(MENAFN) A Beirut court on Tuesday approved the release of former central bank governor Riad Salameh after he posted what is being described as a record bail of 20 million U.S. dollars and 5 billion Lebanese pounds, worth roughly 55,600 dollars,...
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, August 27, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy fully supports the bipartisan Congressional delegation who traveled to Lebanon this week and spoke out in support of the Lebanese...
(MENAFN) A Lebanese court on Tuesday granted bail to former central bank governor Riad Salameh, setting an unprecedented sum of $20 million alongside an additional 5 billion Lebanese pounds (approximately $55,600), according to the state-run...
Local female-owned YogaSix expands with Wexford studio, offering energizing classes and community wellness programs during National Yoga Month. PITTSBURGH, PA, UNITED STATES, September 16, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- YogaSix Wexford is thrilled...
(MENAFN) Israel on Monday enforced travel prohibitions and personal penalties on two Spanish government members due to their outspoken condemnation of Israeli conduct in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. “Israel will not maintain any ties...
Royal House of Ghassan is an institution with roots in the Middle East, recognized by Lebanon and holding Special Consultative Status with the United Nations. YONKERS, NY, UNITED STATES, August 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Sovereign Imperial...
At the end of August, the future of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), established nearly 50 years ago, goes on trial in New York, where the Security Council will debate the renewal of its mandate. Nearly two decades after its...
Twelve people have been charged in a superseding indictment for their roles in an international conspiracy involving alien smuggling, asylum fraud, and money laundering schemes that brought thousands of aliens illegally into the United States for...
(MENAFN) Wildfires are tearing through forests and farmlands in Iraq, Algeria, Lebanon, Syria, and Morocco, fueled by a blistering regional heat wave and strong winds, according to multiple officials and media outlets. Iraq A sweeping blaze...
(MENAFN) Jordan and Egypt have reached an agreement to increase their electricity interconnection capacity to 2,000 megawatts, enhancing regional energy cooperation, Minister Yarub Qudah said. The deal also supports ongoing trilateral energy...
Lebanon has confiscated a huge consignment of the illegal drug Captagon in what is one of its biggest busts yet. The Lebanese army said it took 64 million Captagon pills and 79 barrels of chemicals at a site in the town of Boudai in Baalbek...
Report by Lara El Hachem, English adaptation by Mariella Succar Igor Grechushkin, a name closely associated with the Beirut Port explosion, has been detained by Bulgarian authorities. He is the owner of the Russian-flagged ship MV Rhosus, which...
Guest room view at Myconian Sunrise. Photograph by Jeremy Wayne. Vacation days are precious and in my Travel Talk column I especially like destinations that, while properly unspoiled and even exotic, can be reached relatively quickly. To leave New...
Doha, Qatar: Visit Qatar has launched its new Winter in Qatar 2026 marketing campaign, inviting travellers from across the GCC to experience the country’s vibrant winter season and dynamic event calendar. Set against a backdrop of desert...
🔊 Listen to Post Heya ride app offers girls and women in Lebanon taxis driven exclusively by female drivers. The initiative responds to a growing demand for safer transportation options, especially for young women travelling around the city In...
Pope Leo XIV is preparing for his first overseas journey after becoming head of the Catholic Church in May, with visits planned to Türkiye and Lebanon at the end of November, Vatican sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP). The two-staged trip,...
A Russian-Cypriot shipowner wanted over the devastating 2020 Beirut port explosion has been arrested in Bulgaria, officials confirmed Tuesday. Igor Grechushkin, 48, was detained at Sofia airport on September 5 after arriving from Cyprus under an...
UK and Israel drive surge as Cyprus welcomes 602,000 visitors in August Tourist arrivals in Cyprus reached 602,026 in August 2025, marking an increase of 8.5 per cent compared with 554,923 in August 2024, the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat)...
One person was reported dead after a fatal motorcycle accident on Monday evening. The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) reported that a 1989 Honda Pacific Coast Motorcycle was traveling south on Route P, north of Long Lane. At 6:15 p.m., the...
Leo said in July that he hoped to visit the Turkish city Iznik for the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea this year Vatican sources said preparations were also underway for a visit to Lebanon during the same trip VATICAN CITY:...
