Brazil is considering designating Lebanese group Hezbollah a terrorist organization, as President Jair Bolsonaro increasingly aligns his government with the U.S. on foreign policy.
Lebanese monitoring stations have detected no rise in radiation levels after a mysterious explosion in northern Russia, the director of the Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission said Monday. “Until now, we have normal readings for all 26 stations in Lebanon,” Bilal Nsouli told The Daily Star. “There is no risk at all.”
Defense Minister Elias Bou Saab Monday dismissed criticism of his handling of illegal border crossings as a “political attack” by the Lebanese Forces.
The industry minister Monday ordered the closure of more than a dozen noncompliant factories in Baalbeck and the Bekaa Valley as part of a crackdown on businesses that were dumping waste and untreated wastewater into the Litani River basin. According to Industry Minister Wael Abu Faour, the owners of the factories set to be closed have been ignoring the deadlines his office had given them to install wastewater treatment machines and stop dumping waste into the river.
Lebanese Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian met Monday with Saudi King Salman at a reception in Mecca for distinguished pilgrims on the hajj this year.
A body belonging to a Lebanese man who went missing over the weekend in Guinea washed up on the banks of a river Tuesday morning, the head of the Higher...
Human Rights Watch Monday condemned the government’s failure to address the growing trash crisis in north Lebanon, warning of significant health risks due to...
President Michel Aoun Monday contacted Lebanese politicians, sending his best wishes on the occasion of Eid al-Adha.
The Pentagon said Monday it tested a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile with a range of more than 500 kilometers, the first such test...
As Afghanistan mourned the 63 people killed in a suicide bombing at a Kabul wedding, a brother of the groom spoke through tears of his weariness at the...
In the years before Syria’s war the boatmakers of Arwad used to sell their wooden vessels along the Mediterranean coast down to Lebanon and up to Turkey, but...
For three young Libyans plucked from a deflating dingy in the Mediterranean, the perils of trying to cross the sea were still preferable to what they had left...
Prime Minister Saad Hariri has ordered swift action be taken to locate a Lebanese man who went missing in Guinea over the weekend after saving two people from...
Speaker Nabih Berri, over the weekend, expressed his relief that the government was finally able to meet after more than six weeks of deadlock and thanks to a...
Prime Minister Saad Hariri landed in the United States, Monday morning for a private family visit, a source close to the premier said.
Trash was left piled on the streets of some of Sidon’s poorest neighborhoods Sunday, spoiling some residents’ Eid al-Adha celebrations. The holiday pileup was...
Minarets across the southern port city of Sidon rang out with the sound of muezzins calling worshippers to pray in celebration of Eid al-Adha, while children...
Drivers on a stretch of a highway in the southern city of Tyre will have no trouble driving at night thanks to a series of solar lights installed Saturday...
Muslims across Lebanon celebrated the first day of Eid al-Adha Sunday, a festival marking the end of the period traditionally dedicated to pilgrimages to the...
“Our freedom doesn’t stop at the freedom of others because their freedom’s appetite cannot be satisfied,” Lebanese dissident Ziad Itani told a packed Aresco...
More time is needed to solve the political repercussions of the Aley shooting, Lebanese Democratic Party leader MP Talal Arslan said Saturday.
Results of investigation will be sent to Cabinet to make appropriate decision: Jarrah
Investigation into Qabr Shmoun incident will continue: Jarrah
Cabinet met Saturday at Baabda Palace, ending a six-week hiatus after the fallout from the deadly Aley shooting that heightened tensions between the rival...
Cabinet meets for first time since Aley clashes
Two Lebanese nationals died in Saudi Arabia while on a trip to perform the annual hajj pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, the state-run National News Agency...
As night falls over Dbayeh’s marina, Leila Nasrallah coordinates the parking of 14 Nissan and Infiniti sports cars.
Police in south Lebanon have arrested a man on suspicion of smuggling over 2 kilograms of cannabis, local media reported Friday morning.
Trash has piled up in the streets of the city of Sidon as workers of the city’s solid waste sorting plant have been striking since earlier this week over...
Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Choucair Friday defended his decision to buy a $75 million building in Downtown Beirut for state-run mobile operator...
U.S. authorities have sentenced a Lebanese businessman suspected of financing Hezbollah to five years in prison and ordered a fine of $50 million.
General Security head Abbas Ibrahim Friday announced the release of a Canadian citizen who had been detained in Syria since late last year, just two weeks...
Prime Minister Saad Hariri Friday asked for work to be suspended on an emergency solution to a garbage crisis in the north so that another location could be...