BEIRUT — Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil on Friday addressed the preliminary audit report into Lebanon's central bank, Banque du Liban (BDL). "The most dangerous thing...
On Thursday afternoon, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its latest report on Lebanon as part of its surveillance over member states. The IMF’s mission chief for Lebanon, Ernesto...
BEIRUT — "It's a disgrace." Ali Abou Dehen, a former prisoner of the Syrian regime's jails, spoke to L'Orient-Le Jour about Lebanon's abstention from the UN General Assembly vote to create...
GENEVA — The UN human rights office said on Friday it has updated a list of companies doing business with Israeli settlements, removing 15 companies from the database that were no longer...
BEIRUT — A Franco-Israeli businessman making a layover at Beirut International Airport was briefly arrested and then expelled from the country, a senior source at Lebanon's General Security...
On June 29, Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old Iraqi, tore up and lit pages of the Islamic holy book on fire in Stockholm during a protest authorized by police, as Muslims celebrated the Eid al-Adha...
Tens of thousands of Muslims streamed out of Islam's holiest city on Friday after completing the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia's scorching summer heat, an AFP correspondent said....
Like many facilities run by official authorities, the Environment Ministry’s national air pollution monitoring network is out of service due to financial reasons. This has been the case since April...
Marianne Hoayek, the former assistant of Lebanon's central bank chief Riad Salameh, is being questioned in Paris on Friday by the magistrate in charge of investigations into suspected Lebanese...
BEIRUT — A man identified by the initials, H.H., set himself on fire Friday in Jdeidet Marjayoun, South Lebanon, after having first sprayed himself with a flammable material, the state-run National...
BEIRUT — Renewing a 10-year passport in Lebanon will now cost LL10 million, or $108 at the current parallel market exchange rate. "All fees for services offered by the General Security (GS)...
BEIRUT — The World Bank's board of directors approved $200 million in financing to "improve the resilience of 'vulnerable' farmers and SMEs" in Lebanon's agribusiness sector, which is facing the...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army on Thursday extinguished a fire on Rabbit island, off the coast of Tripoli, North Lebanon, using two helicopters, the military said in a tweet. A fire broke out on...
The UN General Assembly on Thursday created an independent body to "clarify" the fate of thousands of people who remain missing in Syria since war broke out in 2011, overriding objections from...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Lebanon abstained last night from voting on a UN General Assembly resolution to create an independent body...
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?
