Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Meetings hosted by Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian: – 10 a.m.: Identity and...
BEIRUT — Lebanese judoka Aqulina Chayeb won the gold medal on Sunday in the under-78 kg category at the European Judo Open in Tallinn, Estonia. After winning her first two bouts by ippon, the...
BEIRUT — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Iran and Hezbollah are "weaker than ever," while also stating that the war against them "is not over yet."...
The Lebanese Red Cross said an Israeli strike wounded four rescuers near their center in the southern Lebanese city of Sour. In a statement, the Red Cross said "the targeting that occurred in...
Iran's decision to retaliate directly for Sunday's Israeli strikes against a Hezbollah office in Beirut's southern suburbs caught everyone off guard. Certainly, Tehran had already...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed Monday to press on with Israel's military campaign in Lebanon, despite a warning from Iran that any such action would prompt the Islamic republic to...
BEIRUT— Although the Israeli army announced on Monday afternoon that it was halting its attacks against Iran, following less than 24 hours of clashes between the two countries, it nevertheless...
Marseille continues to provide a platform for Lebanese artists. While violence continues to escalate on one side of the Mediterranean, cultural spaces for artistic and political expression remain...
The EU on Monday imposed sanctions on the spokesman for the naval arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and a regional command over the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Europe has been left on...
With pitchforks and a makeshift combine the size of a golf cart, Hamad Jazi and his nephews race under the blazing sun to collect wheat from their West Bank field. Israeli settlers have recently...
Just over a month ago, these pages introduced Anissa Helou's 11th and latest book, "Lebanon: Cooking the Food of My Homeland," a return to her native country through its regions,...
Is Iraq in the same boat as Lebanon? Last month, under U.S. pressure, Iraq’s new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said he aimed to enforce a state monopoly on weapons, bringing pro-Iranian militias...
SOUTH LEBANON — The mayor of Arnoun, a village in the Nabatieh district situated below the medieval Beaufort Castle, told our correspondent in southern that he was concerned about accusations made...
SOUTH LEBANON — Israel's bombing on the southern Lebanese city of Sour has damaged a World Heritage site, a culture ministry official told AFP on Monday, as correspondents there saw debris...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Nawaf Salam asserted Monday that Israel has killed 47 members of Lebanon's security services since the re-escalation of the war on March 2. According to statistics...
In recent hours, images of Fahd Abou Haykal have been circulating widely on Palestinian social media. In photos and videos taken at the hospital and later at the funeral in Hebron, the 42-year-old...
NORTH LEBANON — Under clear skies on Monday, Tripoli port marked a milestone as it welcomed the largest container ship ever to dock at Lebanon’s second port, in the presence of port officials and...
BEIRUT — After meeting President Joseph Aoun at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on Monday, U.S. Ambassador Michael Issa said that "what happened yesterday was a political message,"...
Israel invading troops are further advancing into Lebanese territory, despite of the negotiations underway between the two countries in Washington. None of these advances appear coincidental....
Iran assured on Monday that Pakistan’s mediation efforts to end the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran launched on Feb. 28 are continuing despite the resumption of hostilities with Israel, reciprocal...
A year ago, they would have settled into a summer rental and no one would have batted an eye. They would have blended in, coming as they did from the same world: the wealthy Beiruti bourgeoisie,...
At the Saint Elie and Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in downtown Beirut, the Lebanese National Philharmonic Orchestra reunited with its audience on June 5 under the baton of Karim Said.The...
This has nothing to do with the exploits of Tintin — this is very real! Two researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, Sara Oliveira Santos and Jessica Atkin, have pulled off the feat of...
The way U.S. President Donald Trump is handling the Lebanese file and that of Hezbollah closely resembles, in many respects, his approach toward Iran. On the one hand, he is leaving the door open...
Amid the outbreaks of madness, violence and brutality that shake Lebanon and the region in the wake of Iranian-U.S.-Israeli wars, ''The Monster,'' directed by Jacques Maroon and...
Founded in 2017 by Lebanese entrepreneurs, Sarwa became the first fintech founded and operating in the United Arab Emirates to surpass $1 billion in assets under management this spring, boasting an...
SOUTH LEBANON — Eight rockets, allegedly fired from Lebanon by Hezbollah, landed in Ain Ibl, a Christian border village still inhabited in the Bint Jbeil district, the deputy mayor, Tony Farah, and...
Dear reader, There’s a universal phenomenon that has taken over humanity, and not enough research is being done on it. It’s this thing that happens when you’re eating alone. You can’t do it in...
23:35 Beirut Time Israeli strike on the city of Sour kills 5 The Israeli strike carried out late in the afternoon on the city of Sour killed five people and wounded eight others, the...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, June 8, 2026 Some key things to watch today:Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to convene a security cabinet meeting at...
The Strait of Hormuz will be open but under new conditions to be set by Iran and Oman, including a transit fee, Iran's ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying on Monday. The U.S.-Israeli war...
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday that they would ban Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea. They also said in a statement that they had attacked Israel.
Iran said Monday it had struck Israel's Nevatim and Tel Nof air bases, as the two sides traded fire in the largest flare-up in fighting since a ceasefire took effect in April. "The...
Israel said on Monday it hit a petrochemical plant in Iran's southwest, along with strikes elsewhere on military targets, after U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime...
