Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Aug. 20 2026 Some key things to watch today:9 a.m.: Administrative Development Minister Fadi Makki visits North Lebanon,...
The head of Israel's Mossad spy agency, Roman Gofman, held a phone call with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani last week in which they discussed Turkey's military presence in Syria,...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he planned to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and said the Asian nation held 57 "very powerful" nuclear weapons. The remarks...
BEIRUT — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday condemned recent remarks by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir as “unacceptable,” as all German parties in parliament call for...
Several U.S. government agencies warned Wednesday that unidentified hackers are trying to breach Siemens devices used to monitor and operate water facilities and other critical infrastructure,...
Britain has added seven new designations under its Iran sanctions regime, a notice on the government's website showed on Wednesday.
BEIRUT — Fady Dagher, the Lebanese-Canadian who has been at the head of the Montreal police service for three years, was elected Tuesday as president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police...
Syrian authorities have arrested a former security officer who fled Austria after being convicted last month of torturing opponents of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad before his ousting in 2024....
BEIRUT — Iranian Parliament Speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stressed the need to strengthen a “new regional order” during a visit to Baghdad on Wednesday. He also denounced...
What remains of a community’s memory when its library disappears? This urgent question is being addressed by the “One Million Books for Lebanon” campaign, launched in Tripoli by Taleed, the...
BEIRUT — Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Wednesday that a government led by him would strike Iran if Hezbollah attacked Israel. Bennett, who is challenging Benjamin Netanyahu...
BEIRUT — President Joseph Aoun flew to Rome on Wednesday afternoon, where he is set to meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday and visit the Vatican for a meeting with Pope Leo...
SOUTH LEBANON — As Israel maintains its occupation of nearly 700 square kilometers of south Lebanon and carries out fresh demolitions, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has compared the situation to...
On Thursday, Aug. 6, Mohammad Ghmeira, 29, walks into the al-Haffa police station in the Latakia region. He has been summoned over a complaint of theft. The father of two enters the station...
It was in a half-awake dream that Wassim Tawbi came up with the name La Sésalette, the restaurant he opened with his nephew Samer Mansour in 2025 on Rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière, in Paris’ 10th...
He has a disarming, sincere smile, an open and unassuming manner, and a deep love of humanity free of prejudice. This is what one might call an “aura.” Miran Gurunian, also known as Gurumiran,...
Israel's military said on Wednesday that it will open internal investigations over its troops' killings in Gaza of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in January 2024 and 15 emergency...
“Can they cut it in the Big Apple?” That was the question posed on May 26, 1975, when New York Magazine published an issue devoted to the Arab communities that had established themselves in the...
BEIRUT — On an official visit to Lebanon, the Canadian Minister for International Development Randeep Sarai, responsible for foreign aid and humanitarian assistance funded by Canada, conveyed his...
According to the Financial Times ( FT ), Iran is no longer simply limiting its response to the Middle East but is reportedly considering striking U.S. targets in Europe in the event of another...
BEIRUT — The French chargé d’affaires in Lebanon, Bruno da Silva, on Wednesday delivered a letter from his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to the Lebanese president, inviting Lebanon to a...
A year has passed between the initial adoption of the banking reform bill in August 2025 and its review by Parliament last week. By opting for a compromise between the requirements of the Banque du...
The accounts contradict each other. While Masrour Barzani denounced Iranian drone strikes on his personal office, Tehran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke instead of a false-flag...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday lashed out at the United States after Washington slapped sanctions on its president, calling it a "flagrant attack" on the court's...
A record number of humanitarian workers were attacked last year, driven partly by increased use of armed drones, the United Nations said on Wednesday, calling the trend "appalling." Some...
Amid discussions over the new information law and the country's overall situation, the board of the Editors Syndicate met with Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil for a...
Iran's armed forces warned Gulf countries against assisting the U.S. military on Wednesday, hours after the United Arab Emirates announced it was severing economic ties with Tehran following...
Turkey firmly rejected on Wednesday what it called "untenable allegations" by Israel regarding its military position in Syria, after Israel bombed a Syrian air base near the Turkish...
Syrian security forces have arrested a former Assad-era security officer who fled Austria after being sentenced to eight years in prison for abusing detainees and returned to his hometown in...
A Palestinian-American has raised the U.S. flag on his home besieged by Israeli settlers, as the United States renewed criticism of the siege that has generated worldwide condemnation. Louai Abu...
Extending the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which expires at the end of 2026, is the best option for Beirut, President Joseph Aoun said Tuesday. But as Lebanon...
SOUTH LEBANON — The president of the Maronite League, Maroun Helou, stated that "Lebanon cannot remain a prisoner of an open war equation, trapped between Israeli violations in the villages...
21:17 Beirut Time Israeli airstrike hits Mansouri, artillery shells Srebbine Israeli aircraft carried out an airstrike on Mansouri in the Sour district early Wednesday evening, while...
The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said Tuesday its inspectors had found several tons of nuclear material in Syria, at a site Damascus reported to the agency last month. The inspectors...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026 Some key things to watch today:09:30 a.m.: Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh welcomes Director-General of...
As of Monday, Lebanon's National Social Security Fund (CNSS) has a new board of directors, the first to be appointed in several years. The board will be chaired for the next five years by none...
Israel's military said Tuesday that "lessons were learned" after soldiers were criticised for writing identification numbers on Palestinians detained during a raid in the occupied...
