BEIRUT — The League of Public Administration Employees in Lebanon on Friday called its members to a two-week strike, the state-run National News Agency reported. The strike, scheduled to begin...
On March 21, the Lebanese lira reached a new record low of LL140,000 to the dollar on the parallel market. That same day, Banque du Liban (BDL) further eased the ceilings for converting lira into...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese cabinet on Friday tasked caretaker Finance Minister Youssef Khalil and caretaker Justice Minister Henri Khoury with managing the case of Banque Du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad...
BEIRUT — The United Arab Emirates has released nine Lebanese detainees who were arrested for their alleged links with Hezbollah, a diplomatic source at the Lebanese Foreign Ministry confirmed to...
ISTANBUL — Like many Syrians in Turkey, Ghaith Sameer is awaiting the result of Sunday's election runoff with trepidation, fearing a win for an opposition candidate who promises to swiftly...
A Palestinian was shot dead by an Israeli civilian Friday after an alleged attempted stabbing attack in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli army....
BEIRUT — A man shot and killed his relative Friday in the Abu Samra area of Tripoli using a military-grade weapon, L'Orient Today 's correspondent in the North reported. According to...
Determined to prevent the government from implementing informal capital controls, the Beirut Bar Association ultimately decided not to challenge Banque du Liban (BDL)’s Circular 165 before the...
BEIRUT — A private conversation involving independent MP Cynthia Zarazir was leaked on social media platforms earlier this week, causing controversy among the bloc. In the leaked conversation,...
It’s been three years since the last AUB Outdoors took place. Why relaunch it now after three years of the crisis? Due to COVID restrictions and disastrous financial conditions in the past three...
Turkey on Friday entered the final stretch of a bitter presidential campaign that has seen Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his secular rival exploit fears about migrants and Kurdish militants. Erdogan...
What do eight Lebanese men accused of one or more offense — from terrorism to drug trafficking, organized money laundering, aggravated breach of trust, corruption and sexual assault — have in...
TRIPOLI, Lebanon — The sun set behind Saadeh Katouh as he strummed his guitar on the corniche in Tripoli’s seaside Mina municipality — an ever-growing crowd of music lovers gathered. Katouh, a...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Hector Hajjar called Friday on a "reversal" of the UN refugee agency's recent move to grant US dollar aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon, which he called a...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah's show of military force last Sunday demonstrates that the party sees itself as "above the sovereignty of the Lebanese state," opposition, independent and Forces of Change MPs...
Iran has freed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele after almost 15 months in custody, in a prisoner exchange facilitated by Oman, senior officials said Friday. Belgium's Prime Minister...
JERUSALEM — An armed Israeli settler shot dead a Palestinian man who allegedly tried to carry out a stabbing attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Israeli military said....
DUBAI — Saudi Arabia and the United States of America have noted improved respect for the agreement on a short-term ceasefire and humanitarian arrangements in Sudan, the US embassy in Khartoum...
BEIRUT — Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil tweeted Thursday that Friday's scheduled cabinet meeting is a “provocation” and “a blow to the constitution." Cabinet is set to convene...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah is open to negotiations on Lebanon's deadlocked presidential election, party leader Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech Thursday evening, calling on other political parties to come...
BEIRUT — The World Bank on Thursday approved $300 million in additional funding for Lebanon that aims at “expanding the provision of cash transfers to poor and vulnerable Lebanese households and...
Fighting between forces loyal to Sudan's rival generals on Friday rocked the western region of Darfur, witnesses said, on the fourth day of a fragile US- and Saudi-brokered ceasefire....
BEIRUT — Fuel prices increased slightly in Lebanon on Friday morning, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Ahead of today’s expected cabinet meeting, caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Saade Chami reiterated his call for Banque du Liban...
