Editor's note: The list below represents the candidates who filed to run but not those who made it onto electoral lists. For an up to date listing of candidates who remain in the election and the...
BEIRUT — The cabinet approved the destruction of the Beirut port silos in a meeting on Wednesday evening despite opposition from relatives of the victims of the Aug. 4, 2020 explosion and...
BEIRUT — Some relatives of the victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion spray painted messages on the entrance walls and door of Justice Minister Henri Khoury’s house, a video posted on social...
BEIRUT — The 2022 draft budget in its current form will not be adopted, neither before nor after the parliamentary elections set to take place on May 15, warned head of the Finance and Budget...
BEIRUT — A straightforward analysis of the data contained in Banque du Liban’s latest balance sheet reveals a grim reality. As of March 15, the central bank’s foreign assets stood at $16.58...
BEIRUT — Energy Minister Walid Fayad announced, following a cabinet session Wednesday, that the government has approved the electricity reform plan, adding, “I will do my best to establish the...
Lebanon's banking association on Wednesday criticized what it described as "arbitrary and illegal measures" being taken against lenders, saying these threatened to "topple the banking sector"....
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Fransabank on Wednesday closed all of its branches in the country following a judicial order freezing its assets based on a lawsuit filed by a depositor, a Fransabank source told...
BEIRUT — Lebanese ambassadors and diplomats who chair the central administration units of the Foreign Ministry announced in a press release on Wednesday that they will stop running day-to-day...
BEIRUT— President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday that Lebanon needs international aid to cope with its socio-economic crisis, during a meeting with the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina...
TOKYO — Tokyo prosecutors filed an appeal on Wednesday against the verdict in the trial of former Nissan executive Greg Kelly. The court gave him a six-month sentence suspended for three years...
The polar winds that have been whipping through Lebanon and the region these last few days may not be exceptional for winter, but they are unusual for the month of March. Abdel Rahman Zawawi, head...
BEIRUT — After 14 hours of trekking through snow-covered Akkar, volunteers from Akkar Trail, 33 North and other organizations were able to reach stranded shepherds yesterday, finding one in...
BEIRUT — The deadline for candidates to declare their intention to run in the May 15 parliamentary election drew to a close at midnight, with 1,043 having filed, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman...
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Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
