London Stock Exchange Group: Debt issuances in the region fall 10% to $129.7 billion
An-Nahar: Debt markets in the Middle East and North Africa saw bond issuances worth $129.7 billion in 2026 despite geopolitical tensions and a slowdown in sukuk…
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37113 in English · 1011 original-language storiesAn-Nahar: Debt markets in the Middle East and North Africa saw bond issuances worth $129.7 billion in 2026 despite geopolitical tensions and a slowdown in sukuk…
National News Agency: National – The “Loyalty Union of Transport and Communications Syndicates” said in a statement that “the cracks affecting roads and bridges in Lebanon, and the damage, water pooling and disruption to traffic revealed by the rain that fell yesterday, constitute further evidence of the extent of neglect affecting infrastructure, and the absence…
Ad-Diyar: Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Taymour Jumblatt affirmed that dialogue in Lebanon “is not weakness, but a national necessity that all parties must recognize,” stressing that the decision of war and peace must be in the hands of the state…
An-Nahar: النائب إدغار طرابلسي يحذر من دمج مراحل الروضات وارتفاع عدد التلامذة في صف واحد، مطالباً بإنقاذ الطفولة وجودة التعليم في المدارس الرسمية…
Lebanon 24: U.S. authorities arrested a man from the state of Alabama, months after his 76-year-old mother died of sepsis, following alleged neglect of her open sores and her “unhealthy” living conditions, according to People magazine. Jonathan Chad Simmons (49) was arrested on Sunday, October 25, and faces…
Lebanon 24: Iraq’s Federal Commission of Integrity announced that a court had sentenced lawmaker Muthanna al-Samarrai to six years in prison, while the court sentenced lawmaker Ziad al-Janabi to five years in prison and ordered him to repay (4) billion dinars that he had benefited from through contracts with the North Refineries Company, in connection with cases…
Ad-Diyar: The Parliamentary Youth and Sports Committee reopened files on waste, suspected corruption and encroachments on sports facilities, stressing that it would follow up on reports submitted to the judiciary and appoint a lawyer to monitor them, alongside preparations for coordination…
Lebanon Debate: “Lebanon Debate” information: strike suspended…
National News Agency: National News Agency – Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam issued the following statement in response to several inquiries and questions from citizens and the press about biosimilar or non-original medicines (Bio Similar): “Medicine is not a commodity like any other. It is a life on which the patient and their family depend, and trust…
Lebanon Debate: “Covering up government shortcomings”... Attallah blasts a proposal…
Nidaa Al Watan: President General Joseph Aoun stressed that Lebanon is committed to diplomatic and negotiated solutions to address conflicts, considering that lasting stability cannot be achieved by military force alone. While emphasizing the need to halt Israeli attacks and adhere to existing understandings, he noted “that…
An-Nahar: Hammoud Church… when extremism becomes a weapon to strike at the fabric…
Ad-Diyar: The biosimilar drugs file in Lebanon is escalating along 3 parallel tracks: judicial, oversight and government, amid accelerated measures to verify the safety of products in circulation, review the mechanisms for registering and importing them, and tighten controls on their access to patients. Judicially, the public prosecutor assigned the deputy prosecutor…
Lebanon Debate: “We do not want a new war”… Jumblatt raises the state’s umbrella over…
Lebanon 24: At least 10 people, including a patient, died at a medical facility on Thursday after an oxygen cylinder exploded inside an ambulance, according to police and hospital officials. District police chief Arif Aziz said the explosion occurred overnight in the Tharparkar area of Sindh province. He added that among them…
Lebanon Debate: President Aoun: Lebanon is committed to diplomatic solutions and calls for an end to Israeli attacks, withdrawal, border demarcation, and resolution of the…
Ad-Diyar: In a gesture of appreciation reflecting loyalty to those in education and service, Lebanon’s Dean of Education, Professor Arkan al-Siblani, was honored during the annual reception and dinner hosted by the Syndicate of Private Academic Schools in Lebanon yesterday at the Phoenicia Hotel – Beirut, attended by a distinguished group of intellectuals and educators…
Al Manar: Sharp political calculations continue within the occupation entity following the Knesset elections, amid uncertainty over the shape of the next governing coalition and the possibility of resolving the contest for the premiership. The vote count showed, after 98.6% of the votes had been counted, that the bloc of the enemy’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was leading, having received…
Al Manar: Israeli occupation machinery demolished a two-story home belonging to Jerusalem resident Ashraf Salhab in the town of al-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem, on Thursday morning, claiming it had been built without a permit, in continuation of demolition operations targeting Palestinian homes and facilities in the governorate. The operation comes amid an escalation in demolitions…
National News Agency: National News - The Media and Telecommunications Committee held a session today at Parliament, chaired by MP Ibrahim Moussawi and attended by Communications Minister Charbel Hajj and a delegation from the Ogero Authority Union. Moussawi said after the session: “Today, the committee’s agenda had a single item related to the strike announced by…”
Ad-Diyar: The spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Brigadier General Hossein Mohebi, described the US Central Command, “CENTCOM,” as “child killers.” On the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, he said it “is determined in the sky, on land and at sea…”
Lebanon Debate: To watch the live broadcast via "RED TV" of MP Ibrahim al-Moussawi’s statement from Parliament, click…
CH23: Lebanon is watching for the repercussions of the Israeli elections on the future of the confrontation with Tel Aviv, amid fears that their results could open the door to an expansion of military operations, rather than creating conditions for a settlement that ends the attacks and the Israeli military presence in the south of the country. While approaches differ…
Lebanon Debate: The Litani’s waters turn black and red... Lab samples taken to uncover the cause…
Lebanon 24: Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab is preparing to perform a concert in Lebanon on December 26 at the Congress Arena stadium in Zouk Mosbeh. Advertisement Sherine is expected to perform a number of her famous songs, which audiences respond to enthusiastically on stage. This concert comes after a period of…
Lebanon 24: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi expressed deep concern about escalating developments in the Horn of Africa and interference in the affairs of the region’s countries, during his speech at the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow. Sisi called for an end to the war in Sudan and support for a political process leading to Sudanese dialogue…
Al Anbaa: Israeli Broadcasting Authority: Counting of about 96% of the Knesset election votes completed with no change in…
An-Nahar: The Integrity Commission issues a 6-year prison sentence against MP Muthanna al-Samarrai, ordering him to repay 30 billion dinars over corruption cases…
Ad-Diyar: Lebanese Kataeb Party leader and MP Sami Gemayel responded to Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem, considering that there is no legitimacy for carrying weapons outside the framework of the state, and calling on the Council of Ministers to hasten the referral…
Al Jadeed: Knesset Speaker: The idea of relying on the votes of Arab parties to form a minority government must be ruled out…
Al Manar: Israeli occupation forces arrested 15 citizens at dawn on Thursday during a campaign of raids in the West Bank, which included raiding homes and damaging their contents. In Nablus, occupation forces arrested 11 citizens, including Jamal Shadi Ghazal, after raiding his home in the Al-Ma’moun neighborhood of Nablus city, searching it and tampering…
An-Nahar: It is commonly said among people that God tests them by afflicting them with pains and torments and placing crosses on their shoulders, each “on…
MTV Lebanon: The head of the Progressive Socialist Party and chairman of the “Democratic Gathering,” MP Timour Jumblatt, affirmed that dialogue in Lebanon “is not weakness, but a national necessity,” stressing “the need to adhere to moderation in the face of extremism and division, and to reject dragging Lebanon into a new war.” He said during the opening…
National News Agency: National News - Promising Lebanese boxer and member of the Lebanese national team Ramzi Hilal (17 years old, born in 2009) continues his intensive preparations for participation in the Summer Youth Olympic Games, hosted by the Senegalese capital Dakar from 31 October to 13 November 2026, where he will represent…
Lebanon 24: Protesters clashed with Spanish police in Madrid late Wednesday evening, following a deadly collision between two high-speed trains that killed at least 68 people. Advertisement Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez also announced from the scene of the accident three days of national mourning…
Lebanon 24: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Crown Prince congratulate Turkey’s president on the anniversary of Republic Day…