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51258 in English · 1370 original-language storiesLebanon 24: Grief swept Jordan following the deadly attack that targeted a church in Karak, leaving victims and grieving families in its wake, as Jordanians united in solidarity and sympathy. Jordan announced public mourning across the kingdom and ordered flags flown at half-mast for three days in mourning for the victims…
Lebanon 24: Minister of Social Affairs Haneen Sayed took part in the launch of the “Alliance for Culture, Dialogue and Development,” a joint French-Qatari initiative at the Élysée Palace in Paris, attended by officials, international figures and representatives of cultural and development institutions. The meeting concluded with a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron…
Lebanon 24: Public Health Minister Rakan Nasreddine received Indonesia’s ambassador to Lebanon, Dicky Komar, and discussed with him ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the health sector. Advertisement During the meeting, the Indonesian ambassador presented his country’s health minister’s candidacy for the post of director-general of the World Health Organization, on the condition that…
Lebanon 24: Jordan declared nationwide mourning across the Kingdom and ordered flags lowered for three days in mourning for the victims of the terrorist attack that targeted the Greek Orthodox Church in the village of Hammoud in Karak Governorate, killing seven people and injuring 40 others, including two wounded people in critical condition, according to the latest toll…
Lebanon 24: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced Friday that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will visit Russia next week, where he is scheduled to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Advertisement The visit comes as part of efforts by Tehran and Moscow to strengthen bilateral cooperation, particularly in…
Al Liwaa: The electricity crisis in Lebanon is no longer a service issue that can be addressed with temporary measures or seasonal solutions; rather, it has become a reflection of a deeper flaw in the management of public utilities and the state’s ability to plan, implement, and ensure accountability. Years of outages and high costs have burdened citizens and institutions,…
Al Liwaa: The cost of stalled reform in Lebanon is not limited to financial losses and weak institutions; it extends to household incomes, job opportunities and basic services. These imbalances interacted with the burdens of Syrian displacement, shortcomings in international funding and successive shocks, increasing pressure on the Lebanese and communities…
Al Liwaa: The comparison between Gadi Eisenkot and Yitzhak Rabin seems tempting in many respects: each held a high military rank; both were frank and direct, analytical in their speech, and averse to politics; and both ran for prime minister, regarding it as “an option, not an obsession.” • Of course, …
Al Liwaa: Since when has Hezbollah made all this fuss to recover a shipment of explosives, when it has amassed a huge arsenal of tools of war, killing and destruction? And why does their seizure become a battle to retrieve them and release those detained, as if declaring ownership grants their owners automatic immunity? The issue is not the Party’s need for these…
Al Manar: In photos | Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visits the shrine of the martyred Imam Sayyed Ali…
Al Liwaa: How beautiful those faces, those robes, those gloves, those natural gestures, those contrived gestures; how beautiful those masked faces... How beautiful those hidden souls behind them, and people set aside a day for them, when they appear in public, while others lived behind them for a long time, on the pulpits, in the notebooks, on…
Al Liwaa: Lebanese Kataeb Party leader and MP Sami Gemayel received Egypt’s new ambassador to Lebanon, Tameem Khallaf, at the Kataeb Party’s central headquarters in Saifi, on a get-acquainted visit during which they discussed the Lebanese political scene and the challenges facing the country at this stage, as well as developments…
An-Nahar: Follow the RS Berkane vs. Star Sport match today, Saturday, 24 October 2026, in the second leg of the African Champions League, with qualification chances and broadcast channels…
Al Liwaa: The head of the “National Dialogue Party,” MP Fouad Makhzoumi, said in a statement yesterday: “After 18 days have passed since the explosives shipment was seized in Dahr al-Baidar on October 5, the decision to refer the case to the Judicial Council is still postponed, despite its inclusion on the Cabinet’s agenda.” He considered “the danger…”
Lebanon 24: The media office of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate issued the following statement: “With deep sorrow and strong condemnation, His Beatitude Patriarch Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian, Catholicos Patriarch of the House of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholics, received news of the terrorist attack that targeted the Church of Saint…”
Al Liwaa: Anyone who listens to senior officials every day, from morning until evening, as they make statements and take positions on all the major and minor issues—from the Israeli occupation’s devastation of southern Lebanon and the harsh Israeli abuses against southerners, to Hezbollah’s continued smuggling of weapons in preparation for an expected support war in…
Al Liwaa: The explosives seized are organically linked to the stalled Tampa talks. The former tests the state's ability to impose its authority within its borders, while the latter reveals how far it can translate this authority into negotiating terms that protect Lebanon from the continuation of the Israeli war. Between the two tests, the room for maneuver available to…
Al Manar: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed hope that trilateral talks bringing together Ukraine, the United States and Russia would be held in Abu Dhabi during the first half of November, as part of efforts aimed at ending the war, amid indications that Moscow is ready to resume negotiations…
Al Liwaa: Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam stressed the need to “move toward a practical step toward a country whose regions are connected and where mobility becomes a reliable public service,” emphasizing the importance of reaching “a plan for a modern, regular network connecting the Lebanese regions.” In remarks during his patronage of a meeting at the Grand Serail entitled “Toward developing…
Al Liwaa: نظمت المفوضية السامية للأمم المتحدة لشؤون اللاجئين (UNHCR)، بالتعاون مع اتحاد بلديات قضاء صور، جولة في مركز إيواء العباسية المخصص لاستقبال العائلات النازحة، في حضور ممثلة المفوضية في لبنان كارولينا ليندهولم بيلينغ، رئيس اتحاد بلديات قضاء صور المهندس حسن دبوق،…
Al Liwaa: The world is witnessing rapid economic and geopolitical shifts that are redrawing the map of investment, trade, and production and service centers. In the Gulf states, efforts continue to diversify economies and strengthen the technology, industry, tourism, and logistics sectors, while European countries face challenges related…
Al Liwaa: “touch” launched a fully integrated digital subscription service that enables customers to purchase mobile lines and activate them entirely online, without the need to visit points of sale, in a move aimed at accelerating the digital transformation of Lebanon’s telecommunications sector. The chairman and general manager of “touch,” Karim…
Al Liwaa: A report published by «النهار» on ٢٢ تشرين الأول ٢٠٢٦ revived the issue of taxing vacant apartments, after the government excluded the measure from the draft budget. The argument for the proposal rests on an idea that seems simple: if the cost of keeping an apartment vacant becomes higher, its owner may offer it for rent or sale…
An-Nahar: Follow the Zamalek vs. Rwandan Army match on Saturday, 24 October 2026, at Cairo Stadium in the second leg of the preliminary round of the African Champions League and Zamalek's qualification…
Al Liwaa: After the “temporary reprieve” over the explosives in Dahr al-Baidar and the Judicial Council’s delay in referring the case, which Hezbollah viewed as a “commendable” gesture, attention remained focused on the situation in the south amid Israeli airstrikes targeting Kfar Tebnit, Wadi al-Hujair, and Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, as well as the vicinity of Ali al-Taher, in addition to artillery shelling of…
Al Liwaa: The meeting of foreign ministers from the quartet—Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt—with Britain, France, Germany and Italy began yesterday in Istanbul. Participants are discussing developments in regional and international issues, foremost among them “developments in Yemen, the US-Iran war, and the issue…
Lebanon 24: The Lebanese Forces condemned the Karak attack: To hold those involved accountable…
Al Liwaa: Regional muftis have joined the review process aimed at overturning the extension of the term of the Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan, by filing an intervention request yesterday before the State Shura Council through their lawyer, Majed Dimashkieh. Lawyer Majed Dimashkieh, acting on behalf of the muftis, including Mufti Sheikh Hassan…
Al Liwaa: The western entrance to the city of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank witnessed, yesterday morning, a high-profile attack on an Israeli military checkpoint, which turned into a clash that lasted more than 20 minutes. The clashes resulted in the deaths of the attack’s perpetrators, two Israeli soldiers being killed and 3 others wounded, as confirmed by the occupation army…
Elnashra: Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar noted that his country seeks to be a reliable partner of the European Union, as part of its efforts to rebuild trust with…
Al Liwaa: Seven people were killed Friday in a shooting carried out by “extremist” gunmen inside and outside a church in Karak Governorate, south of Amman, according to Jordanian authorities, in a very rare incident in the kingdom. Jordanian King Abdullah II described the operation as “terrorist” and vowed to impose “the harshest penalties” on the attackers, who…
Lebanon 24: Jordanian government: Christians are an integral part of the fabric…
Al Liwaa: The wife of the prime minister, Ms. Sahar Baassiri Salam, affirmed that women’s health cannot be separated from their rights, economic independence and participation in society, stressing the need to develop healthcare in a way that keeps pace with women’s needs at different stages of their lives, rather than limiting concern for their health to reproduction…
Al Manar: Storm Austin struck wide areas of southern England today, Friday, 23 October 2026, accompanied by strong winds and heavy rain, causing power cuts to thousands of homes and tree branches to fall onto roads. Coastal areas, particularly in Cornwall, saw huge waves…
Al Liwaa: Lebanese artist Fadel Chaker returned to large-scale concerts after an absence of about 14 years, at an evening held at the Abu Bakr Salem Theater on Thursday evening, the day before yesterday, 22, as part of Riyadh Season events, under the title “The Return of the Absent.” Chaker opened the concert with the song “Illa Wa Ana Ma‘ak,” amid cheers from those in attendance…
Saida Online: US envoy Tom Barrack did not rule out launching a new US strike on Iran over the weekend, noting that Tehran had used the Strait of Hormuz as a bargaining chip, despite US President Donald Trump allowing room for an agreement. Barrack said, during an interview on a podcast…
