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First criminal case alleging slavery and slave trade of migrant domestic worker in Lebanon brought forward

BEIRUT — The first criminal case filed in Lebanon alleging slavery and slave trading of a migrant domestic worker by a Lebanese kafala employer was set to open Tuesday but was postponed when the...

Tala Ramadan, 19 October 2021

The Lebanese government is progressively compiling and sending financial documents that are required as part of a program for cooperation with the IMF, which the government hopes to complete by the end of the year, a spokesperson for the premier told L’Orient Today

19 October 2021

Beirut blast probe Judge Tarek Bitar summoned MPs Nohad Machnouk and Ghazi Zeitar for questioning on Oct. 29, a judicial source told L’Orient Today. Parliament’s bylaws say proceedings begun against MPs outside a legislative session may continue without Parliament’s permission

19 October 2021

MPs vote to move legislative elections up to March during first meeting of Parliament’s regular session

BEIRUT — The Lebanese Parliament on Tuesday voted to move up next year’s parliamentary elections from May 8 to March 27, setting the clock ticking for Najib Mikati’s “Together for the Rescue”...

Ghada Alsharif, 19 October 2021

Lebanon has registered 460 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Four people have died, raising the death toll to 8,434

19 October 2021

President Michel Aoun has met with IMF executive director Mahmoud Mohieldin to discuss the resumption of negotiations for a financial rescue plan for Lebanon, the presidency tweeted. Reuters meanwhile cites a senior IMF official as saying technical discussions have already begun

19 October 2021

IMF in talks with Lebanon, calls to address financial losses

DUBAI — The International Monetary Fund and Lebanese authorities have started technical discussions to pull the country out of its crisis, a senior IMF official said, stressing the need to address...

19 October 2021

Parliament has sent a proposed law on establishing a quota for women MPs in the upcoming legislative elections back to the joint parliamentary committees for further discussion

19 October 2021

Two dead as clashes between rival families continue for third day

BEIRUT — Two people died Tuesday as armed clashes continued for a third consecutive day between two families in the village of Wadi Jamous in Akkar, North Lebanon, our sister publication...

19 October 2021

Fuel prices will rise over the coming weeks due to the international surge in crude oil prices and the drop in the lira’s value, gas station owners’ syndicate spokesperson George Brax has predicted in comments to the NNA. He estimates that 20 liters of gasoline will hit LL300,000

19 October 2021

Parliament has voted against the establishment of a six-member constituency for expatriate voters in the 2022 parliamentary elections, meaning that citizens voting from abroad will cast ballots for candidates running in the constituency in which they are registered in Lebanon

19 October 2021

A magnitude 6 earthquake hit off the Greek island of Karpathos this morning, the US Geological Survey reports. Residents of Beirut and its suburbs reported feeling the tremor. Lebanon’s National Council for Scientific Research said the tremor was recorded at 8:32 a.m. local time

19 October 2021

Parliament has voted in favor of holding elections for the legislature on March 27 next year. FPM leader Gebran Bassil opposed the decision, saying his bloc would challenge it before the Constitutional Council

19 October 2021

Lebanon’s Parliament has convened at UNESCO Palace, marking the start of its new session, which will run until Dec. 31

19 October 2021

State telecoms operator Ogero has announced in a tweet that its services are down in the Tripoli–al-Bahsas area due to an electrical failure following the overloading of its generators. The company adds that it is working to resolve the issue

19 October 2021

Nasrallah blasts LF, Oct. 17 anniversary, Parliament’s regular session: Everything you need to know today

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . In a televised speech last night, Hezbollah’s leader laid the blame for last week’s clashes in Beirut’s Tayyouneh area on the...

19 October 2021