Télé Liban: Information Ministry opens applications
The Information Ministry announced on Friday the opening of applications for the positions of chairman of the board, general manager, as well as five non-permanent board members of the state-run...
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Salam denounces 'truncated' excerpts on normalization with Israel from interview with CNN
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam's press office strongly denounced Friday the broadcast of "truncated" excerpts from the interview given by the prime minister to CNN, during which he stated...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Israel says Hamas must accept US-backed hostage deal 'or be annihilated'
Israel's defense minister warned Hamas on Friday to accept a cease-fire proposal submitted by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff "or be annihilated," after the group said the deal failed to...
30 May 2025
Roumieh prison courtroom to reopen on June 3
The Justice Ministry announced Friday that the courtroom at Roumieh prison, the largest and most overcrowded in the country, would resume its activities on June 3, with several measures taken to...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Saudi FM to make rare West Bank visit Sunday
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan will head to Ramallah on Sunday, a Palestinian embassy source said, in the most senior Saudi visit to the West Bank since it was occupied by Israel in 1967....
30 May 2025
Lebanese army announces closure of six illegal crossings in Baalbeck region
A Lebanese Army unit closed six illegal crossings in the mountainous region of the village of Yahfoufa, near Baalbeck, as part of efforts to combat infiltrations and trafficking across the northern...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Security meeting led by Joseph Aoun over Israeli violations and disarmament of camps
President Joseph Aoun chaired a security meeting on Friday focused on the situation in southern Lebanon and the disarmament of Palestinian camps, the presidency announced. “The meeting was...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Lebanon officially resumes negotiations with the IMF
More than three years after signing a framework agreement with the International Monetary Fund, which has become obsolete, Lebanon officially resumed its negotiations with the IMF on Friday in an...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
UN-Hezbollah meeting on Israeli attacks
The head of Hezbollah's liaison unit, Wafic Safa, met Thursday with the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, with whom he discussed Security Council...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Film screenings, beach clubs and Saint Levant in Beirut
This week marked two important milestones in my apartment: the A.C. is officially on and the summer skirts have been coaxed out of hibernation, which can only mean that beach season is officially...
Anya Wickremasinghe, 30 May 2025
New arrest warrant against Riad Salameh after depositor complaint
Beirut’s investigative judge Roula Sfeir issued an arrest warrant on Thursday against former Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, after questioning him in connection with a complaint filed against...
Claude ASSAF, 30 May 2025
One killed in family-related dispute in Beirut's southern suburb
A dispute broke out Friday between youths from the Faqih family and others from the Husseini family in the Chiyeh-Maroun al-Misk neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburb, reported the state-run...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Makki explains cabinet amendments to public sector appointment mechanism
BEIRUT — The Minister of State for Administrative Reform, Dr. Fadi Makki, held a press conference in the ministry on Friday to explain the mechanism and criteria adopted for first-category public...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Public administrations closed from June 6 to June 9 for Eid al-Adha
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam issued a circular on Friday decreeing the closure of administrations, public institutions and municipalities for Eid al-Adha. "On the occasion of Eid al-Adha, all...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Hezbollah weapons reportedly intercepted and destroyed by Golani Brigade in Syria
As part of a nighttime operation conducted by the Golani Brigade's 7006 Battalion, Israeli soldiers infiltrated the village of Hader in southern Syria and destroyed Hezbollah weapons, according...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Aoun-Berri hold ‘excellent’ Baabda meeting on UNIFIL, elections, parliament
President Joseph Aoun and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri held an "excellent" meeting in Baabda on Friday, Berri said to press when leaving the presidential palace. According to...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Fuel prices increase after cabinet decision to adopt February's pricing
BEIRUT — Fuel prices rose sharply Thursday evening — except for gas cylinders — after a cabinet decision to raise prices to fund monthly grants for active and retired military personnel. The...
Malek Jadah, 30 May 2025
Lebanon's Starlink plans face backlash from internet providers
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Economy Minister Amer Bisat said, on Friday, that launching Starlink operations in Lebanon will provide the private sector with additional reliable and efficient internet...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Ben-Gvir urges 'all necessary force' in Gaza
BEIRUT — A far-right Israeli minister on Friday urged using "all necessary force" against Hamas after it rejected a new U.S. truce plan, as the U.N. warns the entire population of Gaza...
AFP, 30 May 2025
Amer Bisat to L’Orient Today: No economy can grow without border control and state monopoly on arms
BEIRUT — Appointed to the Ministry of Economy and Trade in February, Amer Bisat, a former IMF economist and senior executive at global asset manager BlackRock, returned to Lebanon after four...
Stephanie Bechara, 30 May 2025
'We will build a Jewish Israeli state' in West Bank, says Katz
Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed on Friday to build a "Jewish Israeli state" in the occupied West Bank, a day after the government announced the creation of 22 new settlements in the...
AFP, 30 May 2025
‘C’est trop nawre, j’adore!’: Arabic pop music’s return to Beirut nightlife
Every two weeks, partygoers flock to KED Beirut to dance to Arabic pop music — a dance and music scene many wouldn’t have imagined gravitating towards just a few years ago.“Even my classmates from...
Marguerita Sejaan, 30 May 2025
Investigation into Beirut port explosions: Bitar questions Khoury
Judge Tarek Bitar, on Friday, heard chief public prosecutor Ghassan Khoury at the Court of Cassation, as part of his investigation into the double explosion at the Beirut Port. According to press...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Meeting in New Delhi for aviation world shaken by Trump
Air travel rebounded strongly after COVID-19, with record passenger numbers and profits back in the black. But trade wars launched under Donald Trump have cast doubt on long-term growth. The...
AFP, 30 May 2025
Souhaid attempts to lock in control over future banking authority
Who should sit on the Higher Banking Authority, the body tasked with steering the restructuring of a sector that is depleted, illiquid and insolvent? For several weeks, this question has been at...
Mounir YOUNES, 30 May 2025
'Gaza is the hungriest region on earth' announces UN
A spokesperson for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated on Friday that "Gaza is the hungriest place in the world," where "100% of the population...
AFP, 30 May 2025
At 103, Samir Tabet wishes he could have been a painter
Precise, he remained, in everything. His brushstroke, his words, his view on life and things. The same mischievous and silent gaze that embraced the gallery of his son, Cheriff, where the...
Carla HENOUD, 30 May 2025
What we know about Saade’s arrest: Suspicious phone call, domestic worker’s link to Israel
BEIRUT — Lebanese journalist and writer Wissam Saade was released Friday afternoon after being detained and interrogated by the Information Branch of the General Security in connection with an...
Ghadir Hamadi, 30 May 2025
A little-known Gazan company partners with controversial aid distribution system
Launched on Tuesday, the humanitarian aid distribution program in Gaza, jointly supervised by American private contratctors and Israeli forces, was already the subject of heated controversy.While...
Georges SCHMITZ, 30 May 2025
In the new Syria, Qatar plays a secondary role
Qatar once appeared poised to secure a leading role in shaping a new Syria. As an early supporter of the opposition to Bashar al-Assad, the gas-rich emirate quickly emerged as a key backer of the...
Noura DOUKHI, 30 May 2025
Man arrested in Baalbeck for selling fake IDs to Syrian refugees
BEIRUT — State Security stated on Friday that it arrested on Tuesday a Syrian person in Baalbeck suspected of forging identity cards and selling them to Syrian refugees and migrants in Lebanon,...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Why does Beirut’s air feel worse in summer?
As summer returns and foul odors begin to linger in Beirut’s air, residents are once again concerned about rising pollution levels. The dry heat, familiar haze, and seasonal respiratory issues...
Ghadir Hamadi, 30 May 2025
Iran criticizes Austrian nuclear report
Iran denied on Friday an Austrian Intelligence report claiming that Tehran is pursuing its military nuclear program, while the country is engaged in delicate negotiations with the United States....
AFP, 30 May 2025
From Switzerland to Lebanon, Narcisse declares human genius with holograms
In a minimalist setting bathed in shifting lights and punctuated by holographic images, Humains unfolds like a visual poem. Swiss artist Narcisse, a multidisciplinary performer trained in music,...
Lily NAIM, 30 May 2025
Administrative nominations: New, positive signal to the international community
The new leadership passed another political test. Meeting Thursday in Baabda Presidential Palace under the leadership of President Joseph Aoun, the Cabinet approved, as expected, a series of...
Yara ABI AKL, 30 May 2025
EU 'fully invested' in negotiations with Trump after judicial developments
The European Union is "fully invested" in negotiations with the United States on tariffs, the European Commission stated on Friday, following a decision by a U.S. court to suspend Donald...
AFP, 30 May 2025
Amin Salam case: Released, but still under investigation
After a 90-minute interrogation, Top Prosecutor Jamal Hajjar released former Economy Minister Amin Salam on Thursday without closing the investigation involving “forgery, embezzlement of public...
Claude ASSAF, 30 May 2025
Journalist Wissam Saade released following search and interrogation
BEIRUT — Journalist and writer Wissam Saade was released from custody on Friday afternoon after being summoned for questioning by General Security, the day after his home had been searched and...
L'Orient Today staff, 30 May 2025
Netanyahu 'successfully underwent a routine colonoscopy'
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, "successfully underwent a routine colonoscopy" Friday morning in Jerusalem, his office announced in a statement. Netanyahu is 75 years...
AFP, 30 May 2025
Humanities for memory and reconstruction
The Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences at the Lebanese University, Section V, brought together researchers, students and experts on May 13 for a conference examining the traumas of war and the...
Roula AZAR DOUGLAS, 30 May 2025
Israeli minister calls to use 'all necessary force' in Gaza
The Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir (far-right), called on Friday to use "all necessary force" against Hamas in Gaza, following the reservations expressed by Hamas...
AFP, 30 May 2025
Trade talks between Washington and Beijing are stalled, says Scott Bessent
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that trade negotiations with China were "a bit of an impasse" and suggested that the U.S. president and his Chinese counterpart might...
AFP, 30 May 2025
70 dead from cholera in Khartoum as paramilitaries claim gains in Kordofan
The paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claimed Thursday the recapture of two strategic towns in the Kordofan region, in western Sudan, a war-torn country hit by a violent cholera...
AFP, 30 May 2025
MEP Hassan announces trip to Gaza by boat with Thunberg
Franco-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan has announced she will board a humanitarian ship on Sunday heading to Gaza, accompanied by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. "I will be with Greta Thunberg,...
AFP, 30 May 2025
Almost two years of war in South Lebanon: What outcome for UNIFIL?
During the recent war between Israel and Hezbollah, U.N. peacekeepers came under fire from Israeli forces, leaving at least 40 injured. Since the cease-fire took effect on Nov. 27, 2024, roughly 50...
Layal DAGHER, 30 May 2025
Trial for slavery: Former domestic worker confronts employer, a first in Lebanon
BEIRUT — In 2020, after more than eight years working as a domestic worker in Lebanon, Ethiopian national Meseret Hailu, now in her 40s, filed a complaint against her former employer for “slavery”...
Anne-Marie El-HAGE, 30 May 2025
Hkeeli: Remembering what was lost, reclaiming what remains
Eau de Javel.The question was simple: What does war smell like?For Fida Bizri, a 50-year-old linguist and storyteller who lived through Lebanon’s 15-year Civil War, there is no scent more...
Rayanne TAWIL, 30 May 2025
Israel urges Hamas to accept truce; Trump says deal 'very close' | LIVE
22:19 Beirut Time This concludes our live coverage for today. Be sure to come back tomorrow for the latest updates. Goodnight! 21:30 Beirut Time Trump says that...
Renee Davis, Muntasser Abdallah & Sarah ABDALLAH, 30 May 2025
Israel kills two in Nabatieh, Gaza truce under Hamas review: Everything you need to know this Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Catch up on yesterday's live coverage of news updates in the region.Friday, May 30, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things...