Lebanon
20 Jun 2022
Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday said Lebanon was ready to expel Syrian refugees living in the country if the international community does not work to repatriate them.
3 Dec 2021
World ranking of countries that spend more during Christmas holidays has placed Nigeria among the top 14, with Nigerians spending an average of 16 per cent yearly income during the period.
31 Oct 2021
Last week could be said to be the commencement of the dream travels of Trouble. The travels began five or so years ago. But the terrain of travel has changed.
4 Sep 2021
A delegation of high-ranking Lebanese ministers visited Damascus Saturday for talks on importing energy via Syria, the first such official visit since its civil war broke out 10 years ago. Harsh fuel shortages and power cuts inflicted by Lebanon's economic collapse have paralysed businesses like restaurants, shops and industry as well as vital services like…
17 Aug 2021
Hospitals struggled Tuesday to operate amid life-threatening power cuts and telecom outages in the north Lebanon region of Akkar where a fuel tank explosion killed at least 28 people this week.
16 Aug 2021
Lebanon reeled Monday from a deadly explosion that burned alive people desperate to fill plastic containers with fuel in a country sinking ever deeper into darkness and chaos.
4 Aug 2021
Thousands of Lebanese marched Wednesday to mark a year since a cataclysmic explosion ravaged Beirut, protesting impunity over the country's worst peacetime disaster at a time when its economy was already in tatters.
4 Aug 2021
Pope Francis returned to work full-time on Wednesday following a colon operation, urging the international community to help a struggling Lebanon.
2 Aug 2021
Lebanon's newly designated prime minister Najib Mikati said Monday that a cabinet lineup would not be announced by mid-week to coincide with the anniversary of the deadly Beirut port blast.
1 Aug 2021
On August 4, 2020, a fire at the Beirut port ignited one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. It disfigured the city, took more than 200 lives and shattered Lebanon's psyche.
31 Jul 2021
The European Union said on Friday it was ready to impose sanctions on Lebanon's ruling elite over the political crisis wracking the country, after adopting a legal framework for such measures.
27 Jul 2021
Lebanon's new prime minister-designate Najib Mikati was due to start consultations with leading political parties Tuesday with a view to forming a long-awaited government.