington....
After the abduction at dawn Sunday of a member of al-Jamaa al-Islamiya in Hebbarieh , in the Hasbaya district, the Israeli army targeted a van in a deadly strike in Yanouh, in the Sour district,...
BEIRUT — The National Center for Geophysics in Bhannes, affiliated with the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), reported Monday that it registered a 2.6-magnitude tremor on the Richter...
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai celebrated Mass on Monday for Saint Maron’s Day at Saint George’s Cathedral in downtown Beirut, attended by President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam,...
Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and secretary of its national security council, will visit Oman on Tuesday following indirect U.S.-Iranian talks there,...
On the right, Labor Minister Mohamad Haidar, affiliated with Hezbollah. On the left, Industry Minister Joe Issa al-Khoury, nominated by the Lebanese Forces. Facing them was an especially insistent...
The U.N. migration agency on Monday said 53 people were dead or missing after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast. Only two survivors were rescued. The International...
The French embassy in Lebanon said in a statement on Monday that it "stands by Lebanon, and the city of Tripoli in particular, following the collapse of a building in the Bab al-Tabbaneh...
A barrage of Russian drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight killed at least four people in cities across the country, including a 10-year-old boy, regional officials said Monday. AFP...
Prince William will begin his first official visit to Saudi Arabia with a meeting on Monday with host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as London seeks to deepen economic cooperation with the Gulf...
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday called on his compatriots to show "resolve" ahead of the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution this week. Since the...
The seventh meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump is now expected to take place on Wednesday, Feb. 11, Netanyahu’s office said Saturday. The...
Saudi Arabia and seven other Muslim countries on Monday condemned new Israeli measures to tighten control of the West Bank and pave the way for more settlements on the occupied Palestinian...
Thousands gathered across Australia on Monday to protest over the arrival of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who is on a multi-city trip aimed at expressing solidarity with Australia's Jewish...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army denied on Monday a report that claimed that one of its officers met with an Israeli officer in the United States, in a statement relayed by the state-run National News...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of the military, have arrested Javad Emam, the spokesperson for the main coalition of the reformist camp, local media reported on Monday. The...
“No one wants this law. Not the three presidents [Joseph Aoun, Nawaf Salam and Nabih Berri], not the ministers, not the MPs, not the bank owners. And yet everyone will end up voting for it, because...
Israel's military said it killed four suspected militants who attacked its troops as the armed men emerged from a tunnel in southern Gaza on Monday, calling the group's actions a...
In the halls of the Grand Serail, there is little visible sign of change. The polished marble facades, the curated collection of paintings lining the walls, and the ever-present protocol team all...
The Israeli army infiltrated the village of Hebbarieh in the eastern border sector of southern Lebanon around 2 a.m. from Sunday night, and abducted an al-Jamaa al-Islamiya leader, Atweh Atweh....
The U.S. Department of Justice released on Jan. 30 nearly three million additional documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. Part of the newly revealed information shows that the convicted sex...
19:18 Beirut Time JD Vance: Trump will determine whether Iran is allowed to maintain limited uranium enrichment capabilities U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Monday that President...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Feb. 9, 2026Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:11 a.m.: Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara...
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
