A three-hour meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. envoy Jared Kushner in Jerusalem on Monday ended with an agreement allowing Israel to continue targeted strikes in...
Iran's foreign ministry said Monday that two French diplomats who were briefly arrested last month over accusations of "interference" would not be permitted to return to the country....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on Monday with US envoy Jared Kushner that a US general should supervise Hamas's disarmament and said Israel would not pull troops from Gaza...
An Italian rescue charity said on Monday it pulled 50 people to safety from a double-deck wooden boat in international waters off Libya, and recovered seven bodies. Emergency said it spotted the...
Iran has decided to shift its policy from defensive to "fully offensive" due to the deadlock in efforts to agree a permanent end to its war with the U.S., a senior Iranian official told...
The British construction equipment manufacturer JCB officially announced on Aug. 11, 2026, that its experimental Hydromax had set a new speed record for a hydrogen-powered vehicle. Hydrogen, a...
BEIRUT — As the Israeli army continues its systematic destruction in several villages in southern Lebanon — with attacks "on the rise" over the past two weeks, according to UNIFIL — U.S....
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of a US deal with Iran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Iran to surrender. "If Oman gets...
The U.N. rights chief voiced alarm Monday at the rising civilian toll of escalating hostilities in Yemen, urging efforts to avoid plunging the country back into full-scale war. Yemen, which has...
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked what they described as a Saudi military ship and four escort vessels in the Red Sea with missiles, Reuters reported citing the group’s military spokesperson...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun said Lebanon’s “first option” is to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which is due to expire at the end of the year, amid...
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...
Since her breakthrough at Theatre Monnot in January 2026, under the direction of playwright and director Yehia Jaber, Maria Douaihy has not quite been the same. At 48, the Performing Arts doctorate...
"No one wants to end up stranded in Lebanon." Tarek*, a consultant who has lived in Montreal for the past decade, is realistic about the security situation in the country and decided...
Two drones launched from inside Iran targeted the Iraqi Kurdistan prime minister's office and the home of the autonomous region's intelligence chief overnight, authorities said Monday....
Retail Management Initiatives (RMI), the group behind venues including The Malt Gallery, inaugurated Lumi on June 14, a beach club at the Capo Hotel entrance in Batroun. The project involved an...
22:08 Beirut Time South Lebanon: Israeli army blows up homes near Braasheet and carries out major demolitions in Bani Hayyan The Israeli army blew up homes on the outskirts of...
BEIRUT — Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said in an interview on Israeli station Radio Darom, broadcast Saturday, that Israel should "bomb Beirut and crush them," in an...
U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after holding talks with Hamas leaders in Egypt aimed at reviving a U.S.-backed Gaza...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Aug. 16, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Updates following the Israeli escalation in southern Lebanon.Developments as the...
