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BEIRUT: The American University of Beirut, a recipient of financial aid from the United States Agency for International Development, has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle a civil lawsuit in which federal prosecutors accused it of assisting three organizations affiliated with Hezbollah. “For years, the […]

Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister, Gebran Bassil, said on Sunday during a tour in South Lebanon that there will be no political or economic stability without the approval of an election law. “We need a political agreement on the electoral law to reassure each other […]

Minister of Sports and Youth, Mohammad Fneish, said during a sporting event on Sunday that the proportionality law was the only path toward reforms and consolidation of the country’s stability. Minister Fneish added that the proportionality law ensured equity in representation. Fneish praised the complementary […]

Democratic Gathering Head, Walid Jumblatt’s son, Teymour, visited, on Sunday, Sidon and Deir el-Qamar Roman Catholic Archbishop Elie Haddad at Saint Nicolas Church in Sidon, accompanied by Education Minister Marwan Hamadeh and MPs Nehmeh Tohme, Elie Aoun, Alaeddine Terro and Mohamed Hajjar. The visit was […]

– Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rahi called on all politicians to rise above their personal interests and narrow calculations if they want to carry out any beneficial initiative. Rahi, whose words came during Sunday mass service in Bkirky, expressed that the malfunction of the […]

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag and United Nations Deputy Special Coordinator Philippe Lazzarini met with President Michel Aoun on Friday at the Baabda Palace, a U.N. statement said. The meeting took place ahead of President Aoun’s anticipated meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio […]

General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim stressed Friday that “Lebanon is no longer an arena,” emphasizing that “nothing justifies harboring terrorists and suicide attackers” in the Palestinian and Syrian refugee camps. “Any security deterioration in any Palestinian camp or Syrian gathering would be an […]

A Syrian national suspected of transferring money to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham militant group in Syria has been arrested in south Lebanon, the National News Agency reported on Friday. Lebanese authorities in the south have detained Ahmed al-Issa in the southern district of Tyre, NNA said. […]

The Lebanese army arrested on Friday at dawn two wanted suspects in the Hermel district and in the border town of al-Qasr, the State-run National News Agency reported. In collaboration with the Intelligence Directorate, the army staged wide raids on houses of wanted fugitives in […]