The World Bank released a revealing report on Thursday indicating that Lebanon's poverty rate had surged to 44 percent of the overall population in 2022 (including the estimated 1.5 million...
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations has resumed the delivery of humanitarian aid arriving at a US-built pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Deliveries were halted for two days reportedly because...
A proposal to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address US Congress is already causing controversy among American politicians. Many Democrats have said, both privately and...
WASHINGTON — The heads of three universities and an academic honor society are testifying on Thursday to the US House Committee on Education and the Workforce about universities' handling of...
Relations between the Lebanese authorities and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have been at an all-time low since UNHCR representative in Lebanon Ivo Freijsen sent a...
Thursday morning, in the southern Lebanese district of Nabatieh, two schools were in a state of shock and mourning, following an Israeli drone strike on a road linking Kfar Dejjal to Shoukine. The...
As part of his exchanges with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation visiting Lebanon this week, acting Governor of Banque du Liban (BDL) Wassim Mansouri had the could review the measures...
Leaders of the Iran-led, so-called "axis of resistance," including Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh, discussed the war in Gaza during a meeting in Tehran on the sidelines of President Ebrahim Raisi's...
BEIRUT – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team said , after visiting Beirut, that Lebanon has made "some progress in lowering inflation and stabilizing the exchange rate" but that "these...
In a phone call on Wednesday evening, French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman affirmed their willingness to “pursue their efforts” to ease tensions between...
The commander-in-chief of the Lebanese army, General Joseph Aoun, on Thursday, called for “united efforts” in the face of the “exceptional circumstances” facing Lebanon, which lives to the rhythm...
A two-day Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin killed at least 12 Palestinians, health authorities and an AFP correspondent said Thursday. Israeli troops...
The UN's top court said it will rule Friday on a request by South Africa to order Israel to implement a cease-fire in Gaza. South Africa has petitioned the International...
Israel bombed Gaza on Thursday even as it said it was ready to resume stalled talks on a truce and hostage release deal with Hamas to pause the war raging since Oct. 7. Global pressure for a...
In the Shatila camp in Beirut, Palestinian refugees say they are delighted by the decision of three European countries on Wednesday to recognize the State of Palestine, reviving their hopes of...
Halfway through the term of the parliament elected in May 2022, calls for early legislative elections are becoming increasingly frequent. For some, it is a way of breaking the deadlock in the...
Israel reacted with fury after three European countries said Wednesday they would recognise a Palestinian state, more than seven months into the devastating Gaza war....
22:37 Beirut Time That's it for today's coverage of the Gaza war and its repercussions on the region, notably in southern Lebanon where cross-border fighting continues between Hezbollah...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Thursday, May 23, 2024. Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today: • Strikes continuing on the...
