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Lebanon’s prime minister-designate steps down in blow to French initiative
Middle East

Lebanon’s prime minister-designate steps down in blow to French initiative

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s prime minister-designate quit on Saturday after trying for almost a month to line up a non-partisan…
Three suspects in Fairmont gang rape case handed over to Egypt
Egypt

Three suspects in Fairmont gang rape case handed over to Egypt

Three Egyptian men accused of raping a woman in Cairo’s Fairmont Nile City Hotel have returned to Cairo, after their…
Lebanon asks world’s help ‘trying to rise from its rubble’
Middle East

Lebanon asks world’s help ‘trying to rise from its rubble’

BEIRUT (AP) — Facing an economic meltdown and other crises, Lebanon’s president on Wednesday asked for the world’s help to…
Arms depot of Iran-backed Hezbollah explodes in Lebanon, source says
Middle East

Arms depot of Iran-backed Hezbollah explodes in Lebanon, source says

BEIRUT (Reuters) – An arms depot of the Iran-backed Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah exploded in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, a…
‘The port came to us’: Story behind AP photo of Beirut blast
Middle East

‘The port came to us’: Story behind AP photo of Beirut blast

JIYYEH, Beirut (AP) — When Mustafa Kinno felt the ground shake and heard the deafening blast toward the port, he…
Aoun warns Lebanon going to hell unless government agreed
Middle East

Aoun warns Lebanon going to hell unless government agreed

BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Michel Aoun warned on Monday Lebanon was going “to hell” if a new government could not…
Egypt’s Journalist Syndicate slams Lebanese newspaper over criticism
Egypt

Egypt’s Journalist Syndicate slams Lebanese newspaper over criticism

Egypt’s Syndicate of Journalists has slammed Lebanon-based newspaper Al-Akhbar for publishing criticism on the positions of several syndicate members on Arab…
In Lebanon, women drive the fight for change
Middle East

In Lebanon, women drive the fight for change

While traffic seethed elsewhere in the city, crowds of angry people moved through central Beirut in protest at a government…
Egypt’s Foreign Minister discusses Lebanon crisis with UN envoy
Egypt

Egypt’s Foreign Minister discusses Lebanon crisis with UN envoy

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Sunday met with the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis in Cairo…
Lebanese Christian party offers idea to resolve dispute over new cabinet
Middle East

Lebanese Christian party offers idea to resolve dispute over new cabinet

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A party founded by Lebanon’s Christian president made a proposal to end a dispute that has blocked…
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