BEIRUT — The leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM, Aounist), Gebran Bassil, launched Thursday a new political initiative entitled "Protection of Lebanon," presented as a...
BEIRUT — Touch and Alfa, Lebanon’s two mobile operators, announced Thursday that they were expanding the rollout of fifth-generation (5G) mobile services in coordination with the Telecommunications...
BEIRUT — The Finance Committee, which met Thursday in Parliament, has nearly finished reviewing the draft bank resolution law it has been examining for several sessions and should be able to...
SOUTH LEBANON — Israel carried out massive demolitions as well as several artillery and drone strikes across southern Lebanon nearly on Thursday, a day after it hinted at the possibility of a new...
It was autumn 2019. The banks pulled down their shutters. Parliament barricaded itself behind rows of barbed wire. In the streets of downtown Beirut, tens of thousands of protesters chanted slogans...
President Joseph Aoun arrived in Ankara on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. local time for an official state visit during which he met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss economic and security...
In the beginning, there was Little Syria — a Manhattan neighborhood that once stretched across the southern edge of what is now the 9/11 Memorial. It is on Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza, between...
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri spoke by phone Thursday with French President Emmanuel Macron, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. “France will continue to support...
BEIRUT — Prosecutor General at the Court of Cassation Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj has ordered the Internal Security Forces (ISF) to immediately arrest a Syrian national and investigate him. The order...
NORTH LEBANON — Georges Brax, president of the gas station owners’ syndicate, condemned an armed robbery at a TotalEnergies station in Bhanin, north of Minyeh in North Lebanon, overnight Wednesday...
Lebanon is once again caught in a cycle of escalating tensions. As Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri was visiting Baabda Palace to meet President Joseph Aoun after months of strained relations, Israel...
On a visit to my parents this month, I am once again reminded that some things considered ordinary abroad have become eerily jarring to me after nearly 12 years of living in Lebanon. Having adapted...
BEIRUT — Two Israeli settlers were apprehended by Israeli forces after briefly crossing the border and entering Syrian territory in Mount Hermon (Jabal al-Sheikh), the Israeli army announced in a...
BEIRUT — Former Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad Salameh, who is facing multiple corruption-related investigations in Lebanon and abroad, was arrested Friday at Centre Hospitalier de Bhannes, in...
At the entrance of Hady Sy’s new exhibition at Saleh Barakat Gallery, a monumental crucifix — a black iron wall sculpture — opens its arms to visitors. Titled "Self-Portrait," the work is...
President Joseph Aoun met Thursday in Baabda with Middle East Airlines (MEA) CEO Mohammed al-Hout to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent decision to allow American airlines to resume...
BEIRUT —Army commander-in-chief Rodolphe Haykal delivered his message to the country’s military personnel on Thursday in his order of the day, on the eve of Army Day, which will be celebrated...
Israel killed at least four people, including two children, in airstrikes on the Gaza Strip Thursday, health officials said, as mediators held new talks with Hamas leaders to work towards full...
France, Spain and Greece battled major wildfires on Thursday as soaring temperatures, parched vegetation and powerful winds extended a summer of deadly fires, mass evacuations and mounting...
Following months of discreet bombings targeting pro-Iran Iraqi militias, Saudi Arabia shifted its approach. On Wednesday, July 29, the Ministry of Defense announced that, overnight from Tuesday to...
Iran is expected to receive within weeks a first shipment out of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air-defence missile launchers, three sources familiar with the deal told Reuters, as it...
BEIRUT — The drone strike that targeted a ship belonging to an American company in the Egyptian port of Damietta on the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday was ordered by Iran, according to two Iranian...
Mediator Pakistan confirmed on Thursday that negotiations between the United States and Iran were "ongoing" during a flare-up in fighting across the Middle East. "Negotiations...
Preparation for 30 small cream puffs For the pastry cream: Separate the egg yolks from the whites. Place the yolks in a saucepan, add the sugar, vanilla and lemon zest. Mix well with a...
The man who stabbed and partially blinded author Salman Rushdie at a speaking engagement in 2022 was found guilty on Wednesday of federal terrorism charges for the attack, which prosecutors said...
The U.S. military said on Wednesday it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran, which lasted two hours and hit dozens of targets, with Washington casting the strikes as a "powerful...
21:27 Beirut Time Egypt: Sisi calls for an end to the ‘escalation’ in the region, following the drone attack in Damietta Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called on the...
Aya Khouzamy, 23, Marie Bitar, 21, and Maher Harb, 24, share far more than a childhood love of animals. They are united by a determination to devote themselves, body and soul, to protecting...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, July 30, 2026 Some key things to watch today:10 a.m.: Finance and Budget Committee meeting chaired by MP Ibrahim Kanaan.11...
Hezbollah seeks a broader disarmament deal; Israel rejects withdrawal from south Lebanon; parliament passes general amnesty law: Everything you need to know this Thursday 
