Spotlight on UK-UAE ties amid Manchester City scandal
The Manchester City financial scandal threatens to tarnish one of Abu Dhabi's most dazzling showcases of "soft power" and confronts the United Kingdom with a delicate balancing act in...
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8 p.m. update: Damascus denies talks with Hezbollah; 245 kg of TNT seized at Lebanese-Syrian border
Top story According to six sources cited by Reuters , representatives of the new Syrian authorities and Hezbollah secretly met in Turkey last September in an attempt to ease tensions between the...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 1 October 2026
Stephanie Sayed, the Lebanese designer who defies convention
Lebanese by birth, Sayed grew up between two cultures, with part of her mother’s family living in Venezuela. "I grew up with this dual Lebanese and Venezuelan culture, and with a pretty...
Fifi ABOU DIB, 1 October 2026
In Egypt, the arrest of a team of journalists sparks outrage
They couldn't help themselves. On Oct. 1, 48 hours after the arrest in Egypt of the six journalists who make up the editorial team of Matsaddaqsh (literally: "Don't believe it"),...
Emmanuel HADDAD, 1 October 2026
flydubai flight: Netanyahu points to ‘Islamist indoctrination’ of co-pilot as Israelis swell with pride
No motive has yet been determined for an apparent attempt to crash the flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, and an initial assessment suggested the co-pilot who stabbed the...
AFP/Reuters, 1 October 2026
Alleged Cornell gang rape prompts calls to revise New York sexual assault laws
Some New York lawmakers are urging a revamp of the state's sexual assault statutes to make it easier to prosecute cases involving intoxicated victims, following renewed outrage over an alleged...
L'Orient Today staff/Reuters, 1 October 2026
Burnham says UK should weigh post-Brexit EU options, including rejoining
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Wednesday Britain should consider options for its future relationship with the European Union, including rejoining the bloc, doubling down on his message that...
L'Orient Today staff/Reuters, 1 October 2026
Israeli settlers kill Palestinian in West Bank
Israeli settlers shot two Palestinians, killing one and injuring the other, in an attack on the village of Yasuf in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday. Israel's military and settlers...
L'Orient Today staff/Reuters, 1 October 2026
At Téta Marie in Nice, Lebanon comes to the table
At Téta Marie, you enter as if stepping into a living room. Still-life watercolors of citrus fruits and a few blown-glass carafes surround a handful of wooden tables nestled close together. Along...
Amélie ZACCOUR, 1 October 2026
US urges Europe to release diesel from strategic reserves, AFP reports
Washington warned Europe on Thursday that it was in its interest to work with the United States as Washington explores ways to boost supplies of refined petroleum products, a U.S. official told...
1 October 2026
In Bobigny, Arab theater explores family fractures caused by war
"Don’t stand facing the water. Watch its flow… water can explode… My body fears loud voices. More than bombs… " The Arabic words appear on a screen. With this prologue, imagined in memory...
Muriel MAALOUF, 1 October 2026
A rare food win in Dublin
Dear reader, Before I even moved to Dublin, I knew finding proper Lebanese food there was going to be a struggle. My "extensive research" (a quick Google search) brought up basically one...
1 October 2026
Israel continues to target Mansouri, Mais al-Jabal, explosives transferred to Wadi Slouqi
SOUTH LEBANON — The Israeli army continued its daily strikes and demolitions in southern Lebanon on Thursday morning, with machine-gun fire, artillery shelling and military vehicles moving through...
L'Orient Today staff, 1 October 2026
Riad Salameh challenges French seizures of illicit assets carried out abroad
BEIRUT — Lawyers for former Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh challenged the French judiciary’s jurisdiction to seize assets abroad before the Paris Court of Appeal on Thursday, sources...
L'Orient Today staff, 1 October 2026
Gulf tourists shunned Lebanon again this summer
Gulf nationals were expected to be at the heart of Lebanon’s tourism recovery, despite the wars with Israel and ongoing economic crisis. But they were scarce again this summer, accounting for only...
Yara Sarkis, 1 October 2026
Fattal Group, acquired by CMA CGM, is now called 'Tamina'
BEIRUT — The Fattal Group, the Lebanese distributor acquired in August by French shipping company CMA CGM, has been renamed "Tamina," the two companies announced Thursday in a statement...
L'Orient Today staff, 1 October 2026
Syrian government officials and Hezbollah held secret talks in Turkey, sources say
Representatives of the Syrian government and Hezbollah have held face-to-face talks in Turkey to try to calm tensions between them, according to six sources briefed on the first known meeting...
Reuters, 1 October 2026
1 p.m. news recap: Iraq postpones to late June deadline for disarming pro-Iran militias; Abu Dhabi opens probe into Flydubai flight incident; another inmate dies in Roumieh
Top story Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi announced Thursday that the new deadline for the disarmament of pro-Iranian factions operating in Iraq would be June 30, 2027, following the withdrawal...
L'Orient Today staff, 1 October 2026
Funerals held in Gaza City for 105 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in October 2023
BEIRUT — The bodies and remains of 105 Palestinians found beneath the rubble of residential buildings in Gaza City which Israel bombed in October 2023, were buried in mass funerals organized...
L'Orient Today staff, 1 October 2026
US, Iran give conflicting accounts of Iranian delegation's departure from New York
BEIRUT — The United States and Iran gave conflicting accounts Thursday over the departure of Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his delegation from New York, with Axios reporting that...
L'Orient Today staff, 1 October 2026
As US influence grows in Lebanon, what role will Saudi Arabia play?
Since the regional war began, the United States appears to be calling the shots in Lebanon more than ever. The Five-Nation Group on Lebanon, aka the Quintet, comprising Washington, Paris, Riyadh,...
Jeanine JALKH, 1 October 2026
Syrian government officials and Hezbollah held secret talks in Turkey, Reuters reports
Representatives of the Syrian government and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have held face-to-face talks in Turkey to try to calm tensions between them, according to six sources briefed on the...
1 October 2026
Samir Haddad, Gen Z's resident Arabic teacher, passes away at 78
" Teb3uneh la t7assno khatkon " ("Follow me to improve your writing"): For thousands of people online, these words had become familiar. Samir Haddad would sit down in front of...
Rayanne TAWIL, 1 October 2026
Turkey nabs suspect in 2013 attack by Syria border
Turkey's intelligence agency has captured a key suspect from a deadly 2013 attack near the Syrian border while he was attempting to flee to Europe, state media said Thursday, citing a security...
1 October 2026
Iran Guards hail US withdrawal from Iraq as 'historic victory'
Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Thursday welcomed the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq as a "historic victory" and called for American troops to leave the Middle East. The...
1 October 2026
What movies to watch during the European Film Festival in Beirut
An inconsolable painter, a fairground worker posing as a fortune teller, and a gallerist willing to maintain the deception: The European Film Festival in Lebanon will open its 30th edition under...
L'Orient Today staff, 1 October 2026
UAE probes possible 'terror' incident on flight to Israel
The United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday it was probing a possible "terrorist" link to an apparent attack by a pilot on board a flight to Israel that saw passengers reroute the...
1 October 2026
Cynthia Yaacoub, the Lebanese female instructor at a shooting range
A series of gunshots shatters the silence at the General Security shooting club under the Adlieh bridge in Beirut. Behind a bulletproof window, a woman reloads her weapon. Her long blonde braid...
Emily CARPENTER, 1 October 2026
Kataeb Hezbollah announce suspension of military activities in Iraq after US announces withdrawal
BEIRUT — Kataeb Hezbollah, one of the Iran-backed armed militias in Iraq, announced Thursday that it was suspending its military activities in Iraq, except for operations targeting "hostile...
L'Orient Today staff, 1 October 2026
Trump renews threats to strike Iran, says 'either we make a deal or we blow them up'
BEIRUT — U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States will soon have to choose between reaching a deal with Iran or resuming strikes on the country, asserting that the conflict...
L'Orient Today staff, 1 October 2026
Bank resolution: Joseph Aoun resorts to Constitutional Council, reigniting the battle over powers
The law on bank reforms has not yet resolved the disagreements it was intended to help overcome. President Joseph Aoun lodged an appeal with the Constitutional Council challenging Article 3 of the...
Mounir YOUNES, 1 October 2026
Presidency-Hezbollah: A dialogue mechanism is needed
At the heart of Lebanon's crisis is the lack of dialogue between President Joseph Aoun and Hezbollah. Since the Lebanese authorities rule out internal confrontation to disarm the party, and...
Joe Macaron, 1 October 2026
Attack on bus in Syria kills seven: state news agency
A shooting attack on a bus in central Syria on Wednesday killed seven people and left four others wounded, state media reported. The perpetrators of the shooting in Homs province have not yet been...
1 October 2026
Pakistani airstrikes kill 9 in Afghanistan, Taliban say
Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan hit three houses on Thursday, killing 9 people, the Afghan Taliban government said, while Islamabad said the strikes killed 22 "terrorists" after...
Reuters, 1 October 2026
Blast at Syrian gas pipeline, power stations hit
A blast at a gas pipeline near the Syrian capital Damascus late Wednesday sparked a massive fire and put three power stations out of service. It came two days after an explosion caused by sabotage...
1 October 2026
Iraqi PM sets June 30 deadline for pro-Iran factions to disarm
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on Thursday announced June 30 as a new deadline for armed factions to turn over their weapons to the state, following the end of the U.S.-led coalition's...
1 October 2026
Israel PM hails Indian pilot of rerouted flight for averting disaster
Israel's leader credited the pilot and passengers of a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight with averting catastrophe on Wednesday after they overpowered a co-pilot who allegedly tried to crash the aircraft,...
1 October 2026
Israel denounces ‘jihadist terrorist attack attempt’ in Flydubai incident; Justice minister says Hezbollah disarmament matter of time: Everything you need to know this Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026 Some key things to watch today:9 a.m.: Finance Minister Yassine Jaber receives French President's special...