Published by Al-Araby The international community will not show up for Lebanon if political paralysis continues to hamper the implementation of desperately needed reforms, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. “The international community will probably not – independently of
Published by Al-Araby Lebanon needs to receive 12 to 15 billion dollars from its partners to kickstart its economic recovery and shore up fast-diminishing foreign currency reserves, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said Tuesday. Lebanon is grappling with an unprecedented
Published by DPA Global warming will hit the Middle East and North Africa particularly hard and trigger new waves of refugees, according to German climate researcher Jos Lelieveld. The region has become a hotspot of climate change and is warming
Published by Al-Araby United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Lebanon on Sunday, on a high-profile visit he said will focus on supporting the people of the crisis-stricken country. Guterres is expected to press for reforms from the country’s political
Published by DPA Germany is facing a ‘massive’ fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic driven by the Omicron variant that will put its health services under severe pressure, the country’s new health minister predicted on Friday. Germany has seen a
Published by Al-Araby A British court ruled on Friday in favour of a Lebanese bank in a case brought by a depositor barred from transferring funds abroad because of capital controls in place since Lebanon’s financial system collapsed in 2019.
Published by Al-Araby Lebanon’s spiralling economic crisis is causing abuse against children to soar and is putting one child out of two at risk of violence, the United Nations said on Friday. “One in two children in Lebanon is at
