Demands for regime change: protesters at war with Lebanon’s political elite

Lebanon on Tuesday marked a week since its worst ever peacetime disaster with a mix of grief and rage, as survivors remembered the dead...

Lebanese citizens baying for government blood amid blast

Two members of Lebanon's government have quit over a deadly blast that unleashed public rage against the country's ruling class, with protesters and police...

No takers for Israel’s aid offer to Lebanon

For some it's a gesture of goodwill, to others sheer hypocrisy: Israel's offer of humanitarian aid to Lebanon after the massive Beirut blast is...

Lebanon president rejects international investigation into Beirut port blast

Lebanon's president Friday rejected any international probe into the catastrophic port blast, saying a missile or negligence could have been responsible as rescuers desperately...

Ghosts of Kashoggis past? Saudi Prince MbS embroiled in fresh assassination charge

A former senior Saudi intelligence official said in a US lawsuit Thursday that the country's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tried to have him...

Lebanon blast: Is Hezbollah’s influence to blame?

The colossal blast in Lebanon that devastated Beirut's port and gutted entire neighbourhoods of the Lebanese capital deals a fresh blow to an already...

Emergency aid lands in Beirut: world supports Lebanon in crisis

Countries dispatched emergency medical aid, pop-up field hospitals, rescue experts and tracking dogs to Lebanon on Wednesday as the world reacted to the vast...

A quick rundown on the Lebanon explosions

The explosions that tore through Lebanon's capital Tuesday with the force of an earthquake, killing at least 113 people and injuring over 4,000, resulted...

Beirut explosions: kills 50, leaves thousands injured

Two enormous explosions rocked Beirut's port on Tuesday, killing at least 50 people and wounding thousands, shaking distant buildings and leaving the Lebanese capital...

Erdogan’s Moment of Glory: Reinventing Turkey’s Islamic Past

Friday, July 24, 2020, would be long remembered in Turkey. On this day the iconic Hagia Sophia was opened for Friday prayers after a...

UN special tribunal: suspects tried for killing of Lebanon ex-PM Hariri

A UN-backed tribunal will give its verdict Friday on the 2005 murder of former Lebanese premier Rafic Hariri, but questions will remain over a...

Israel joins the ‘tiddi dal’ club: Locusts anyone?

From biblical plague to modern day protein, one firm in Israel wants to make locusts a sustainable food choice in the Holy Land and...