Lebanon

NNA - The enemy warplanes flew over the skies of Qana, Jouiya, Kfarra, and Aytit at a low altitude. The Israeli warplanes also breached at a low altitude over the Zahrani area. ========

Time. nbsp;Topic 10:00 nbsp; Minister of Labor, Mohammad Haidar, chairs a meeting at his office in the Ministry to continue discussions about the Wage Index Committee on ways to improve salaries and wages for workers in the private sector 10:30. nbsp; A session of the Committee on Public Health, Labor, and Social Affairs, chaired by MP Bilal Abdullah, […]

NNA -nbsp;UNIFIL Deputy Spokesperson Kandice Ardiel said, ldquo;This morning, peacekeepers patrolling in support of resolution 1701 were blocked twice near Tayr Dibbah by individuals in civilian clothes.rdquo; nbsp;ldquo;The peacekeepers took an alternative route and were followed for a time, but were able to proceed with their planned patrol. We have […]

NNA - Minister of Public Works and Transport, Fayez Rasamny, on Friday welcomed Malaysian Ambassador to Lebanon, Azri Mat Yacob.nbsp; The meeting featured a general discussion of current affairs, as well as an in-depth review of bilateral relations between Lebanon and Malaysia.nbsp; Talks focused on avenues for strengthening cooperation across various […]

NNA - President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, and Lebanonrsquo;s First Lady Nehmat Aoun, arrived at Rome Ciampino Airport, to attend the official funeral of His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican tomorrow. nbsp; ==============nbsp;

NNA - The UN#39;s World Food Programme on Friday warned it has depleted all its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza, where the entry of humanitarian aid has been blocked by Israel since March 2. quot;Today, WFP delivered its last remaining food stocks to hot meals kitchens in the Gaza Strip. These kitchens are expected to fully run out of food in the coming […]

NNA - Prime Minister, Dr. Nawaf Salam, on Friday received at the Grand Serail, a delegation from the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Dutch Parliament, in the presence of Dutch Ambassador to Lebanon, Frank Mollen. The discussion reportedly touched on the administrative, financial and judicial reforms initiated by the Lebanese government and the importance […]

NNA -nbsp;Ukraine#39;s Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, will stay with Russia, US President Donald Trump said in an interview with TIME magazine published Friday. quot;Crimea will stay with Russia. And (Ukrainian President) Zelensky understands that,quot; Trump was quoted as saying in the interview. -- AFP nbsp; ================nbsp;

NNA - Russian President Vladimir Puting was meeting Donald Trump#39;s special envoy Steve Witkoff in the Kremlin on Friday, state media reported, citing Putin#39;s spokesman. It is Witkoff#39;s fourth visit to Russia since Trump returned to the White House in January, and comes as the US president ramps up pressure on both Moscow and Kyiv to strike a […]

NNA -nbsp; nbsp;As hunger deepens, inequalities widen, natural resources dwindle and climate shocks intensify, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is calling for urgent, transformative action to fix the Arab regionrsquo;s inefficient food systems in a new flagship report on ldquo;Assessing Food Systems in the Arab […]

NNA - US President Donald Trump said he spoke with China#39;s Xi Jinping about tariffs, according to an interview with the American leader published by TIME Magazine on Friday. The world#39;s two biggest economies are locked in an escalating tit-for-tat trade battle triggered by Trump#39;s new levies on Chinese goods, which have reached 145 percent on many […]

NNA - Minister of Culture, Dr. Ghassan Salameh, left Beirut this afternoon, heading to Qatar, as part of a Gulf tour that includes the United Arab Emirates. nbsp; nbsp;Minister Salameh will participate in Qatar in the opening of the International conference on Orientalism, which will be hosted in Msheireb, Doha, under the chairmanship of Qatari Minister of […]

NNA - Violence in Sudan#39;s Darfur region shows quot;the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing and may amount to crimes against humanity,quot; UK foreign minister David Lammy said. Lammy called on the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to quot;de-escalate urgentlyquot; and said in a statement issued late Thursday that Britain would continue to […]

NNA nbsp;ndash; The Commander of UNIFILrsquo;s Sector West, Brigadier General Nicola Mandolesi, met today for the first time with the Mayor of Burj Rahhal, Hassan Hammoud. The meeting took place in a cordial and friendly atmosphere, marking an initial opportunity for mutual acquaintance between the two officials. nbsp;During the discussion, Mayor Hammoud […]

NNA - President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, and Lebanonrsquo;s First Lady, Neemat Aoun, departed Beirutnbsp;on Fridaynbsp;afternoon, heading to Rome to attendnbsp;the funeral of His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican. nbsp;nbsp; Lebanon declared a three-day official mourning following the passing of Pope Francis, as an expression of grief and […]

NNA - British Ambassador to Lebanon, Hamish Cowell, on Friday expressed his support for the Lebanese Parliamentrsquo;s approval of the amended banking secrecy law, describing it as a positive step toward essential economic reforms. In a statement published on the social media platform X, Ambassador Cowell said he was ldquo;delightedrdquo; to see the […]

NNA -nbsp; Timenbsp;nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Topicnbsp; 8:30nbsp;amnbsp;nbsp; nbsp; Public Health Minister Dr. Rakan Nassereddinenbsp;participates in an awareness event organized by the Saeed Association for Colorectal Cancer Prevention under the titlenbsp;ldquo;Every Step Makes a Differencerdquo;, in Ain El Mreisseh. 9:00nbsp;amnbsp;nbsp; nbsp; […]

NNA ndash; Minister of Culture Dr. Ghassan Salameacute; on Friday received Dutch Ambassador to Lebanon Frank Mollen at the National Museum, accompanied by the Director General of Antiquities, Engineer Sarkis Khoury, and a visiting Dutch diplomatic and parliamentary delegation currently in Lebanon to assess various local developments. The meeting focused on […]

NNA -nbsp; Timenbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Topicnbsp; Ministerial Activities: 10:00nbsp;amnbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Public Health Minister Dr. Rakan Nassereddine visits the University of Balamand ndash; Koura to inaugurate the Dr. Elias Chami Medical Center.nbsp; 11:15nbsp;amnbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; Visit to Ras Maska Charitable Primary Healthcare […]

NNA - The interrogation session of former Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, before Judge Tarek Bitar, the lead investigator in the Beirut Port explosion case, concluded earlier on Friday.nbsp; Following the session, Diabrsquo;s legal representative, former minister and lawyer Rashid Derbas, described the proceedings as ldquo;good,rdquo; noting that the defense […]

Hezbollah’s electoral machine in Mount Lebanon and the North denied on Thursday reports of an alliance between Hezbollah and other political parties in Byblos (Jbeil) municipal elections. In a statement, Hezbollah affirmed that the municipal and mayoral elections have a developmental and service-oriented nature, rather than a political one. Minister of […]

The Iranian Embassy in Lebanon stated on Thursday that “Ambassador Mojtaba Amani visited the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, where he provided clarifications to the Lebanese side regarding the tweet he recently published, explaining that its content was general and comprehensive and applies to all countries without […]

Al-Manar English Website presents the translated version of Part 2 of Hezbollah’s segment series “I Enjoin You,” titled “If Not for the Resistance.” In this segment, Hezbollah’s martyred Secretary General, Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, highlights the heavy toll borne by the southern Lebanese villages under Israeli aggression. His Eminence explains […]

The Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, stated on Wednesday that “our relations with the Lebanese Foreign Ministry are ongoing and exist in a natural manner.” In an interview with Lebanon’s Al Jadeed TV, Amani pointed out in this context that “there is no talk of a summons. Rather, arrangements are being made to agree ...

Hezbollah’s Islamic Relations Official, Sheikh Abdul Majeed Ammar, issued on Tuesday a statement that strongly condemned the treacherous and cowardly Israeli enemy’s crime of assassinating a senior commander in the Islamic Group in Lebanon (Al-Jama’a Al-Islamiyya) Sheikh Hussein Atwi. This crime comes in the context of the enemy’s continued […]

The Israeli enemy continued on Tuesday violating the Lebanese sovereignty, launching drone attacks that left more martyrs. The latest Zionist drone attack on a vehicle in Hanniyyeh town, Tyre District. The Lebanese ministry of public health reported one martyr in the attack. The Islamic Group in Lebanon (Al-Jama’a Al-Islamiyya) announced on Tuesday the […]

The Islamic Group in Lebanon (Al-Jama’a Al-Islamiyya) announced on Tuesday the martyrdom of one of its senior leaders, university professor Dr. Hussein Izzat Atwi, who was killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting his vehicle. According to the group, Dr. Atwi was en route from his home in the town of Baawarta to his workplace ...

Hezbollah issued on Monday a statement to mourn the Pope of the Catholic Church, Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis) who died at 88 after suffering from a medical disorder. Hezbollah offered deep condolences to the State of the Vatican, to the followers of the Catholic Church around the world, and to all Christians—especially our Christian ...

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri lashed out at the Israeli attacks on Lebanon, stressing that they represent an exposed attempt to undermine Lebanon’s commitment to the ceasefire deal. In a phone call with Lebanese Army Commander General Rodolph Haykal, Speaker Berri said: “What ‘Israel’ did yesterday and over the past weeks is a blatant […]

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of brutal assaults on Lebanese civilians in southern Lebanon on Sunday, further flouting international law. At approximately 12:00 PM, an Israeli drone launched an airstrike targeting a white vehicle at the entrance of Kouthariyet El-Siyad in the Al-Zahrani area. The drone fired three “Rafael” missiles, […]