A 27-year-old man died and three others were critically injured after a truck crashed into a queue of cars waiting to refuel at a Coral gas station on the Naameh highway Saturday morning, Traffic Management said. Lines at gas stations have become commonplace due to fuel shortages

BLACKOUTS  Lebanon signs deal to import 1 million tons of Iraqi fuel for electricity

PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY  MP and former Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk reveals “the only report” he claims to have received regarding the shipment that brought the ammonium nitrate that exploded at the port on Aug. 4 to Beirut

IRAQI FUEL OIL  Caretaker Energy Minister Raymond Ghajar traveled to Iraq this morning alongside General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim in order to finalize an agreement to purchase 1 million tons of Iraqi fuel, a source in the presidential palace confirms

The supermarket owners’ syndicate has asked that supermarkets be considered “a vital sector, like hospitals and bakeries” and that sufficient quantities of diesel be supplied to them to ensure their power supply, warning that “any delay will cause severe damage” to foods

Families of the Beirut blast victims have gathered in front of Parliament, where MP and former minister Nouhad Machnouk is set to hold a press conference. The judge leading the blast probe has asked that Machnouk’s parliamentary immunity be lifted so he can be prosecuted