BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker Minister of Youth and Sports George Kallas asked employees on Wednesday to evacuate the ministry's building in Beirut, after cracks and sounds were heard in some of its...
Three suspects were arrested on Monday and Wednesday after a shooting incident on Monday wounded three people, including an official from Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), in...
Jordan's security services have thwarted a bid by a foreign state-backed militia to smuggle arms to a cell in the kingdom, an official said on Wednesday. The official...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called on the government on Wednesday to make a decision about post-war governance in the Gaza Strip, saying he would not support open-ended Israeli...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD, partly owned by the European Union) estimated that Lebanon's GDP could increase by 0.2 percent in 2024, a mid-point between the most...
BEIRUT – The Lebanese Army announced on Wednesday that it had recovered the body of a teenager off the coast of Jbeil who had been missing since Sunday, L'Orient Today's correspondent in the...
Ali*, 30, was busy cleaning dozens of weapons before him. “There’s hardly anyone left who doesn’t have at least one at home,” said this small-time firearms dealer in Beirut. Indeed, firearms...
“When talk of a cease-fire resurfaced, my sisters and I began packing, hoping to return soon to our home in northern Gaza,” said Raheel Shareef, a 27-year-old refugee residing in Rafah since last...
Irish Foreign Minister and deputy Prime Minister Michael Martin said on Wednesday that Ireland, a prominent pro-Palestinian voice in Europe, will recognize Palestinian statehood by the end of May....
BEIRUT – The Lebanese Parliament convened on Wednesday to address the $1 billion donation from the European Commission and the status of Syrian migrants and refugees. Parliament agreed on key...
BEIRUT — In a parliamentary session on Wednesday addressing the Syrian refugee issue and the EU's €1 billion package deal, Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati pledged to ramp up diplomatic...
Can a bankrupt country say no to a billion euros? Ever since the European Union announced this aid package, the Lebanese have been crying foul, perceiving it as a way to finance the settlement of...
NEAR HAIFA — Thousands of Palestinians marched in northern Israel on Tuesday to commemorate the expulsion and flight of around 760,000 Palestinians during the 1948 war that marked the creation of...
BEIRUT — Despite reports to the contrary, Rafic Hariri's Koraytem Palace has not been sold to the Lebanese American University (LAU). The former Lebanese Prime Minister, assassinated in 2005,...
21:13 Beirut Time Thank you for joining us for our coverage. Be sure to come back tomorrow for more live updates. Goodnight! 21:05 Beirut Time Caretaker Lebanese...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday’s LIVE coverage of Day 221 of the Gaza war here . Hezbollah announced the death of another of its...
