The UN refugee agency in Lebanon hopes that 200,000 Syrian refugees will return to Syria by the end of the year under a new government-backed plan. Before the fall of former President Bashar ...

A French UN soldier sits in a newly painted UN vehicle as a Lebanese worker walks past him in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday, ...

Israeli actor Alon Aboutboul, who appeared in Hollywood blockbusters such as The Dark Knight Rises, has died at the age of 60. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Hundreds of people in Lebanon have paid tribute to iconic composer, pianist and playwright Ziad Rahbani, who died over the weekend. His mother, Fayrouz, one of the Arab world’s most ...

A Lebanese pro-Palestinian communist militant arrived in Lebanon Friday following his release after more than 40 years in ...

The march, held in Beirut’s central al-Hamra neighborhood, featured masked Hezbollah fighters parading through a civilian district with military-style precision and heavy weaponry.

Beirut’s beach clubs are back and buzzing with optimism After weathering the storms of economic crisis and regional instability, Lebanon’s capital is hopeful about a lasting revival as visitors – and ...

The beaches were closed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health due to unsafe swimming water.

Delawareans might be biased about the state's beaches being the best, but a handful were recently ranked as some of the "cleanest in the nation." ...

More than a dozen beaches are closed Friday mostly due to bacterial exceedance. There are 17 beaches in Massachusetts closed as of Friday morning, according to the state’s Department of Public ...

An Asbury Park beach incident sent a young lifeguard to a hospital after an umbrella stake pierced her shoulder, prompting safety warnings about properly securing beach umbrellas.