Lebanon
Trash pollutes Lebanon’s Mediterranean coastline
Environment
November 29, 2018
Trash pollutes Lebanon’s Mediterranean coastline
BEIRUT (AP) — Plastic bottles, soft drink cans and blue garbage bags. An old television, discarded vegetables and coffee…
Lebanon exceeds budget, needs a new government: finance minister
Middle East
November 28, 2018
Lebanon exceeds budget, needs a new government: finance minister
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Highly-indebted Lebanon has exceeded its budget for 2018 and authorities are taking steps to make sure…
Lebanon minister: Syrian abuses slow return of refugees
Middle East
November 28, 2018
Lebanon minister: Syrian abuses slow return of refugees
BEIRUT (AP) — Some refugees who have gone back to Syria from Lebanon have been killed, detained or forced…
Hariri office denies Lebanon turned down Russian aid
Middle East
November 27, 2018
Hariri office denies Lebanon turned down Russian aid
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon has accepted a Russian aid offer comprising millions of bullets that will be given to…
Egypt’s recent reforms attract Lebanese investments: Lebanon’s Prime Minister
Business
November 24, 2018
Egypt’s recent reforms attract Lebanese investments: Lebanon’s Prime Minister
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Saturday that Egypt’s recent legislative reforms have made it a country attractive…
Lebanon can’t waste more time on government formation: president
Middle East
November 22, 2018
Lebanon can’t waste more time on government formation: president
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday the country no longer had the luxury of wasting…
Lebanese Christian civil war foes shake hands, make up after 40 years
Middle East
November 15, 2018
Lebanese Christian civil war foes shake hands, make up after 40 years
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Christian rivals from the Lebanese civil war, Samir Geagea and Suleiman Frangieh, shook hands with each…
#ShameOnWho campaign uses art to change Lebanese attitudes to rape
Middle East
November 8, 2018
#ShameOnWho campaign uses art to change Lebanese attitudes to rape
BEIRUT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The hashtag #ShameOnWho? is being deployed as part of a new street art campaign…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah won’t yield in government formation dispute: report
Middle East
November 7, 2018
Lebanon’s Hezbollah won’t yield in government formation dispute: report
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah will not give way in a dispute over Sunni Muslim…
Lebanese tourism minister apologizes for harsh words on Egypt
Egypt
November 6, 2018
Lebanese tourism minister apologizes for harsh words on Egypt
Lebanese Minister of Tourism Avedis Guidanian has offered an apology to the Egyptian government and people, after describing Egypt…