Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 Some key things to watch today:11 a.m.: Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri convenes a joint session of the...
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he might ask Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to intervene in support of Saudi Arabia as hostilities between Riyadh and the Houthis in...
Today's top story Tuesday was marked by a sharp escalation between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis, as both sides issued evacuation orders. Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet, chaired by Crown Prince...
BEIRUT — When Elissa* pictured retirement, she always imagined herself resting after years of hard work, enjoying a slower pace of life and spending more time with her children and grandchildren. A...
The first investigating judge in Mount Lebanon, Nada al-Asmar, was unable to hold a scheduled hearing Tuesday in the Mecattaf case after the Mouttahidoun collective, which filed the complaint,...
Jean-Pierre Lafon, France’s ambassador to Lebanon from 1994 to 1997, was the driving force behind the creation of the École supérieure des affaires (ESA). Acting as a bridge between Jacques Chirac...
Iran is reinforcing its sensitive nuclear and military sites, as well as border areas, rebuilding its missile and drone capabilities and threatening to strike U.S. interests and those of their Gulf...
As U.S. military preparations accelerate and Israel braces for a new confrontation with Iran, Saudi Arabia is emerging at the center of a major strategic realignment. According to diplomatic...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah announced Tuesday a new housing aid program for displaced people and families whose homes have been destroyed or rendered uninhabitable by Israel's bombardments since October...
BEIRUT — More than twelve years after the events, the Court of Justice, headed by the president of the Court of Cassation and president of the Supreme Judicial Council (CSM), Souheil Abboud, held...
The episode is likely to haunt him for a long time. The Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport over the weekend, which killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 310, are the clearest symbol yet of...
Hezbollah has announced a new housing assistance program for displaced families and those whose homes were destroyed or rendered uninhabitable by Israeli bombardments. The plan provides aid of up...
Everyone saw it coming. The postponement of the Palestinian legislative elections had been in the works for weeks. As early as August, 44% of Palestinians surveyed by the Palestinian Center for...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he does not believe that China and Russia are helping Iran, adding that they have "too much to lose." Trump has faced pressure over...
BEKAA — The Lebanese Army said Tuesday it had defused and detonated an "old explosive device" during the previous night found concealed near the Lebanese-Syrian border in Kfar Zabad, in...
The Red Cross called Tuesday for urgent de-escalation in the Middle East, warning that further fighting would be disastrous for tens of millions of civilians. Yemen's civil war — in which a...
SOUTH LEBANON — Israeli forces carried out four strikes in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, alongside machine-gun and artillery fire in several areas, as President Joseph Aoun said the framework...
BEIRUT — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called on the international community to pressure Israel to identify and punish the soldiers responsible for an attack on journalists...
In the design and development teams of a Saudi mega-project, nearly 10 Lebanese nationals — about half of those working on the project — have left. Their contracts, which had previously been...
Two ships have been struck off the coast of Bulgaria, one in a drone attack, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Tuesday, a week after a similar incident. Radev wrote on social media that a...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sharply cut growth forecasts for the Middle East and Central Asia in 2026, as the ongoing war has sent economies into a tailspin. In its latest World...
He has bright green eyes and a dimpled smile that appears whenever a memory comes to mind. Phrases, proverbs, stories, anecdotes and sayings from his father come tumbling out, almost impatiently....
The recent episode between FPM leader Gebran Bassil and former Hezbollah MP Nawaf Mussawi has sparked much debate. Relations between the two groups had already cooled for some time, particularly...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026 Some key things to watch today:11 a.m.: Meeting of the Administration and Justice Committee, chaired by MP...
Nour* had gradually grown accustomed to the explosions overhead in Riyadh. From her apartment in a skyscraper, the consultant regularly felt the building “tremble” with each missile interception...
