BEIRUT, Lebanese care-take Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, appealed for international financial support, to help secure Lebanon’s import of food and raw materials.Hariri’s office said, the appeal was made in his letters sent to the King of Saudi Arabia, p…
Member countries of the International Development Association (IDA), a part of the World Bank Group, are meeting shortly to discuss the 19th replenishment of IDA, which will set the agenda for assistance to the poorest developing countries for the thre…
Caretaker Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil, on Thursday welcomed World Bank’s Regional Director, Saroj Kumar Jha, who visited him with an accompanying delegation. The delegation conveyed to Minister Khalil the World Bank’s assurance of its readin…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describes the Iranian empire as “tottering” and says Israeli is “actively engaged” in countering Iranian aggression.Netanyahu spoke Wednesday alongside U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo while both were in Lis…
BEIRUT, New protests erupted in Lebanon on Tuesday, following caretaker Prime Minister, Saad Hariri’s announcement, to support businessman, Samir Khatib, as the next prime minister.Everybody is working to overcome the current difficulties, but there ar…
The owners of gas stations across Lebanon went on an open strike on Thursday; consequently, all the gas stations have been closed today up and down the country. Thus, Lebanon has entered an open gas trade crisis pending the fulfillment of the gas secto…
Caretaker Minister of Economy and Trade, Mansour Batish, received this Monday in his office at the Ministry the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon, Philippe Lazzarini, with whom he held a tour d’horizon on the current political and economic situat…
SYDNEY – Australia’s second-biggest bank, Westpac, has been accused of 23 million breaches of anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing laws.Westpac is likely to be hit with huge fines. The Australian banking giant is facing legal action fro…
BEIRUT – The United States is ready to work with a new Lebanese government that responds to the needs of its people, President Donald Trump said in a cable to Lebanese President Michael Aoun, according to a tweet from Aoun on Thursday.Lebanon is mired …
