The death toll from a huge blast in Lebanon rose to 154, the country’s health minister confirmed Friday. Hamad Hasan told state-run National News Agency that thousands were injured Tuesday in the blast at the Port of Beirut and there were many in need of medical treatment. He...

A Lebanese man and his daughter were shot and killed in northern Tehran by an unknown assailant Friday night, Iran's Mehr news agency reported. The two were "Habib Dawoud, 58 years old and his daughter Maryam, 27, who were murdered around 9:00 pm by an unidentified motorcyclist," the...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on Arab countries on Saturday to support Lebanon in the wake of a massive explosion at the Beirut port.  "Lebanon needs any help in every field, and there is great hope in the brotherly Arab countries," Aoun said in statements following a...

It was almost as if Emmanuel Macron forgot that Lebanon is no longer a French protectorate. Visiting explosion-ravaged Beirut this week, France’s leader comforted distraught crowds, promised to rebuild the city and claimed that the blast pierced France’s own heart. "France will...