The girls’ and boys’ national teams from private schools in Lebanon took first and second place respectively on Sunday at an international futsal tournament, or indoor football, in Turkey....
Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Rajji announced Wednesday that steps had been taken to correct a plaque installed in a New York park as part of the “al-Qalam: Poets in the Park” project, following...
Lebanese Foreign Minister Joe Rajji said Wednesday that Lebanon had taken the “courageous decision” to engage in direct negotiations with Israel in order to reach a “complete and lasting...
Israel's army chief Lieutenant Colonel Eyal Zamir on Wednesday said the military was at its highest alert level, as Tehran and Washington traded threats of war. "At this moment, the IDF...
President Joseph Aoun said Wednesday that reform in Lebanon “must start from within, not from the outside,” stressing the need to reopen Arab markets — especially those in the Gulf — to Lebanese...
After making a strong impression in his first-ever Grand Slam qualifying match, Lebanese-French tennis player Daniel Jade was unable to repeat the feat Wednesday at Roland-Garros, losing 6-3, 6-3...
Last week witnessed a new development in the dispute, which has opposed, since the early 2000s, Fadi Khoury, owner of the Saint-Georges Yacht Motor Club located on the Beirut waterfront (Ain...
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir posted a video on Wednesday showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla kneeling with their hands tied behind their backs...
SOUTH LEBANON— Rescue operations after Tuesday’s Israeli strike on Deir Qanoun al-Nahr in southern Lebanon have recovered 13 bodies and rescued two wounded, according to the municipality and our...
European intelligence agencies believe the Chinese military has trained hundreds of Russian soldiers for fighting in Ukraine, according to Germany's Die Welt newspaper which cited secret...
The Beirut Indictment Chamber, headed by Kamal Nassar, and composed of Roland Chartouni and Marie-Christine Eid, issued an indictment on Tuesday in the “Abu Omar” case. The court thus indicted...
The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday there were 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths and numbers are expected to rise given the amount of time the virus...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah said Wednesday that clashes have taken place in recent days with Israeli troops attempting to advance toward Haddatha, north of Bint Jbeil and beyond the “buffer zone” Israel is...
BEIRUT — Weeks into the Iran war, the United States and Israel reportedly considered former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a post-regime role in Tehran, according to The New York Times . The...
BEIRUT — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced Tuesday a $22 million financing package for Spinneys supermarkets in Lebanon to support sustainable development...
The Jordanian military announced it had shot down a drone of unknown origin in its airspace on Wednesday. No casualties were reported. "This morning, the Jordanian Armed Forces engaged with a...
BEIRUT — What had appeared to be a breakthrough was not one after all. As MPs seemed poised Thursday to adopt a draft law on general amnesty approved Tuesday by joint parliamentary committees,...
BEIRUT — As fighting with Israel resumed in March, Joumana’s life was upended twice in the same week. She first had to flee her home in Beirut’s southern suburbs, then her employer told her that...
"It is my duty, and stemming from my position and responsibility, to do the impossible — and whatever costs the least — to stop the war against Lebanon and its people,"When Joseph Aoun...
The United States on Tuesday issued sanctions against four people associated with a humanitarian aid flotilla to the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza, accusing them of being...
How can L’Orient-Le Jour, an independent daily since 1924, document and narrate the events unfolding on the other side of the infamous "yellow line" established by Israel, which in effect...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned on Wednesday that the Middle East war will extend beyond the region if the United States and Israel resume attacks on the Islamic republic. "If the...
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Wednesday a Korean crude vessel is passing through the Strait of Hormuz, in cooperation with Iranian authorities. He did not elaborate on the details...
For Iran, the latest war has only confirmed the obvious: the Strait of Hormuz remains its trump card. Now, the Islamic Republic is working to preserve its hold over this crucial maritime route —...
NORTH LEBANON — Protesters briefly blocked the road linking Abdeh to Halba on Wednesday morning, at the level of the towns of Deir Dloum and Majdala in Akkar (North Lebanon), using burning tires,...
A planned strike at South Korean chip giant Samsung Electronics will go ahead from Thursday, its union said, after talks on bonus payouts collapsed, raising concerns over a disruption to the...
On Tuesday, Nawaf Salam's government ordered hundreds of displaced people who have been living in tents on Beirut's waterfront since the re-escalation of the war on Lebanon to vacate the...
22:53 Beirut Time Hezbollah claims Tuesday attacks inside Israeli territory In its 21st statement of the day, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for “an exploding drone attack carried...
The U.S. Senate advanced a war-powers resolution on Tuesday that would end the Iran war unless President Donald Trump obtains Congress' authorization, a rare rebuke of the Republican leader 80...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, May 20 2026 Some key things to watch today:10 a.m.: Lebanese University President Dr. Bassam Badran meets Chinese...
President Xi Jinping hailed China and Russia's "unyielding" ties in talks with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, as the pair met to underscore their alliance days after Donald Trump's...
A year had passed since Israel unilaterally broke the 1949 armistice following the Six-Day War. In the summer of 1968, a reporter for The New York Times recounted his journey along the invisible...
Israeli authorities have said that 430 activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla were en route to Israel, after their vessels were intercepted at sea. Sailing from Turkey last week, the Global...
President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the United States may strike Iran again — a day after he said he had held off a major assault in hopes of a peace deal — but Tehran's army threatened...
