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No successor named for Lebanon central bank chief: Deputy PM
BEIRUT: Crisis-hit Lebanon – which has no president and is ruled by a caretaker government – will also have to…
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Europe
Macron, Saudi crown prince call for ‘rapid end’ to Lebanon’s political vacuum
French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called for a “rapid end to the institutional…
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IMF says Lebanon needs urgent economic reforms to stop deepening crisis
WASHINGTON: Lebanon must take urgent action on comprehensive economic reforms to avoid “irreversible consequences” for its economy, the International Monetary…
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Middle East
Lawyer: Health of Gadhafi’s son, detained in Lebanon, deteriorating 3 days into hunger strike
BEIRUT (AP) — The health of a son of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gadhafi was deteriorating three days into a…
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Middle East
Gadhafi’s son goes on hunger strike in Lebanon to protest detention without trial
BEIRUT (AP) — A son of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gadhafi, who has been held in Lebanon for more than…
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Europe
Lebanon says will send investigators to France after Beirut’s envoy accused of rape
Lebanon’s foreign ministry said Saturday it would send an investigation team to Paris following reports that Beirut’s ambassador to France,…
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Middle East
Hezbollah lashes out at Lebanese judge for alleging group linked with UN peacekeeper’s death
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah has lashed out at a Lebanese judge for alleging members of the militant group were…
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Middle East
Lebanese army court charges 5 men allegedly linked to Hezbollah for Irish peacekeeper’s death
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s military tribunal on Thursday charged five men with the killing of an Irish U.N. peacekeeper in…
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Middle East
Palestinian officials say Israeli strike on eastern Lebanon kills 5 militants, Israel denies role
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli airstrike targeting positions of a Syria-backed Palestinian group in eastern Lebanon early Wednesday killed…
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Middle East
Lebanon’s army says Saudi citizen kidnapped in Beirut released following ‘special operation’
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese troops rescued a Saudi citizen kidnapped over the weekend in Beirut and reportedly held for ransom,…
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