The Latest Breaking News from Lebanon

Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi indirectly criticized on Tuesday Hezbollah for hosting a Bahraini group that Manama has designated as a sponsor of terrorism. The Iran-backed party's move defied the Lebanese authorities' order to ban the event, which was initially going to be held at a hotel, because it harms…

An investigative judge has suggested she may sue Lebanon’s police chief, accusing him of preventing a security force from bringing in for questioning the central bank governor, who is accused of corruption

Lebanon's government on Tuesday approved the allocation of 360 billion Lebanese pounds ($18 million) to hold a parliamentary election, Telecoms Minister Johnny Corm told Reuters following a cabinet meeting. Lebanon went into financial meltdown in 2019 and some officials had raised concerns over elections potentially being postponed over financial constraints.…

Ghada Mrad, 35, does not find what motivates her to participate in the parliamentary elections scheduled for mid-May.

A vault built on an Arctic mountainside to preserve the world's crop seeds from war, disease and other catastrophes received new deposits on Monday, including one from the first organization that made a withdrawal from the facility, reported Agence France Press. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, on Spitsbergen Island halfway…

In contrast to previous years, Lebanon held a muted commemoration of the anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. His son and former PM Saad Hariri, several political figures, officials and Mustaqbal supporters converged on the late premier's grave in downtown Beirut to commemorate him. Commemorations in…

Tritium announced a plan to build a new manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Tennessee, and start production in Q3 of 2022.

LOS ANGELES — I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the life and career of Anissa Helou, the cookbook author (among many titles) who is one of my favorite people on the planet. She turned 70 on Feb. 1.

Analysts say there is a ‘political void’ in the country’s Sunni community after former PM Saad Hariri suspended career.

From his small music shop on Beirut’s Hamra Street, Michel Eid witnessed the rise and fall of Lebanon through the changing fortunes of this famed boulevard for more than 60 years. Hamra Street was the center of Beirut’s glamor in the 1960s and 1970s, home to Lebanon’s top movie houses…

Hamra Street at one time represented everything that was glamorous about Beirut