Netanyahu arrived in Washington D.C. ahead of an extensive series of meetings with Trump this week to discuss the ethnic ...

The warning came a day after Israel said its forces would remain in south Lebanon beyond a Sunday deadline for their ...

BEIRUT, January 15, 2025 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a US$257.8 million financing to improve water supply services in the Greater Beirut and Mount Lebanon area. The Second ...

Hady Habib made history at the Australian Open by becoming the first tennis player from Lebanon to win a singles match at a grand slam. The world No. 219 defeated China’s Bu Yunchaokete 7-6 (4 ...

Salam inherits a country grappling with one of the world’s worst economic crises since the 19th century. Lebanon’s financial meltdown, triggered in 2019, has decimated the national currency ...

Joseph Aoun is backed by the United States and Saudi Arabia – and has pledged to dismantle Hezbollah’s military wing Newly elected Lebanese president Joseph Aoun reviews an honour guard upon ...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun summoned jurist Nawaf Salam to designate him as Lebanon's prime minister, after a majority of Lebanese lawmakers nominated him for the post. Salam, 71, is an ...

ICJ presiding Judge Nawaf Salam, pictured in May, has been named as Lebanon’s new prime ... He was named head of the world’s top court as it held its first hearing in 2024 on a case filed ...

Aoun is required to designate the candidate with the greatest support among Lebanon's 128 lawmakers. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.

Beirut, Lebanon – The appointment of Nawaf Salam, the president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as prime minister of Lebanon has many Lebanese feeling optimistic. His success in ...

Under Lebanon’s power-sharing system, the president must be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni, and the parliament speaker a Shia. Salam’s backers view the judge and former ...