THE DAILY STAR

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Thursday that Prime Minister designate Najib Mikati was facing increasing demands from others on the...

US will help Lebanon with electricity provision through plan involving Jordan, Egypt, World Bank and Syria: Presidency

The Lebanese presidency said on Thursday that the United States has decided to assist Lebanon with electricity provision as the country stru...

Mikati says to continue efforts to form a govt

Recorded deaths from Covid in Iran passed the 100,000 mark on Thursday, the health ministry said, amid tighter restrictions nationwide to co...

Masks were almost nowhere to be seen Thursday as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims thronged the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala for the Shiite...

Hamid Karzai steps in from the shadows -- and it appears he is following his old playbook of traditional tribal deal-making.

Abu Dhabi emirate, the second-most populous in the United Arab Emirates, will on Thursday end a partial lockdown imposed last month as part...

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday a ship carrying fuel oil will sail from Iran to Lebanon within hours, warning the Uni...

Nasrallah warns US, Israel against intercepting Iranian shipment

The Taliban on Thursday urged crowds of Afghans waiting outside Kabul airport in the hope of fleeing the country to go home, saying they did...

Algeria on Wednesday blamed devastating wildfires this month on two groups it recently designated as terrorist organisations, adding that on...

The Lebanese pound was little changed on the black market Thursday, trading at 18,350 to the dollar, snapping a three-day winning run, excha...

The National Security Adviser of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed made a landmark visit to Turkey Wednesday, during which h...

Last-minute horse-trading by rival factions over key ministerial seats is delaying the formation of a new government urgently demanded by th...

Lebanon registers 1,689 COVID-19 cases, five deaths in last 24 hours

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Wednesday he expects to discuss Iran with U.

The Finance Ministry Wednesday paid $150,000 to Alvarez & Marsal Company to conduct full forensic auditing of all the Central Bank’s account...

Across the Middle East, the Taliban's rapid seizure of power in Afghanistan has been seen by some as a signal that players in the region can...

Friends of the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra oversaw the purchase of the instruments for students at the conservatoire, which lost equipme...

Islamist groups around the world have hailed the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan, sparking global alarm that the country could once again...

Every day from 6.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. since the start of July, painter and sculptor Antonio Lopez, 85, has positioned his large easel and canva...

LE LUC, France: Hundreds of firefighters struggled for a third day Wednesday to contain France's worst wildfire of the summer near the glitz...

JOHANNESBURG: In South Africa's biggest township, Soweto, a canoe club is overcoming local superstitions about being on water and giving you...

AL - DAOUSEH, Lebanon: Families laid to rest Wednesday victims of a fuel tank blast that killed at least 28 people in Akkar amid anger and s...