Asia Lebanon The country has lodged a formal complaint with the UN Security Council over Israel's 'deliberate killing' of the Lebanese Reuters journalist and the wounding of other members of the press
Asia Lebanon UN Women Lebanon will launch today its first podcast series "UN Women Podcasts" to amplify the voices of women and girls in Lebanon and celebrate their remarkable achievements in different fields amid the notorious challenges
Asia Lebanon Sixteen teenage cancer patients currently receiving or having completed treatment have been celebrating passing baccalaureate exams, with achievements marked by Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center
Asia Lebanon The UN on Friday called on Palestinian groups in the Ain Al-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon to cease fire and leave the United Nations Relief and Works Agency schools immediately
Asia Lebanon Exploratory drilling for oil and gas, organised by the country with international partners, is starting; experts warn that without structural reforms, the new marine gas field will not end country's economic malaise
Asia Lebanon Hyperinflation continued for the 37th consecutive month and inflation hit an annual 252% in July; the term of central bank governor Riad Salameh, the longest-serving central bank governor in the world, ended amid political impasse over his successor
Asia Lebanon Culture Minister said he has asked authorities to ban the hit film "Barbie" for allegedly "promoting homosexuality" as anti-LGBTQ rhetoric rises in one of the Arab world's most liberal countries
Asia Lebanon Lebanon's General Directorate of State Security called on parents, as well as schools and universities, to be more vigilant in protecting their children and teenagers from harassment and abuse
Asia Lebanon Clashes erupted with Islamist factions in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, bringing Gulf states, Germany and UK to issue travel warnings
Asia Lebanon Lebanon's central bank will dismantle the controversial exchange platform known as Sayrafa after the end of Governor Riad Salameh's 30-year term
Asia Lebanon Lebanese army broke up a human smuggling network in northern city of Bebnine, arresting all seven of its members, seizing military weapons and a quantity of ammunition in network's possession that worked to smuggle illegal immigrants by sea
Asia Lebanon The Lebanese tourism chief called on the country's political and security leaders to work together to create the conditions for an eventful summer season, asking the authorities to ease traffic restrictions where possible to encourage visitors
Asia Lebanon Protesters attacked several bank buildings, set fire to tyres and smashed windows to demand the return of their money