State Security Service has re-arrested Hermel's governor, Talal Kataya, in north Bekaa, on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the disappearance of municipal election documents. This...
On Tuesday, Israel announced the recall of its senior negotiators from Doha for consultations amid ongoing discussions for a potential agreement on the release of hostages in exchange for a...
BEIRUT — General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Tuesday the initiation of lighting works on the road leading to Beirut International Airport (AIB), starting...
The Lebanese Army announced on Tuesday the arrest of three individuals in Younine, located in the Baalbeck area, suspected of firing shots into the air to celebrate municipal election results in...
United States set to tighten access to COVID-19 vaccines, limiting recommendations to individuals aged 65 and older or to those considered at risk, according to an announcement made by two senior...
European Union is set to reevaluate its association agreement with Israel in light of the recent events in Gaza, European Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas announced on Tuesday. "There is a...
United States reached out to several countries to encourage the "voluntary" resettlement of Palestinians fleeing the Israeli offensive in Gaza, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on...
Lebanese Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar affirmed on Tuesday the government's determination to hold municipal elections as scheduled this Saturday in South Lebanon. Diplomatic efforts are...
Amine Salam, the former Economy Minister, faced a two-hour interrogation session on Tuesday led by Jamal Hajjar, the Attorney General at the Lebanese Court of Cassation. Salam was accompanied by...
BEIRUT — Lebanon is leaning toward renewing a contract with global financial advisory firm Lazard, a government source told L’Orient Today. While no official decision has yet been made, the...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is set to address the issue of arms within Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon during his visit to Beirut starting Wednesday, said a member of his delegation on...
Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berry, has scheduled a meeting for the parliamentary joint committees on Thursday at 11 a.m. to discuss several electoral law proposals ahead of the...
On Tuesday, the United Kingdom announced a suspension of its free trade agreement negotiations with Israel and summoned the Israeli ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, in response to the...
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has suggested that one aspect of the reforms Lebanon must implement should turn Beirut into an "arbitration hub." This would involve bolstering the...
Israeli authorities announced on Tuesday the arrest of two individuals suspected of spying on the Defense Minister on behalf of Iran. "In a joint operation by the Shin Bet (Israel's...
British foreign minister David Lammy is set to announce the pausing of trade deal negotiations with Israel, the government said on Tuesday, adding that it had also summoned Israel's ambassador...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned on Tuesday that Syria could be mere weeks away from a "full-scale civil war," while expressing hope for the success of the transitional...
Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines (MEA) has firmly denied reports circulating in local media and on social networks of a near-collision involving one of its planes at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport...
BEIRUT — Lebanon still has "a lot more" to do to disarm Hezbollah, Deputy U.S. Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus told the Qatar Economic Forum while in Doha on Tuesday. Lebanese authorities...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam reviewed their recent international trips on Tuesday at the Baabda Palace. According to the Lebanese presidency, "Aoun was...
On Tuesday, Israel criticized what it described as "external pressures" following the UK's decision to suspend negotiations for a free trade agreement with the Israeli government....
US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday urged member countries of the World Health Organization to "consider joining" the US, which has begun the process of leaving the...
European Union formally adopted a 17th package of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, targeting new "phantom" oil tankers used to skirt existing sanctions on Russian oil exports,...
At the left shoulder of the Albergo Hotel, in an alley lit like a village festival, stood Joe Kesrouani’s apartment and first photography studio. Tucked away on the top floor of a weathered 1930s...
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation is expected to arrive in Beirut on May 28, according to Finance Minister Yassine Jaber, speaking to L'Orient-Le Jour. The visit is anticipated...
“The dead are only truly gone when the living forget them,” said Sana Yazigi at the May 18 opening of the Detainees and the Disappeared exhibition at the National Museum of Damascus. Yazigi is the...
More than five months after Beirut’s acting first investigative judge suspended the investigation into the assassination of Shiite intellectual and outspoken Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim, the case...
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday that she hoped ministers gathering in Brussels would reach an agreement on lifting economic sanctions on Syria. "On Syria, I...
There is no ‘zay ma hiyeh’ (‘as it is’, Saad Hariri’s political slogan popularized during the previous elections, asking voters to choose full lists) without Saad Hariri. This is one of the main...
Despite a still fragile security situation, Beirut's real estate market has been gradually recovering over the past five months. This resurgence follows the cease-fire effective on November 27,...
Nine individuals were injured on Tuesday in an Israeli drone strike targeting a motorcycle in Mansouri (Sour district), according to L'Orient Today's regional correspondent. The Health Ministry...
On Sunday, a Syrian police station was attacked in al-Mayadeen, Deir ez-Zor countryside, killing three and injuring several, according to official agency SANA. While unclaimed, evidence suggests it...
This Monday morning, the return to reality feels deeply depressing. The list bringing together all the main parties — effectively negating any form of politics — came out ahead in Beirut’s...
A patrol of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was again stopped on Tuesday by residents in south Lebanon, this time in Shaqra (Bint Jbeil), according to L'Orient Today's...
Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar expressed his commitment on Tuesday to hold the scheduled municipal elections in South Lebanon this Saturday, highlighting diplomatic efforts to ensure the election...
Although voter turnout in Beirut, the Bekaa and Baalbeck-Hermel was relatively low in the third round of voting in the municipal elections (21 percent in the capital and 45 percent in the rest of...
Fuel prices for gasoline and diesel surged on Tuesday, while the cost of a domestic gas cylinder declined, according to the latest rates released by the Ministry of Energy and Water. Here are the...
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said that the recent municipal elections in Beirut, held on Sunday, demonstrated that the Amal-Hezbollah coalition, allied with various political parties, represented...
Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 44 people across the war-ravaged Palestinian territory on Tuesday. "Civil defence teams have transferred [to hospitals] at...
The coincidental timing of the USJ photographic archives exhibit with the show "Gaza’s Rescued Treasures — 5,000 Years of History" highlights a shared urgency concerning endangered...
Lebanon has announced its participation in the 61st Venice Biennale, the International Art Exhibition, set to occur from May 9 to Nov. 22, 2026. For the third time running, Lebanon will showcase...
21:59 Beirut Time Gaza: Israel recalls lead negotiators, keeps team in Doha Israel has announced the recall "for consultations" of its senior negotiators from Doha, who have...
Amid heightened Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, a particular operation might have gone unnoticed but quickly became the focus of widespread speculation on May 19, early in the morning. A special forces...
Israel said Monday it would "take control" of the whole of Gaza as it intensified attacks across the territory, where aid trickled in for the first time in over two months after the...
The leaders of Britain, France and Canada on Monday condemned Israel's "egregious actions" in Gaza and warned of joint action if it did not halt a heightened military offensive in the...
Yemen's Houthi rebels said Monday that they would impose a "naval blockade" of the Israeli port of Haifa in response to Israel's escalation of the Gaza war. The Houthis would...
An East Jerusalem hospital chief told AFP on Monday that Gaza was in a "catastrophic" state after weeks of a complete blockade of humanitarian aid and called on countries to act to end...
