GEOPOLITICS AND THE LEBANESE PRESIDENCY
ANALYSIS
Border tensions: Did Joseph Aoun come out stronger?
KIDNAPPING
Iranian-born US woman sentenced over plot to kidnap Iranian activist
LEBANON
Bahaa Hariri denies any connection to Saad Hariri rape allegations
DIPLOMACY
Syrian foreign minister makes first Egypt visit in more than a decade
GULF
Human Rights Watch says over 2,000 Afghan evacuees in detention in UAE
SECURITY
Joseph Aoun praises 'essential' US role in supporting the Lebanese Army
DIPLOMACY
Swiss envoy to Iran under fire for wearing hijab
LOOTING
US returns 77 stolen antiquities to Yemen
EARTHQUAKE
Blinken to Turkey: 'the United States is here' with aid
POLITICS
Rai: International community wants to defend Lebanon against obstructionist politicians
MIDDLE EAST
Western powers say they 'strongly oppose' Israeli settlement moves
JERUSALEM
Israel arrests American over church vandalism
DIPLOMACY
Netanyahu says considering military aid to Ukraine, mediation
GEOPOLITICS
With Chamoun’s term in office, Washington and Cairo enter the fray
HUMAN RIGHTS