Lebanon

NNA - Finance Minister, Yassine Jaber, on Thursday announced that all collection offices affiliated with the Ministry of Finance across various centers, including treasury departments and certain ministries, are now equipped to process payments via bank credit cards. Jaber added that electronic online payments are also available as of today, alongside the […]

NNA - Information Minister, Paul Morcos,  concluded his visit to Kuwait by holding a series of official meetings on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of “Kuwait City, Arab Media Capital 2025.”  The Minister met with Arab information ministers and senior media officials to discuss strengthening media cooperation and partnerships between Lebanon […]

NNA - Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, received Armenia’s Ambassador to Lebanon Sarmen Baghdasaryan at the Second Presidency headquarters in Ain Al-Tineh on a protocol visit marking the start of his diplomatic mission. Talks covered general developments in Lebanon and the region, as well as bilateral relations between the two countries. Berri also […]

NNA  - Minister of Public Health Dr. Rakan Nasser Al-Din launched the 'Karim' initiative, which provides 100% comprehensive health coverage for families displaced by the collapse or imminent risk of collapse of their homes in Tripoli, northern Lebanon. The announcement was made during a press conference held at the Ministry of Public Health, attended by […]

NNA - Russia has blocked the popular messaging service WhatsApp over its failure to comply with local legislation, the Kremlin said Thursday, urging its 100 million Russian users to switch to a domestic alternative. Moscow has for months been trying to shift Russian users onto Max, a domestic messaging service that lacks end-to-end encryption and that […]

NNA - The United Nations on Thursday called on Russia to stop its attacks on Ukraine’s energy sites, which have plunged entire cities into darkness in the coldest winter of the four-year war. Moscow has stepped up strikes on Ukraine’s power and heating infrastructure, and conducted another nationwide attack on energy facilities overnight that killed […]

NNA - U.S. Embassy Beirut is now accepting applications for the 2027-2028 Fulbright Foreign Student Program, which covers a maximum of two years of graduate-level study at a university in the United States starting in August 2027.  The program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State in honor of former U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright and […]

NNA - Syria’s Ministry of Defense said Thursday that Syrian forces have taken control of the al-Tanf military base from U.S. troops and begun deploying along the country’s borders with Iraq and Jordan. In a statement posted on its Telegram channel, the ministry said the handover followed coordination between Syrian and U.S. officials. Units of the […]

NNA - Gold prices ticked lower on Thursday, after unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs data for January dented hopes for more interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve in the near term. Spot gold edged 0.3% lower to $5,064.29 per ounce by 1014 GMT. U.S. gold futures for April delivery lost 0.2% to $5,086.50 per ounce. Spot silver fell 0.7% to $83.47 per […]

NNA - Director General of Lebanon’s General Security, Hassan Choucair, on Thursday welcomed in his office Swedish Deputy Minister of Migration Anders Holm, accompanied by Swedish Ambassador to Lebanon Jessica Svardström. The meeting focused on ways of bilateral cooperation, as well as on the regional situation.

NNA - China said it will reduce tariffs on certain EU dairy products from Friday but still impose "anti-subsidy" levies of up to 11.7 percent for five years. The tolls will be imposed after an investigation determined "certain dairy products originating from the EU were subsidised, causing substantial damage to the dairy industry in China", the commerce […]

NNA - President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, on Thursday met at Baabda Palace with with Olivier Cadic, Senator for French citizens abroad, where they held a tour d’horizon on the internal situation and regional developments. The French senator stressed France's support for Lebanon in all areas.   ============= L.Y

NNA – Israeli enemy artillery shelling that targeted the southern Lebanese town of Yaroun in the Bint Jbeil district this morning caused damage to two houses in the old neighborhood, our correspondent reported on Thursday.   ================ L.Y

NNA - On the eve of World Radio Day, which falls on February 13, Minister of Information Dr. Paul Morcos confirmed that ‘’radio will remain a key pillar in the media landscape, despite the transformations brought by modern and digital media.’’ Minister Morcos emphasized that news originally emerged through traditional media, such as newspapers and […]

NNA - China said on Thursday it opposed “all attempts to annex” Palestinian territories, days after Israel’s security cabinet approved measures to tighten control over the occupied West Bank. “China has always opposed the construction of new settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and opposed all attempts to annex or encroach upon […]

NNA - One person has been reported dead and eight injured in six road accidents within the last 24 hours, the Traffic Management Center said on Thursday.    ======================== L.Y

NNA - The Kataeb's Political Bureau held its weekly meeting under the chairmanship of party leader Samy Gemayel. Following discussions on recent developments, it issued the following statement: 1- The Political Bureau expresses its dismay at the position of the Speaker of Parliament in refusing to convene the legislature to amend the electoral law, […]

NNA - Minister of Culture Dr. Ghassan Salameh, on Wednesday received the Polish Ambassador to Lebanon, Aleksandra Bukowska-McCabe, at his office in the National Library in Sanayeh. The visit, which was a courtesy call, also included discussions on existing cooperation between the two countries. The Ambassador stated, "This is actually my first visit, and […]

NNA - President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, considered that "Customs is a fundamental pillar in contributing to the public treasury’s revenues, which requires working to improve collection and simplify procedures and transactions, while enforcing strict monitoring, controlling violations, and punishing perpetrators." President Aoun said that […]

NNA - Germany on Wednesday criticized Israeli plans to tighten control over the occupied West Bank as "a further step towards de facto annexation", as international anger mounts over the move. "Israel remains an occupying power in the West Bank, and as an occupying power it is a violation of international law to build settlements, including transferring […]

President condemns ‘environmental and health crime’ as critics say Israel seeks to make southern Lebanon uninhabitableLebanon has accused Israel of spraying a herbicide linked to cancer on farmland in the south of the country as a “health crime” that would threaten food security and farmers’ livelihoods.The country’s president, Joseph Aoun, […]

In this freewheeling film Lana Daher draws from more than 20,000 hours of archival footage to channel the resilient spirit of BeirutAs freewheeling as a travelogue, Lana Daher’s mercurial documentary eschews talking heads and voiceover, drawing instead from more than 20,000 hours of archival footage to channel the resilient spirit of Beirut. Reflecting […]

Israel’s PM travels to Mar-a-Lago as US administration reported to be running out of patience over Gaza ceasefireBenjamin Netanyahu met Donald Trump at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday amid growing fears Israel could launch new offensives against regional enemies, potentially plunging the Middle East further into […]

Strikes were latest violation of year-long ceasefire and targeted what Israel said were Hezbollah sites Israel has carried out several airstrikes in southern Lebanon on what it said was Hezbollah infrastructure, as a new year’s deadline for the Lebanese state to disarm the group in the south of the country loomed.Israeli warplanes bombed the valleys of […]

Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the regionIt is clear now that the ceasefire in Gaza is only a “reducefire”. The onslaught continues. There are near-daily attacks on the territory. On a single day at the end of October, almost 100 Palestinians were killed. On 19 November, 32 […]

Pope Leo XIV delivered a speech in Lebanon on Sunday where he repeated his call for representatives to do their part to help achieve peace in the region. Speaking in a room with several senior government and religious figures, the pope praised the Lebanese people for their resilience, adding: 'You always know how to rise again with courage'Pope Leo urges […]

Pontiff tells politicians and religious heads they must persevere with peace efforts despite facing ‘highly complex, conflictual’ situationPope Leo has urged political leaders in Lebanon to make peace their highest priority in a forceful appeal as he is visiting the country, which remains a target of Israeli airstrikes, on the second leg of his first […]

Two Palestinian children reportedly killed on Saturday as Israel continues its strikes after latest ceasefireThe Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Gaza war began, Gaza’s health ministry said on Saturday, while a hospital reported Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the territory’s south.The toll has continued to […]

Leo welcomed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as he begins six-day itinerary that will also include visit to LebanonA new world war is being fought “piecemeal” and is endangering the future of humanity, Pope Leo has warned, as he arrived in Turkey for his first foreign trip since becoming head of the Catholic church.Speaking in Ankara, where he was welcomed on […]

Israel’s latest strike in Beirut on Sunday, which killed at least five people and wounded 28, has dramatically escalated existing tensions in the region and left many in Lebanon anxious about what may follow.Beirut-based journalist William Christou speaks to Nour Haydar about the Lebanese government and Hezbollah’s responses to the strike and Israel’s […]