Saudi authorities have released Lebanese national M.K., who was detained in the country, according to al-Markaziya agency and several local media outlets. The agency indicates this release is part...
Thousands of people gathered Friday in Jerusalem for a rare rally in favor of peace, as the war in Gaza enters its 20th month, with an alarming humanitarian situation according to the U.N. and...
The world could witness "another Naqba" in the Palestinian Territories, an ad hoc United Nations committee warned Friday, referring to the mass displacement of Palestinians during the war...
The Catholic Information Center protested on Friday against the satirical show "Marhaba Dawle" because of an episode deemed offensive to religious values and considered that the series,...
Unidentified individuals from Syria entered Hoch al-Sayyed Ali, a border village in northern Bekaa, at dawn on Friday, where they set fire to the mosque before fleeing toward Syrian territory....
Following the election in Mount Lebanon and on the eve of the municipal elections in Northern Lebanon and Akkar, on Sunday, May 11, the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE)...
Mariam al-Bassam, head of news and political programs at Al-Jadeed TV, and several other journalists have resigned in protest after the channel aired last week a controversial report on the...
British art expert Oghenochuko Ojiri, known for his appearances on the BBC's art shows Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip, admitted Friday before Westminster Court to not reporting a series of...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz promised Friday to respond "vigorously" to missiles launched by Yemeni Houthi rebels, shortly after the Israeli army announced that it had intercepted...
Yemeni Houthi rebels claimed on Friday to have targeted Tel Aviv airport in Israel, where the military had earlier announced intercepting a missile fired from Yemen. The Houthis have...
In his Friday sermon at the mosque in Bourj Brajneh in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Jaafari Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Kabalan sharply criticized Prime Minister Nawaf Salam following his visit to the...
The Interior Ministry published a circular on Friday specifying that the last deadline for the withdrawal of candidacies for municipal and mukhtar elections in the governorates of Beirut, the...
Israel will not participate in the planned distribution of food aid under a U.S.-led humanitarian initiative in the besieged Gaza Strip but will ensure its security, the U.S. ambassador to Israel...
Several lawmakers presented a bill to Parliament on Friday aimed at allowing Lebanese expatriates to vote from their countries of residence based on the district of their region of origin, not for...
A week after municipal elections in Mount Lebanon, voters in the North and Akkar governorates are set to elect their local councils on Sunday, May 11. More than 600,000 registered voters across the...
Thursday evening, in an interview with the Al Jadeed channel, the head of the Marada movement, Sleiman Frangieh, spoke for the first time after several months of silence on the situation in Syria...
In a statement, the Israeli military said that it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen by the Houthis. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a...
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) held a "successful" meeting this week with a view to disarming and disbanding, a Kurdish news agency close to the armed movement said on...
Matteo Patrone is the first senior executive of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to have made an official visit to Lebanon last April. The vice president of the EBRD...
BEIRUT — Brigadier General Nicolas Tabet, since March is Lebanon's new representative for the committee supervising the cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel.He began his career in the...
On Sunday, Lebanese citizens headed to the polls to elect new municipal officials for a six-year term. This marked the first phase of the municipal elections since 2016, with around 333 municipal...
After a blissful week of shopping and relaxation in Barcelona, Lebanese couple Bob and Sara decide to end their vacation with an experience they never imagined having back home. The philosophy...
Israel's military said Thursday it opened a mobile medical clinic in southern Syria to support the Druze population, which it has committed to defending in recent weeks. In footage published...
Lebanese Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Rajji spoke with the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai two days before an official visit to Kuwait with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. He reflected on the diplomatic...
A new documentary, released Thursday by Zeteo, an independent American media outlet, claims to have identified the Israeli soldier who allegedly shot al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh in...
"I visited Lebanon a very long time ago! I am happy to be among the first to finally return," exclaimed an Emirati at the microphone for An-Nahar upon arriving at the Rafik Hariri...
The Lebanese Army announced Thursday in a brief statement that it had foiled an illegal migration attempt involving eleven migrants, without providing specifics on their nationality, off the...
A Hamas delegation held two meetings with Egyptian and Qatari mediators in Doha this week but they produced no breakthrough in the search for a Gaza truce, sources close to the group said Friday....
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Saturday, his ministry said, days before U.S. President Donald Trump begins a regional tour. Araghchi is due to hold...
The United Arab Emirates on Friday denied an Amnesty International report accusing it of providing Chinese-made weapons to Sudanese paramilitary forces at war with the regular army. "The UAE...
19:30 Beirut Time Israeli strike in Majdal Zoun An Israeli drone carried out a targeted strike on an individual in the town of Majdal Zoun, in the Sour district, according to our...
French President Emmanuel Macron, the first Western leader to receive Ahmad al-Sharaa in Paris on May 7, has paved the way for the Syrian leader’s recognition on the international stage. The move...
American President Donald Trump's administration has been pressuring the United Nations and international humanitarian organizations for the past few days to approve a new plan allowing limited...
India said Friday it had repulsed a wave of Pakistani drone and artillery attacks overnight, and Islamabad insisted it had not struck targets across the border, as the latest conflict between the...
Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa told AFP on Thursday he had sought assistance from Israel and the United Arab Emirates to combat the drug cartels that are terrorising the South American country....
Once again, geography offers American President Donald Trump a vast playground to distribute the good and bad points of his foreign policy. After renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the "American...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the new Pope Leo XIV to pursue the "peace efforts" of his predecessor, Francis, an official statement said. Abbas sent "best wishes for...
The United States said Thursday that a new foundation will soon announce plans for aid to Gaza, sidelining the United Nations as Israel's two-month blockade brings severe shortages to the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday congratulated Pope Leo XIV and the "Catholic community worldwide" on the election of the new pontiff. "I wish the first Pope...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, the Arab world's only Christian head of state, congratulated newly elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, expressing hope that he would strengthen interfaith...
"You bear a heavy responsibility to restore both internal and international confidence in the Lebanese banking system and to protect the national currency," President Joseph Aoun told the...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, May 9, 2025Some key things to watch today:10 a.m.: Finance Minister Yassine Jaber meets with the Economic, Social and...
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
