BEIRUT — The French ruling on the validity of seizures made on BDL Governor Riad Salameh's assets will be delivered on July 4. It will be communicated via email to the parties concerned, a source...
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib on Tuesday said that the existence of Syrian refugees in Lebanon "threatens" the country's Christian-Muslim balance. Lebanon...
BEIRUT — The Israeli army chief of staff, General Herzi Halevi, warned on Tuesday that a war "will be seventy times more difficult for Lebanon and even more for Hezbollah," than it would be for...
BEIRUT — The joint parliamentary committees on Tuesday approved a bill permitting Banque Du Liban (BDL) to issue Lebanese Lira notes worth more than LL100,000, the state-run National News Agency...
Secretary-General of the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) Fadi Khalaf told al-Markaziya news agency Monday that not one “major European bank” had decided to suspend its correspondent banking...
“Every now and then, Hezbollah likes to put on a show of force,” said Joe Macaron, an independent consultant and research analyst, commenting on Hezbollah’s Sunday military exercise in the town...
BEIRUT — A landfill in Saida burned for a third consecutive day Tuesday, our correspondent in the region reported, with firefighters still to extinguish the flames while foul odors and smoke spread...
The opposition that is “waiting for Gebran” has lost its bet. While contacts between the Free Patriotic Movement and the anti-Hezbollah camp seemed to be moving towards an imminent agreement on a...
BEIRUT — Germany has informed Lebanon it has issued an arrest warrant for Banque du Liban (BDL) governor Riad Salameh on corruption charges, including forgery, money laundering and embezzlement, a...
BEIRUT — Since retiring from her job as a bank manager three years ago, N. spends her days, sometimes her nights, babysitting or providing at-home eldercare to boost her monthly pension of about...
Israeli troops on Tuesday demolished the West Bank home of a Palestinian militant who was killed after carrying out a deadly shooting in the heart of Tel Aviv in March....
BEIRUT — Lebanon is likely to be placed on a "grey list" of countries under special scrutiny over unsatisfactory practices to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing, three sources...
BEIRUT — Gasoline prices remained unchanged in Lebanon on Tuesday morning while the price per gas cylinder went slightly up, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. Here...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be put on trial following "hundreds of deaths" and "chemical arms use" during the country's civil war, the French foreign minister said on Tuesday....
Witnesses in the Sudanese capital reported clashes and air strikes minutes after a one-week ceasefire was to have come into force to let through life-saving humanitarian assistance....
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Lebanon’s top prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat summoned Banque du Liban (BDL) governor Riad Salameh for a hearing on Wednesday amid...
