Beirut

June 17, 2021

Lebanon workers stage general strike over escalating crises

BEIRUT (AP) — Shops, government offices, businesses and banks shuttered their doors in Lebanon on Thursday, as part of a…

June 1, 2021

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s severe economic and financial crisis is likely to rank as one of the worst the world…

May 31, 2021

BEIRUT (AP) — A team of French investigators began questioning fugitive former auto magnate Carlos Ghosn in Beirut on Monday…

May 21, 2021

Lebanon’s parliament will convene on Friday to discuss a letter written by the president saying Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri had…

May 6, 2021

Lebanon could go dark as cash for electricity generation runs out this month, a government statement said on Thursday. “We…

April 28, 2021

A Lebanese music composer close to the president’s party is believed to be detained in Saudi Arabia for unknown reasons,…

April 14, 2021

BEIRUT (AP) — A senior US official on Wednesday berated Lebanese politicians for fighting over the formation of a new…

April 10, 2021

PARIS (Reuters) – French container shipping group CMA CGM is pursuing a plan to rebuild Beirut’s port within three years,…

April 9, 2021

BEIRUT (AP) — They are boisterous, argumentative and at times downright hilarious. Hundreds of thousands of people in the Arab…

April 2, 2021

PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will next week present a multi-billion-dollar proposal to Lebanese authorities to rebuild the Port of Beirut as…