BEIRUT — Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem again criticized the Lebanese state on Friday, accusing it of being “controlled by the United States” and directly warning those in power...
Yemen's Houthis said they targeted an Aramco facility in the Saudi city of Najran with a drone, the group-run SABA news agency reported on Friday, citing a military source. The source said...
President Donald Trump dismissed concerns Friday over living conditions and the mental health of service members on a U.S. aircraft carrier deployed against Iran and said the ship would soon rotate...
BEIRUT — The Israeli military announced Friday that it had arrested three people in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, suspected of planning an “imminent attack” in the Palestinian territory. The...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Friday criticized the Lebanese authorities’ “wait-and-see” approach to Hezbollah’s disarmament, urging them to “take inspiration” from Iraq, where he...
BEIRUT — Former Syrian army general Adel Issa, arrested last week in Lebanon, is now the subject of an arrest warrant issued Friday by Court of Cassation Prosecutor General Ahmad Rami al-Hajj. Issa...
BEIRUT — Electricité du Liban (EDL), Lebanon’s state power provider, issued an ultimatum Friday giving all public administrations and institutions "five working days," starting Monday, to...
Attacks on healthcare facilities, workers and patients in conflict zones including Ukraine and Gaza have continued to rise in 2026, reaching an average of more than four per day, the World Health...
Iraq's average daily oil exports since the beginning of August are the highest since the outbreak of the Middle East war between Iran and the United States choked off the Strait of Hormuz, the...
For a few days, the Arabic-language music scene online has found itself with a new subject of discord. Palestinian rapper Shabjdeed released in late July SLV, a diss track against Palestinian...
For decades, the Gulf served as the center of gravity for much of Lebanon's creative talent, with swathes of designers and marketing executives flocking to its cities to find clients or relying...
BEIRUT — The owner of the "Sadaka" pastry shop, Jihad Assaad Sadaka, known as "Abu Ali," was found dead Thursday morning, having been shot in the chest in his office at the...
Sanctioning those who obstruct efforts to disarm Hezbollah, strengthening the Lebanese Army and Internal Security Forces (ISF), supporting the reconstruction of southern Lebanon, cracking down on...
BEIRUT — Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Friday that revitalizing Nabatieh and ensuring the return of its residents are priorities as Lebanon works to revive the South, according to the...
BEIRUT — The United Kingdom has signed a memorandum of understanding with the interior ministry and defense ministry, the British Embassy in Lebanon announced Friday in a statement cited by the...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is widely regarded as a politician who stands apart from Lebanon’s sectarian political system.Yet over the past two days, some critics have accused him of taking a...
BEIRUT — The agriculture ministry on Friday issued a circular strengthening forest fire prevention measures, including clearing operations, cleaning, and reducing flammable vegetation. According...
SOUTH LEBANON — As south Lebanon braces for a possible new Israeli operation targeting the Ali Taher hills, the Israeli army intensified attacks on Friday around Ali Taher, al-Dabshe and al-Tahra,...
Libya has been split for more than a decade between two rival governmental powers, one in the east and one in the west. But on Wednesday, for the first time, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan...
BEIRUT — The U.S. aircraft carrier USS George Washington is heading from the Pacific to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed for more than 250 days as part of...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stressed Friday that revitalizing Nabatieh and ensuring the return of its residents were key priorities as Lebanon seeks to revive the south, the state-run...
Compared with the growing number of exceptional heat waves recorded in Western Europe this summer — both in intensity and duration — the Lebanese summer, and more broadly that of the eastern...
The government released on Thursday evening the details of Decree No. 3214, which sets new waste fee rates on imported products considered polluting.The Cabinet approved the decree the same day...
A former Syrian security officer sentenced to prison in Austria for abusing detainees during Bashar al-Assad’s rule left the country while appealing against his sentence and returned to Syria...
SOUTH LEBANON — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri both called for an end to Israeli attacks in Lebanon during separate meetings with US Lt. Gen. Joseph Clearfield, head...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz visited southern Lebanon, where he instructed the Israeli army to remain deployed in the area until the foreseeable future. The visit was another indication of...
More than 2,000 people evacuated their homes in western Germany on Friday, after a wildfire near the Belgian border spread towards a village, local authorities said. Residents were asked to leave...
Political memory is sometimes a matter of circumstance. Gebran Bassil has spent two years distancing himself from Hezbollah, multiplying his criticisms of his former ally and trying to settle the...
“It’s going to be Death, isn’t it?” Elsa laughs as I shuffle my Tarot cards. “Death is not a bad card,” I say for what feels like the millionth time in my life. “There are no bad cards.” We’re...
Makes 3 500-gram jars Place the fat in a large pot and heat over medium. Let it melt, stirring occasionally, then bring to a boil. Let it simmer until it is almost completely melted and...
“We are neither in a situation favorable to women’s rights nor one that is hostile to them; it’s quite mixed,” says Dorra Mahfoudh, a sociologist and activist with the Tunisian Association of...
Although Islamist detainees have been at the center of the controversy surrounding the general amnesty law, the law also includes alleged drug traffickers, whose inclusion was pushed by Shiite MPs,...
The United States on Thursday said that it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely and would ratchet up economic pressure on Tehran as ceasefire talks have floundered, global oil...
Singer and actor Selena Gomez was sued on Thursday by investors who say the "Only Murders in the Building" star committed fraud by failing to fulfill duties to build and promote her...
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won his self-triggered by-election in Clacton on Friday but saw his strategy to silence critics backfire when his main rival Count Binface, a comedian dressed as a...
21:25 Beirut Time Yemen: 6 killed in Houthi attack on Mokha, a Yemeni port controlled by the internationally recognized government, according to an AFP military source 21:24...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 Some key things to watch today:11:30 a.m.: The Jezzine Judicial Committee of the "Free Patriotic...
