BEIRUT: Progressive Socialist Party candidates submitted their requests Thursday to run for June’s parliamentary elections based on the 1960 law.The seven...
MADFOUN, Lebanon: Syrian truck drivers barred from entering Syria threatened to block the highway leading to the Madfoun Bridge Tuesday, where the trucks have...
BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati is likely to be renominated for the premiership during parliamentary consultations later this week, a senior...
BEIRUT: A private school reversed its decision Monday to dismiss the head of a prominent labor union who led the monthlong teachers’ strike last month....
BEIRUT: Public school teachers and students are annoyed at the Education Ministry’s decision to institute a six school day week to make up for lost...
BEIRUT: The March 8 and March 14 coalitions held talks within their respective camps Wednesday in a bid to consolidate their stances ahead of nominating a new...
BEIRUT: Wednesday was yet another hectic day for Hanna Gharib, the head of the Union Coordination Committee. After leading a protest at the car registration...
BEIRUT: Discussions will resume Wednesday in order to reach consensus on a new electoral law after Lebanon’s speaker, prime minister and Maronite...
BEIRUT: Education Minister Hassan Diab said that official exams would inevitably be postponed, given the ongoing teachers’ strike, adding that the...
BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai agreed Monday to revive Berri’s hybrid electoral law, which...
BEIRUT: Residents of Khandaq al-Ghamiq in Beirut said Monday that the men who assaulted two sheikhs the day before did not belong to Hezbollah or the Amal...
BEIRUT: A meeting between Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai in Rome yielded no breakthroughs for the...
BEIRUT: Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani’s decision to transfer managerial duties at Dar al-Fatwa to religious scholars is a symbolic move and...
BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman departs Tuesday on a historic visit to West Africa, home to a large Lebanese expatriate community, under the shadow of...
BEIRUT: Saudi Arabia dismissed rumors Sunday that it planned to take measures against Lebanese nationals living in the kingdom or withdraw its money from...
BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman denied Thursday that representatives of Gulf countries he met with this week have issued a warning to Lebanon over its...
BEIRUT: Deliberations between political groups gained momentum Wednesday in a fresh bid to reach consensus over an electoral law to govern June’s...
BEIRUT: Local media were urged Friday to avoid giving air time to “sectarian” guests, amid rising worries about rising political tension....
BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri told The Daily Star Thursday that the security situation in the country had reached a dangerous level, adding that new security...
BEIRUT: Efforts to reach consensus on an electoral law returned to square one Wednesday after Speaker Nabih Berri withdrew his hybrid proposal, saying it had...
BEIRUT: It was shocking when Moemin al-Mohammad died earlier this month after several hospitals declined to take the feverish toddler into their care. The...
BEIRUT: The Union Coordination Committee, representing teachers and public sector workers, has eclipsed the General Labor Confederation as the best-organized...
BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea urged his allies from the March 14 coalition Friday to make sacrifices in order to reach a consensus over an...
BEIRUT: Divisions among leaders of the Druze sect in Lebanon over the unrest in Syria would not reflect negatively on the community or develop into violence,...
BEIRUT: Lebanese leaders intensified contacts Wednesday in a bid to achieve consensus over a new electoral law, as a source close to Speaker Nabih Berri said...