Asia Lebanon After a 13-month vacuum, Lebanese leaders agreed to form a government of 24 ministers led by Najib Mikati; the turnaround follows intense international pressure, specially French
Asia Lebanon A Lebanese government delegation has asked Syria to allow Egyptian natural gas and Jordanian electricity to pass through its territory to ease a fuel crisis that has crippled the country
Asia Lebanon The Lebanese pound was slightly up on Monday 23rd, trading at 19,050 to the dollar on the black market
Asia Lebanon The UN with a number of NGO partners have completed the 2021-2022 Emergency Response Plan, providing life-saving humanitarian support to 1,1 million of the most vulnerable Lebanese and migrants affected by the ongoing crisis
Asia Lebanon Beirut braces itself for protests on first anniversary of port explosion, as political and security figures held responsible for the tragedy are still accounted for, while economic crisis has claimed an ever social cost since last year
Asia Lebanon The country will allow industries to directly import diesel as fuel shortages worsen, thus removing the subsidy for the fuel product
Asia Lebanon Tripoli's 500 thousand residents, without electricity and around 50% of them in poverty, are staging protests which the army has been violently repressing
Asia Lebanon Government has approved financing fuel imports at a rate above the official exchange rate, actually reducing critical gasoline shortages, but later increased fuel prices by 35%
Asia Lebanon Electricity sector again at the center of attention for a new funding request to central bank to purchase fuel - and no clear plans on how to fix a failing system; rise in energy consumer prices had already determined public protests in the past months
Asia Lebanon Army Commander Joseph Aoun welcomed the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka
Asia Lebanon The Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the American University of Beirut hosted its first "Three-Minute Thesis Competition" with a preliminary round that was held to choose seven semifinalists
Asia Lebanon Walid Jarad, a Lebanese refugee, has being trained to be a NHS nurse in Liverpool, UK, as part of a pioneering scheme