Tele Liban launches news bulletin in sign language
On Friday evening, Tele Liban, Lebanon's public television channel, launched its first news bulletin in sign language, integrated into the 7:30 p.m. news broadcast. Developed by caretaker...
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Dozens killed and wounded as Israeli forces thrust deeper in Gaza's Jabalia and Rafah
CAIRO — Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district that they had previously skirted in the more than seven-month-old war, killing and...
Nidal al-Mughrabi, 18 May 2024
Iranian Nobel laureate faces new trial: Family
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi faces a new trial over accusations she made against the security forces of sexually assaulting female prisoners, her family said on...
18 May 2024
Lebanese journalist Mona Bechara passes away
Mona Bechara, former editor-in-chief of Magazine , a French-language political journal whose publication has been suspended for several years, died on Friday following a long illness. Daughter of...
18 May 2024
Israeli leaders split over post-war Gaza governance
New divisions have emerged among Israel's leaders over post-war Gaza's governance, with an unexpected Hamas fightback in parts of the Palestinian territory piling pressure on Prime Minister...
18 May 2024
Iran hangs two women as surge in executions intensifies: NGO
Iran on Saturday hanged at least seven people, including two women, while a member of its Jewish minority is at imminent risk of execution as the Islamic Republic further intensified its use of...
18 May 2024
'I will remain here as a thorn in Israel's throat,' says photojournalist in Gaza
BEIRUT — “I've lost count of how many times death has been close to me,” 36-year-old photojournalist, Momen Faiz, from Gaza, told L’Orient Today. He speaks to us via voice notes sent from a...
Ghadir Hamadi, 18 May 2024
Austria to resume aid to UN agency for Palestinians
Austria said Saturday it will restore its funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees after suspending it over allegations that staff were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks....
18 May 2024
Sudan paramilitaries say will open 'safe passages' out of key Darfur city
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have announced their willingness to open "safe passages" out of the former haven city of El-Fasher in Darfur, which has been gripped by fighting for weeks....
18 May 2024
Doctors set to elect 4 Beirut Medical Council members Sunday
By-elections are set to be held Sunday at the headquarters of the Beirut Medical Association, Doctors' House ( Beit al-Tabib ), in Beirut to replace four outgoing members of the council. The...
Anne-Marie El-HAGE, 18 May 2024
Israeli strike targets car on Lebanon-Syria border: Gaza war, day 225
18:54 Beirut Time Latest updates from the Lebanese-Israeli border: * Hezbollah announced that it fired rockets at a deployment of Israeli soldiers west of the "al-Raheb" site ,...
18 May 2024
US officials held indirect talks with Iran on avoiding regional escalation, Axios reports
Two top Biden administration officials held indirect talks with Iranian counterparts this week in an effort to avoid escalating regional attacks, Axios reported on Friday. The talks, involving...
18 May 2024
Israeli forces kill senior Palestinian militant in Jenin: Army
The Israeli military said on Saturday it killed a senior Palestinian militant during an air strike on an "operations center" in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. ...
18 May 2024
Ambrey says Panama-flagged oil tanker attacked southwest of Yemen's Mokha
CAIRO — British security firm Ambrey said on Saturday it had received information that a Panama-flagged crude oil tanker had been attacked approximately 10 nautical miles southwest of Yemen's...