U.S. President Donald Trump will give a primetime address to the nation on Thursday that is expected to focus on his false claims that he won the 2020 presidential election. Trump has said he will...
U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the soccer World Cup final between Argentina and Spain in the New York area on Sunday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.
BEIRUT — The Mount Lebanon Criminal Court has sentenced Georges Hanna Dib, a blogger known as "Dr Food," and several other defendants to life at hard labor in absentia in a drug case....
BEIRUT — A Lebanese Army unit conducted raids in the Laylaki, Jamous, and old airport road neighborhoods of Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, arresting five individuals wanted in...
Lebanese dwellers in the capital know that, come summertime, it's tough to find things to do in the searing heat. In this Riyadh special series, L'Orient Today highlights standout cultural...
Iranian news agencies on Thursday reported that the United States launched strikes around Iran's Gulf island of Qeshm near the Strait of Hormuz, as renewed hostilities flared between Washington...
BEIRUT — Head of the Food Importers Syndicate, Hani Bohsali, said Thursday that "the halt of maritime shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will not lead to an increase in food prices in...
Lebanon and Syria will in the coming months begin revising decades-old trade agreements to revive their economic relationship following the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in 2024,...
BEIRUT — As Lebanon and Israel move toward implementing “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Army has begun strengthening its presence in several of the affected villages, including...
BEIRUT — Prosecutor General at the Court of Cassation Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj received a request from the French judiciary asking Lebanese authorities to arrest three former Syrian intelligence...
Towering at over six feet two, choreographer Nadim Cherfan gives the impression of being absent from this world, living on a cloud of creativity, and more than that, touching the sky before making...
In normal times, I am not a fan of football at all. But when it comes to the World Cup, I turn obsessive. It is one season that comes once every four years, and I make the most of it. I prepare my...
BEIRUT — A video showing four women from the Israeli settler movement Uri Tzafon swimming in the Hasbani River in southern Lebanon has circulated widely on social media over the past 24 hours. It...
The Mount Lebanon Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Elie Helou, on Wednesday sentenced Jonathan Chamoun to 20 years in prison for the killing of 19-year-old Khalil Khalil on Feb. 2, 2025, in...
What are the different types of wills available in France and Lebanon? Is a will drafted in either country recognized and enforceable in the other? In the absence of one, which law...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said Thursday during a parliamentary session that the June 26 framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel was "doomed to fail," insisting that...
Mustafa Dah is an Associate Professor of Finance and the chairperson of the Department of Finance and Accounting at Lebanese American University (LAU) Lebanon is often described as resilient for...
Israeli families moved into a new settlement on a mountain overlooking Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the area's settler regional council said. "This morning, families from...
Lebanese passports' biometric fingerprint system was launched in France on Thursday during a ceremony held at the Lebanese Embassy in Paris, according to the state-run National News Agency ....
Naameh and Haret al-Naameh could soon have their own separate municipal council. Although the two neighboring Chouf villages, the first predominantly Christian and the second Sunni, have been...
A Moroccan prosecutor said on Wednesday he had ordered the release of veteran journalist and political commentator Ali Lmrabet after questioning him, although an investigation continues following...
The Tourism Ministry reiterated in a circular issued on Monday that all bars and night clubs should prohibit the entry of persons under the age of 18 and asked tourism establishments to refrain...
French parliament on Wednesday adopted a bill that will create a legal right to assisted dying for adults with incurable illnesses, capping an intense ethical and political debate. The legislation...
01:52 Beirut Time And that’s a Tortilla. Thank you for following this extraordinary final with us — all 120 minutes of it, plus the occasional pause for hydration, advertising,...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran had released an American citizen detained since December 2024 and allowed her to leave the country. "She is now safely outside of Iran,...
After two days of debate, Thursday’s plenary session was adjourned without lawmakers voting on the key bills on general amnesty and the abolition of the death penalty. Although the withdrawal of...
The Beirut Court of Indictment, presided over by Judge Kamal Nassar, dismissed proceedings against former Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad Salameh in a case stemming from a complaint filed in...
So here we are. It's been six weeks of World Cup football, some of it has been brilliant and some of it painful to watch, and it's all come down to this: Spain vs. Argentina, on Sunday July...
In less than three years, the Middle East has witnessed a series of geopolitical upheavals, with which the region is far from finished contending.The Palestinian question is experiencing the most...
An Israeli NGO on Wednesday condemned a government plan allocating about 2.3 billion euros to several thousand new housing units in settlements in the occupied West Bank. Since coming to power in...
Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) said on Monday that they had arrested, two weeks earlier, an IS emir responsible for the group’s “southern” and “central” districts in Syria. In Syria,...
Pakistan said Thursday it would encourage the United States and Iran to end the violence and resume talks under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it helped mediate last month. "While the...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz told his U.S. counterpart, Pete Hegseth, early Thursday that Israel intends to keep its forces in what it calls "security zones" inside Lebanon, Syria...
BEIRUT — Syrian authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle a shipment of "sophisticated weapons and missiles" across the Syrian-Iraqi border destined for Hezbollah, a source at the...
Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Rajji said Thursday that the government's decision to restore the state's monopoly on arms, notably through the disarmament of Hezbollah, was not dictated from...
Lebanon and Israel have concluded the sixth round of negotiations on an agreement aimed at launching the implementation of “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon, and a virtual military meeting is...
The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it had approved the sale of an estimated $1.96 billion in weapons to bolster Saudi Arabia's air defenses as the war in the Middle East escalates....
The United States struck Iran, and Tehran hit back at U.S. allies in the Gulf on Thursday, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war. The key oil and gas...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army carried out a series of raids at dawn Thursday in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, in pursuit of individuals wanted by the judiciary, our northern Lebanon correspondent...
21:53 Beirut Time US launches new wave of strikes on Iran The United States launched a new wave of strikes against Iran “for the sixth consecutive night,” the U.S. military announced....
Chop the lamb meat with a knife. Mix it with the spices, parsley, sliced onions, and salt, then run the mixture through a meat grinder. Prepare the sauce by mixing all the ingredients in a bowl....
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, July 16, 2026 Some key things to watch today:11 a.m.: Parliamentary session convened by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to...
Fresh from Paris, where the French organization Ensemble contre la peine de mort (Together against the death penalty, ECPM) honored her at the World Congress Against the Death Penalty, Ogarit...
