Israel accused Hezbollah on Wednesday of rebuilding a military site in Choueifat, a southern suburb of Beirut, prompting an immediate denial from the party and the arrival of a Lebanese Army patrol...
A widespread electricity outage affected southern Lebanon on Wednesday starting at 1:30 p.m., reported our local correspondent, Mountasser Abdallah. This massive blackout was due to a technical...
The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, met on Wednesday with several Lebanese ministers, expressing his country's willingness to help Lebanon. These meetings come two months after...
Qatari Education Minister Sheikha Loulwa bint Rachid al-Khater, visiting Beirut on Wednesday, stated that her country is "determined to cooperate" with Lebanon and support it following...
U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly backed down Wednesday in his global trade war with a 90-day pause for most countries but slapped even more levies against China in what has become a full-scale...
Macron announced on Wednesday that France could recognize a Palestinian state “in June” at a conference it will co-chair with Saudi Arabia in New York. “We must move towards recognition, and so in...
Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that the army was seizing large areas in Gaza and incorporating them into buffer zones cleared of their inhabitants in a bid to force Hamas...
With a warm handshake, Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed welcomed his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Saar, in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. The two officials discussed their countries' "growing...
Yemen's Houthi media said on Wednesday that the number of people killed in an air strike on Hodeida the day before that they blamed on the United States has risen to 10 people. "The death...
A young boy was abducted from the Public School for Boys in Beddawi, north of Tripoli, as reported by our correspondent Michel Hallak and the National News Agency (NNA). The seventh-grade student...
BEIRUT — BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has convened the joint parliamentary committees for a meeting on April 16 at 11 a.m. to review a draft law aimed at amending the country’s...
Beirut, 1980. As Lebanon sunk into Civil War, a show emerged on the theatrical scene like an electric shock: Film Amerki Tawil, a sharp work by Ziad Rahbani. Between absurd tragedy and political...
Georges Adwan, MP and president of the administration and justice committee, held a press conference Wednesday at Parliament, during which he threatened to withdraw his confidence and that of the...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Wednesday that the issue of Hezbollah’s weapons would "soon" be brought before the Cabinet, amid growing domestic and international pressure for...
Scrap metal sellers and their families protested today at the Nahr Abou Ali intersection in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, in response to the decision by North Lebanon Governor Ramzi Nohra to close all...
The EU adopted its first measures on Wednesday to retaliate against Donald Trump's tariffs, imposing taxes in return on a range of U.S. products such as motorcycles, soybeans, or poultry, the...
A few days before the nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran, set to take place next Saturday in Oman, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the application of the...
This is the story of a kid from Aley who used to sneak off to Starco, Beirut, to listen to Kataeb students debate politics. It's also the story of a kid from Beirut who clumsily picked up a...
BEIRUT — The Israeli army is preparing to include the city of Rafah, in south Gaza, and surrounding areas in the buffer zone it is establishing along the border, Haaretz reported, citing sources...
Scrap traders, exporters and their families staged a protest at the Nahr Abu Ali roundabout in Tripoli, north Lebanon, in reaction to Governor of North Lebanon, Ramzi Nahra, shutting down all scrap...
This will be a first worldwide. With a unit price close to $800,000, the "Liberty" vehicle from the Dutch company PAL-V — equipped with three wheels, a rotor and a propeller and capable...
Beirut’s first investigative judge, Bilal Halawi, issued on Tuesday an indictment in the “consultation account” case linked to the Banque du Liban (BDL), in which former governor Riad Salameh is...
BEIRUT - Lawyer Mohammad Ziad Jaafil filed a complaint with the Public Prosecution on Wednesday against Lebanese brand Ritika, accusing the company of naming some of its women’s shoes and handbags...
Iran is open to U.S. investments but opposes any attempts at regime change, Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday, ahead of rare nuclear talks between the two countries. Iran and the...
Acting Beirut first investigative judge Bilal Halawi issued an arrest warrant against Karim Salam, brother and associate of former Economy and Trade Minister Amin Salam (2021–2025), after...
The Israeli army claimed to have targeted a Hamas commander in a strike on Gaza City on Wednesday, which, according to the local civil defense, hit a residential building killing at least 20...
On Wednesday, the Kremlin criticized the brief detention on Sunday in France of a Russian government employee at Charles de Gaulle Airport, stating it “further worsens” the already strained...
"What is very sad is the impression that we can only exist through Western recognition," said Hania Mroueh, explaining the goal of the newest festival organized by the Metropolis...
Former General Security Director General Abbas Ibrahim has been notified by investigative judge Tarek Bitar of a hearing scheduled for next Friday as part of the investigation into the Aug. 4,...
During Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to his American ally, U.S. President Donald Trump, in Washington, French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to the Egyptian Sinai, along...
Recently, you’ve heard it whispered. Maybe even shouted. “Normalization with Israel.” It’s one of the most sensitive and controversial topics in Lebanese politics — and it seems like it’s back...
In November 2024, the Elie Saab fashion house announced the arrival of Marina Raphael, a young designer tasked with the artistic development of its bag department. At only 26 years old, she already...
Despite the uncertainty weighing on Lebanon in terms of security and Israel's often deadly operations in the south, the 29th edition of the Horeca Lebanon Show, organized by Hospitality...
Despite past and current governments’ will and promises and international pressures — reemphasized during U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus’ visit last weekend — the banking sector restructuring draft law...
With the ongoing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon and, more recently, in Beirut, the Lebanese people still feel that the war persists despite the cease-fire, albeit less intensely. One of the...
BEIRUT - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called Wednesday, during a meeting with the CEO of the Kuwaiti telecommunications group Zain, for better cooperation between Lebanon and Kuwait, in economi...
Moroccan engineer Ibtihal Aboussad, based in Canada, was recently fired by Microsoft after publicly denouncing the tech company's involvement in Israeli military programs. Ibtihal Aboussad...
21:41 Beirut Time Calls from an unknown number According to information from our correspondent in douth Lebanon, at least three families in Yater received calls from an unknown...
Lebanese Army announced Wednesday the arrest, in Rasm al-Hadath (Baalbeck district), of a man identified by the initials M.D. who is suspected of attempting to illegally bring seventeen Syrians...
In Paris a court ruled Tuesday that the cement company Lafarge, accused of paying jihadist groups to maintain its activities in Syria until 2014, and its Swiss owner Holcim, violated the...
After a three-year delay, Lebanon is holding elections for municipal councils and mukhtars , starting May 4. The elections, which will take place over four consecutive Sundays, have been...
Calls for Hezbollah to disarm are gaining momentum, and a senior Hezbollah official told Reuters the group is prepared to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if Israel...
Palestinian-American Muhammad Rabee said Monday he felt abandoned by the United States, a day after Israeli forces fatally shot his 14-year-old son, Amer, during a family visit to their hometown in...
On April 2, a Lebanese Army Cessna reconnaissance aircraft was seen flying in circles over several villages in southern Lebanon for over an hour — a rare and symbolic return of Lebanese military...
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday moved to restore awards to the World Food Programme (WFP) in Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Jordan, Iraq and Ecuador, sources familiar with the...
'Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Catch up on yesterday's live coverage.Wednesday, April 9, 2025.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:•...
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
