BEIRUT —Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said on Tuesday that Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad Salameh cannot be arrested or prosecuted in Lebanon unless Interpol issues an arrest...
Bank Audi’s latest quarterly report on the Lebanese economy, released Saturday, can be summarized as unsettling and uncertain. Under the leadership of economist Marwan Barakat, the bank’s research...
A French investigating magistrate on Tuesday issued an international arrest warrant for Lebanon's central bank chief Riad Salameh, a source close to the case said. Salameh, however, accused the...
In a speech on Friday, party leader Hassan Nasrallah hinted for the first time at the possibility of installing Wissam Mansouri, the Shiite deputy governor of Banque du Liban (BDL), as a temporary...
After a long 15-year hiatus, the second Ice Hockey Arab Cup kicked off in Kuwait in May. The Cedars, the Lebanese national men’s team, made an impressive first appearance. They clinched the Arab...
BEIRUT — Reported crime dropped significantly in the first four months of 2023 compared to the same period last year, according to data released Monday by the Internal Security Forces (ISF). The...
BEIRUT — The Attorney General at the Court of Appeal of Mount Lebanon, Ghada Aoun, on Tuesday officially submitted an appeal against a decision by the disciplinary board of magistrates to remove...
Twelve years after an ostensibly definitive ban, the regime of Bashar al-Assad has re-entered the diplomatic fold, and is back at the forefront of regional developments. Tehran, the once sworn...
In its 2023 ranking of the most influential travel and tourism leaders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Forbes chose to include 100 leaders and entities, rather than the 50 it listed...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's central bank chief did not attend a hearing in Paris on Tuesday where French prosecutors were expected to press preliminary fraud and money laundering charges against him,...
ISTANBUL — Twitter said it had filed objections to Turkish court orders requesting a ban on access to some accounts and tweets on the platform, after keeping its service available during an...
BEIRUT — Syrian authorities on Monday handed over a Lebanese man suspected of murdering Lebanese former general Alaaeddine Chraiteh in October 2022, the Lebanese Army tweeted on Tuesday. The...
BEIRUT — Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) head Walid Joumblatt lamented Monday that Lebanese political leaders had not yet reached a compromise on who to name as the country's next...
BEIRUT — Fuel prices decreased in Lebanon on Tuesday morning, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline:...
DUBAI — Air strikes and artillery fire intensified sharply across Sudan's capital early on Tuesday, residents said, as the army sought to dislodge paramilitary rivals it has been fighting for...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . BDL governor Riad Salameh will not appea r at a hearing previously scheduled for today in Paris after three failed attempts by...
