A Syrian man has opened a Lebanese restaurant in Byker paying homage to his late grandfather’s grill house in Beirut. Osama ...

BEIRUT (AP) — France’s president began a visit to Lebanon Friday, where he will meet the crisis-hit country’s newly elected leaders, as the nation attempts to recover from the 14-month ...

Israel’s military says it has carried out new airstrikes on Yemen against what it said were Houthi rebel targets. Its ...

(AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Lebanese lawmakers gather to elect a new president at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Lebanese lawmakers ...

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BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The vote came weeks after a ...

Following the election, Aoun entered the parliament building in downtown Beirut to swear his oath before lawmakers and deliver an inaugural speech. According to the official National News Agency, Aoun ...

Following the election, Aoun entered the parliament building in downtown Beirut to swear his oath before lawmakers and deliver an inaugural speech, Xinhua news agency reported. According to the ...

Following the election, Aoun entered the parliament building in downtown Beirut to swear his oath before lawmakers and deliver an inaugural speech. According to the official National News Agency ...

(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, right, casts his vote to elect a new president, at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

The electoral session kicked off Thursday morning amid tight security measures around the parliament building in downtown Beirut. French President's Special Envoy to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian and ...

Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, with no end in sight to ...