Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Lebanon

Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Skips Hearing Session

Lebanon’s judiciary on Thursday adjourned until June the questioning of Central Bank governor Riad Salameh in a corruption case brought against him on March 21. A lawyer for Salameh presented a preliminary defense of his client against the charges at Thursday's hearing, Lebanon’s National News Agency said. “Mount Lebanon First…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pennsylvania policeman killed, 2 officers hurt in shooting

The mayor of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, says one of the city's police officers has been killed and two others injured in a shooting while responding to a domestic disturbance call

The Independent UK

Lebanon's cenbank chief stays away from corruption hearing -state media

Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh did not attend on Thursday a judicial hearing he was summoned to last week after being charged with corruption, prompting the judge to schedule a new hearing in June, state media reported.

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Lebanon Judge Sets June Hearing for Central Bank Governor Graft Probe

A Lebanese judge on Thursday postponed an interrogation session for central bank governor Riad Salameh until June after his lawyer attended a hearing in a corruption probe in his place, the state news agency (NNA) reported. Salameh, governor for nearly three decades, was charged with illicit enrichment last week. He…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Oil Price Surge Casts Shadow over Ramadan Meals

Cheap and tasty, fried potatoes have become a staple in Lebanese mother Mona Amsha's kitchen in recent years. But with sunflower oil prices soaring due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, she fears even fries will be out of reach this Ramadan. "In 2021, when the prices were already up, I…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Cabinet Approves Capital Control Law

Lebanon's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a long-delayed draft capital control law that still requires final approval from parliament amid a worsening financial crisis now in its third year, Information Minister Ziad Makari said in televised remarks following the session. Formal capital controls are a policy recommendation of the International Monetary…

Asharq Al-Awsat

IMF Delegation Launches Two-Week Mission in Crisis-Hit Lebanon

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation kicked off talks in Beirut Wednesday as part of a two-week mission aimed at securing progress towards funding for crisis-hit Lebanon. The government is hoping to secure a rescue package to exit a deep financial crisis that started in 2019 and has seen most…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Muslims Face Frugal Ramadan as Ukraine War Drives up Food Prices

Russia's Ukraine invasion, which has already exacerbated food woes in parts of Africa and the Middle East, is marring preparations for the holy month of Ramadan and forcing a turn to frugal iftar sunset meals. From Lebanon to Tunisia and Somalia, Muslims who traditionally break a dawn-to-dusk fast with lavish…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: Lebanon Faces Education 'Emergency'

Lebanon is grappling with an education "emergency," a United Nations official said, as years of economic collapse weigh heavily on students and teachers. "We are now in an emergency situation.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese Prosecutor Overturns Decision Barring Banks from Shipping Money

Lebanon's top prosecutor on Monday overturned a judicial decision that last week instructed customs authorities to prevent six banks from moving money out of the country, a senior judicial source told Reuters. Last week's decision by Judge Ghada Aoun prompted the banking association to warn that the banks - including…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon’s Central Bank Chief Is Suspect in 120 Mln Euro Asset Freeze Case

Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh is a suspect in a case the European Union's criminal justice agency said on Monday had led to the freezing of some 120 million euros ($132 million) of Lebanese assets, prosecutors in Germany said. The properties and bank accounts, linked to five people suspected…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU states freeze $130 million worth of Lebanese assets

A European Union agency says authorities in three European countries have frozen more than $130 million in assets linked to an investigation into money laundering in Lebanon

The Independent UK

Lebanon's central bank chief is suspect in 120 million euro asset freeze case -German prosecutor

Reuters

Aboul Gheit to Asharq Al-Awsat: Iran Uses Arab Crises as Pressure Cards to Confront the West

Arab League Secretary General Ahmad Aboul Gheit said that the possible understanding between the United States and Iran in the ongoing nuclear negotiations in Vienna, “does not end” the Iranian nuclear threat, calling on Tehran to stop its “adventures” on Arab land, and to refrain from using Arab files to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine War Threatens Food Supplies in Fragile Arab World

Layal Aswad was already exhausted by Lebanon’s devastating two-year economic collapse.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rahi Refuses Turning Lebanon into a Dictatorship

Lebanese Patriarch Bechara Rahi warned on Sunday from attempts to turn Lebanon into a “police state and dictatorship.” Rahi accused the authority of imposing selective and biased judiciary measures and of fabricating charges to postpone or annul the parliamentary elections scheduled next May. Rahi said those in charge in Lebanon…

The Independent UK

Ukraine war threatens food supplies in fragile Arab world

Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are pushing some Middle Eastern and North African countries to the brink

Reuters

Lebanese tattoo artist helps breast cancer survivors to heal

For Lebanese breast cancer survivor Roula Saad, a decade-long struggle with the disease was not over until tattoo artist Joa Antoun concealed her surgical scars, helping her deal with the physical and psychological impact of a double mastectomy.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Lebanese parliament to debate capital control law

A draft Lebanese capital control law will be discussed by parliamentary committees on Monday and put to a vote on Tuesday if the text is agreed, two lawmakers said, a new bid to pass the long-delayed law amid a standoff between banks and some judges.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon’s Geagea Says Judicial Decisions against Party Unlawful

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said on Saturday that recent judicial decisions against his party were against the law. Speaking at a news conference days after a judge charged him over deadly violence in Beirut in October, Geagea said that the judicial decisions were aimed at tarnishing the image…

The Independent UK

Lebanese PM expects progress in talks with IMF over meltdown

Lebanon's prime minister says talks between his government and the International Monetary Fund over an economic recovery plan should make progress in the next two weeks

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon's Banks Threaten to Sue the State

A senior Lebanese official in the financial sector warned that the country was in a severe monetary crisis as a result of explicit duplicity in the state to dealing with the governance of the central bank and the banking system. The danger looms at a time when the talks with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon’s Mikati Expresses Hope of IMF Accord in Weeks

A delegation from the International Monetary Fund will start talks in Lebanon on March 29, Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Saturday, expressing hope of a deal in the coming weeks. "Next Tuesday they will start their mission in Lebanon," he told reporters on the sidelines of the Doha Forum…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mikati Welcomes Iran’s Support In Electricity Sector

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Friday that Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati welcomed Iran’s readiness to contribute in building two power plants in Lebanon, linking their realization with reaching a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. During his second day visit to Beirut, the Iranian Minister separately…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Ready to Supply Wheat to Lebanon, Lebanese President Cites Iranian FM

Lebanese President Michel Aoun tweeted on Friday that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian assured him after their meeting in Beirut that Iran was ready to support Lebanon in all fields, "most notably in the provision of wheat". Lebanon bought the bulk of its wheat from Ukraine until Russia's invasion, and…

1 … 283 284 285 286

People

Hossein Amirabdollahian

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Monetary Fund

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.