Mohammad Reza Sheibani, left, with Vice President of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council in Lebanon, Sheikh Ali Al Khatib, centre, at a memorial service at the Iranian embassy in Beirut. Photo: Iranian Embassy in Lebanon

Iran's ambassador to Lebanon granted six-month visa as resident, not diplomat

Mohammad Reza Sheibani refused to leave the country after withdrawal of accreditation

MENA

Gaza’s children grew up flying kites. Now Israel says they will be treated as drones

MENA

EditorialSyria-Israel talks are a step in the right direction

Editorial

No Other Land directors’ Gaza film on ‘calculated mass killing’ heads to Venice

Film & TV

Syria says it held high-level talks with Israel to defuse rising tensions

MENA

Israeli strike in Syria 'could have been pre-election ploy'

US

Fireball in central Gaza as Israeli strike kills child

MENA
Convoys carrying humanitarian supplies from the UAE enter Gaza. Wam

Five convoys carrying aid from UAE enter Gaza in one week

Food supplies, medicine and materials for shelter sent on board 75 lorries

UAE

Turkey seeks Interpol red notice against Netanyahu over Gaza aid flotilla case

MENA

Weekend cartoonShadi's take on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank

Cartoon

World Bank projects Lebanon's GDP to contract by 6.4 per cent in 2026

MENA

'Will anyone actually be brought to justice?' asks Voice of Hind Rajab actor

Film & TV

Dispatch'I saw fire, then heard the blast': Deraa's fields peppered with Assad-era mines

MENA

Israeli singers accused of copying Palestinian artist Elyanna’s music video

Culture
Director Kaouther Ben Hania stands beside actor Motaz Malhees, who holds a portrait of the slain Palestinian girl at the premiere of The Voice of Hind Rajab in Venice. AFP

'Will anyone actually be brought to justice?' asks Voice of Hind Rajab actor

Actor Motaz Malhees, director Kaouther Ben Hania and Hind Rajab’s mother question whether Israel’s investigation can deliver genuine accountability

Film & TV

Dispatch'I saw fire, then heard the blast': Deraa's fields peppered with Assad-era mines

MENA

Israeli singers accused of copying Palestinian artist Elyanna’s music video

Culture

UAE joins regional and Islamic nations to condemn Israel’s E1 settlement plan

Europe

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