BEIRUT — Boeing announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with aviation startup Archer Aviation to sell it several projects and technologies in exchange for a stake in the company. Under...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has made six new appointments to the Revolutionary Guards and armed forces, including Major General Pilot Ali Abdollahi as chief of staff of the armed forces...
BEKAA — The National Litani Office on Monday accused two factories in the Bekaa of practices that are polluting Lebanon’s largest river. In a statement, the agency said a joint technical...
On Thursday, Nabatieh investigative judge Fatima Majed issued an indictment against F.B., suspected of killing Deir Mimas Mayor Souheil Abou Jamra, and seriously injuring mokhtar Nicolas Sleiman on...
BEIRUT — An ongoing massive fire that broke out on Sunday night in the outskirts of the village of Botmeh in the Chouf district, was still ongoing Monday, spreading across large forested areas, and...
NORTH LEBANON — Tripoli’s municipal police on Monday ordered residents of two buildings in the Abi Samra area to evacuate immediately after structural cracks were found, citing safety concerns,...
From the uncertain integration of Syria’s Kurdish forces to Iranian strikes in northern Iraq, Kurdish movements are being forced to adapt to a regional order increasingly shaped by powerful...
Parliament is scheduled to hold plenary sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday to debate amendments to the banking resolution law adopted last year, which has become a divisive issue. At the request of...
A first group of Syrian Kurds were headed for the northeastern border town of Ras al-Ain on Monday following years of displacement, months after an integration deal between the Kurds and Damascus....
SOUTH LEBANON — Less than a week after the Israeli army issued an evacuation order for Mansouri, residents of the Sour district village protested Monday, demanding to return to their homes. The...
BEIRUT — Defense Minister Michel Menassah on Monday submitted the Lebanese Army’s written observations on the proposed amendments to the general amnesty bill to Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab,...
BEIRUT — As the Lebanese Army deploys in the “pilot zones,” questions are growing over its authority to conduct searches, particularly in private homes. Prosecutor General at the Court of...
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun gave the head of the Lebanese delegation, Simon Karam, his directions for the next stage of negotiations with Israel on Monday, according to the Lebanese...
BEIRUT — The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a map on its X account on Aug. 6 that contained numerous errors, including what appeared to show part of southern Lebanon as annexed to...
The person whose judicial case for a sex change was in the spotlight last month was born in 1989. By the time they entered the courtroom six years ago, they had already lived through the long...
BEIRUT — The prosecutor general at the Beirut Court of Appeal, Judge Raja Hammoush, has initiated proceedings against former Banque du Liban (BDL, Central Bank) governor, Riad Salameh, and the...
Six years after the start of Lebanon's economic collapse, and with the war between Hezbollah and Israel having devastated parts of the country since October 2023, L’Orient-Le Jour met Lebanese...
“A genuine peace in the region will only be achieved once the Palestinian cause is resolved.” This statement might win the approval of many analysts. But the fact that it came from Lebanese Forces...
Tehran on Monday said Iranians had shown "they are professional chess players" in response to remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump comparing his dealings with Iran to the board game....
The ensemble has never performed there. Yet, on the opening night of the Ajaltoun Festival on Aug. 24, Les Cordes Résonnantes and the Municipality of Ajaltoun will pay tribute to the Baalbeck...
Israel's military on Sunday closed the West Bank village of Taybeh to nonresidents, saying it aimed to prevent growing attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers across the West Bank. The...
Negative signals are once again taking center stage. While Lebanon threatened not to partake in the next round of negotiations in Rome, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to a “very...
An Irish court on Sunday charged alleged cartel boss Daniel Kinahan with directing a criminal organization and remanded him in custody after his extradition from Dubai on a government jet. The...
Bursts of laughter echo through a hotel in Beit Sahour, on the outskirts of Bethlehem. Eliana Bannoura, 25, is about to say “I do” to her childhood sweetheart, Samer Jaraissa, 30. Surrounded by the...
21:36 Beirut Time Israeli military 'ready to resume high-intensity fighting,' chief of staff says “We are well prepared defensively while maintaining immediate operational readiness...
Iran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the U.S. must meet other conditions, including compensation...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Aug. 10 2026Some key things to watch today:8:30 a.m.: Energy and Water Minister Joe Saddi tours Tripoli facilities to inspect...
Hezbollah seeks a broader disarmament deal; Israel rejects withdrawal from south Lebanon; parliament passes general amnesty law: Everything you need to know this Thursday 
