BEIRUT: Even though the year is nearly half over, Parliament will not be rushed into rubber-stamping the 2019 budget, the MP heading up its review has told...
BEIRUT: Deep underground in a southern suburb of Beirut lies perhaps the country’s best-kept secret. It deals with highly sensitive materials that...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri had spoken of austerity “unprecedented in the history of Lebanon.” Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil mentioned...
TRIPOLI/BEIRUT: Just 12 percent of eligible voters appeared to have turned out in Tripoli’s by-election Sunday, but still handily returned Dima Jamali...
BEIRUT: For the first time since Manoug Manougian and his team at Haigazian University looked to launch Lebanon above the heavens over 50 years ago, the spark...
BEIRUT: With grand armies set to converge in battle in Westeros, a group of friends in Beirut is not standing silent. “The people of Beirut support Jon Snow...
BEIRUT: As Lebanon moves forward on two major energy projects – fixing the electricity sector quickly and exploring for natural gas to provide fuel...
BEIRUT: Dima Jamali appeared virtually assured to regain her parliamentary seat in next month’s Tripoli by-election after her main potential challenger...
BEIRUT: Watchdogs voiced fears Wednesday that next month’s by-election in Tripoli might do away with pre-printed ballots. Announcing a monitoring...
BEIRUT: It’s a familiar script. Lebanese politicians say they are “serious” about reducing the budget deficit - ready to make cuts, ready to...
BEIRUT: Despite a recent downgrade in Lebanon’s sovereign debt outlook, the country will have no problems rolling over 2019’s debt, experts told...
BEIRUT: MP Ibrahim Kanaan adjourned a high-profile hearing of Parliament’s Finance and Budget Committee Tuesday after the new education minister, Akram...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Constitutional Council unleashed a maelstrom of discontent Thursday by removing MP Dima Jamali from office and ordering new elections...
BEIRUT: As legal authorization for the state to spend money lapsed Friday, Lebanon’s leaders quietly took an extraordinary step to ensure the smooth...
BEIRUT: One week before funding for the government runs out, Lebanon’s quarreling politicians have agreed to the outlines of a solution. “We have...
BEIRUT: Parliament’s powerful Administration and Justice Committee examined political publications, including online media, Tuesday during a session...
BEIRUT: A popular gay dating app was apparently banned over the weekend, but who ordered the ban and why remains unclear. Grindr users first began noticing...
BEIRUT: Three candidates in Lebanon’s 2018 parliamentary elections issued a stark plea Monday for the country’s judiciary to treat electoral...
BEIRUT: Despite initial delays in implementation, internet users should expect no more major delays in the rollout of Lebanon’s fiber-optic network,...
BEIRUT: Israel has at least 40 sensitive military facilities on or adjacent to the Lebanese border, satellite imagery has revealed. The Russian mapping site...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s first parliamentary elections in nine years “were not democratic,” proclaimed Yara Nassar, secretary-general of the...
BEIRUT: Two things are sure to happen Thursday. First, Lebanon’s politicians will celebrate 75 years of independence. Second, those same politicians...
BEIRUT: It’s one of the highest positions in government, a part of fraught negotiations over the next Cabinet. President Michel Aoun wants it. The...
BEIT MERY, Lebanon: A dozen residents – several meeting for the first time – gathered at a home in Beit Mery. Their purpose: Stop a $40 million waste...
BEIT MERY, Lebanon: Three hundred residents descended on Beit Mery’s civic square Monday evening, angry over a plan to build a waste sorting and...