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Lebanese lawyer files complaint against leaders over blast
Middle East
August 19, 2020
Lebanese lawyer files complaint against leaders over blast
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese lawyer filed a legal complaint on Wednesday against the country’s president and prime minister for…
Fighters and farmers step in to help Beirut after the blast
Middle East
August 19, 2020
Fighters and farmers step in to help Beirut after the blast
AMMAN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From former fighters repairing damaged buildings to rural women preparing meals, people from across Lebanon…
Lebanese customs chief arrested over Beirut blast
Middle East
August 18, 2020
Lebanese customs chief arrested over Beirut blast
BEIRUT (AP) — The head of Lebanon’s customs authority was formally arrested on Monday after being questioned over the massive…
Egyptian star Mona Zaki launches charity campaign for Lebanese children
Cinema/TV
August 18, 2020
Egyptian star Mona Zaki launches charity campaign for Lebanese children
Egyptian actress Mona Zaki on Tuesday launched a charity campaign to support Lebanon’s children in the wake of the devastating…
A life’s work shattered: stained glass artist counts cost of Beirut blast
Middle East
August 17, 2020
A life’s work shattered: stained glass artist counts cost of Beirut blast
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two decades of Maya Husseini’s work to restore stained glass windows destroyed in the Lebanese civil war…
Sharp rise in virus cases in Lebanon after deadly port blast
Middle East
August 17, 2020
Sharp rise in virus cases in Lebanon after deadly port blast
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon is facing a surge in coronavirus cases after a devastating blast at the Beirut port earlier…
UN-backed court to issue verdicts in Lebanon’s Hariri case
Middle East
August 17, 2020
UN-backed court to issue verdicts in Lebanon’s Hariri case
BEIRUT (AP) — More than 15 years after the truck bomb assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in…
US says no bailout for Lebanon, calls for change
Middle East
August 16, 2020
US says no bailout for Lebanon, calls for change
BEIRUT (AP) — There can be no financial bailout for Lebanon, a senior US official said Saturday, calling on the…
Lebanon faces ‘biggest danger’, needs elections, says patriarch
Middle East
August 16, 2020
Lebanon faces ‘biggest danger’, needs elections, says patriarch
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s top Christian cleric called on Sunday for early parliamentary elections and a government formed to rescue…
Lebanese president says Beirut aid should go where needed
Middle East
August 16, 2020
Lebanese president says Beirut aid should go where needed
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that international aid pledged following a massive explosion in Beirut…