Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, isolated on the international stage and in the midst of a difficult reelection campaign, on Thursday delivered an indictment of Israel's critics as...
Xi Jinping told Donald Trump on Thursday that Beijing and Washington must peacefully manage their superpower rivalry, as the U.S. president gave his Chinese counterpart a lavish welcome to the...
The European Commission has announced financial aid of 505 million euros for Lebanon for the years 2026 and 2027, representing the second half of the one billion euro package announced by...
Top story Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Foreign Minister Joe Rajji met Thursday in New York with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, on the...
Shortly after midnight on Monday, Sept. 21, the region of al-Eis, south of Aleppo, was shaken by an explosion at a Syrian army ammunition depot. Projectiles were propelled into the surrounding...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who was denied a US visa to attend the UN General Assembly in person, said Thursday that Israeli policies were no longer merely undermining the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's unusually brief trip to the United States to address the U.N. stands in stark contrast to his week-long visit last year that included a meeting with...
The documentary “NAZA,” which features Israeli soldiers accusing their army of killing civilians in Gaza, will be made available online for free in November, one of its directors said Thursday....
The Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday it had removed 22 people from its list of media workers killed in the Gaza war after a review triggered by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad...
Roger Moukarzel, the sacred breath of sand in your eyes A view of the exhibition "The Sacred Thread" by Roger Moukarzel at the Mark Hachem Gallery in Beirut. (Credit: Roger Moukarzel)...
On Friday, Sept. 25, the Sursock Museum will dedicate space to Mahmoud Darwish and the Palestinian poets who write after him. This evening in Beirut is part of Poetry Day, a tribute that brings...
NORTH LEBANON — A video showing a column of people, allegedly Syrians, crossing into Lebanon through an unofficial route in the Wadi Khaled area along the Syrian border circulated on social media...
Was Saddam Hussein’s daughter arrested in Yemen alongside a tribal chief? This claim has been widely shared on social media since April. The woman presented herself as the former Iraqi dictator’s...
A Saudi-led coalition said Thursday that it had intercepted six ballistic missiles fired from neighboring Yemen by the Iran-aligned Houthis, after alerts were issued in several regions of the...
In Lebanon, for generations, mouneh has been one of the last remaining culinary traditions, enduring in the midst of everything else that has been lost. The word refers to a set of provisions...
Top story European Commission announced Wednesday that it would provide Lebanon with 505 million euros in financial support for 2026 and 2027. This is the second half of the one-billion-euro...
Russia is likely to intensify its hybrid war against the West in the coming months, Denmark's defense intelligence service said in a new threat assessment on Thursday. Hybrid warfare and...
Hamra, 5 p.m. The 3aj’a — the traffic so unique to Beirut — is at its peak. Drivers watch impatiently as a pink flash darts through the congestion. Two helmeted women weave between cars before...
The U.N. rights chief voiced outrage Thursday at the growing civilian toll in Yemen, as the conflict between the Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces and their allies intensifies....
Iranian media said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates had suspended flights operated by Iran's airlines, to comply with US sanctions. "All flights by Iranian airlines to the United...
An earthquake of 5.4 magnitude rattled cities in southeastern Turkey on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, the disaster agency said. The quake, which occurred at...
Bachar El-Halabi is a Lebanese writer.There is something striking about watching Assala Nasri return to Damascus after 15 years away.The famed Syrian singer left her country after publicly...
BEIRUT — From Damascus to Tehran, Lebanon seeks "healthy" relations. On the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam held a series of diplomatic meetings...
Turning the "geographical proximity" between Lebanon and Syria into "an opportunity": That is the goal, according to Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Amer Bisat, of the...
BEIRUT — While the Israeli army continued its bombardment of villages and demolition of homes in southern Lebanon on Thursday, Israeli Army Radio (GLZ) announced a "significant" reduction...
An adviser to Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned on Thursday that Tehran may expand the Middle East war to the Indian Ocean if the U.S. or Israel attacks again. "Since the...
The Houthi offensive in Yemen added a new element to the U.S.-Iran standoff, but above all, it has exposed the limits of the U.S.-Saudi alliance. As Riyadh seeks to contain the Houthis’ advance and...
In early September, U.S. officials in Jerusalem and Washington prepared a draft statement attributed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemning plans by the U.K., France and Canada to block...
Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Thursday that Pakistani airstrikes killed four civilians, vowing to deliver an "appropriate response" to the strikes. Taliban government...
Turkey will hand over control of its base in Bashiqa in northern Iraq to Baghdad, the Turkish presidency announced Wednesday in a joint statement with its neighbor. "In light of progress...
It was a four-story family building in Zawtar Gharbieh. Four apartments housing two generations, with a veranda and surrounded by olive trees. About ten years to complete, in part thanks to the...
Iranian airlines were forced to cancel some international flights on Wednesday after the United States tightened sanctions on Iran's aviation industry in a new effort to cripple its economy....
The Trump administration must immediately reinstate White House access for CNN , MS NOW and Politico , a U.S. federal judge ordered Thursday, after their reporters were banned from the...
Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to use his U.N. address on Thursday to berate New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for calling him a war criminal, a feud that highlights the Israeli leader's growing...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026 Some key things to watch today:10 a.m.: Launch of rehabilitation works on the Dahr al-Baidar road project,...
