Lebanon News

Last month was particularly deadly for young Asian and African women employed by Lebanese families as domestic help.

BEIRUT: Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Kamal Shehadi urged on Monday the new cabnet expected to be formed soon in Lebanon, to embark on the full liberalization of Lebanon's telecom sector, renewing his pledges to work for the privatization of the cellular networks.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's prime minister formed a Cabinet Monday that includes the militant group Hezbollah and its allies, ending a political deadlock that left the deeply divided nation without a government for months and threatened to ignite violence.

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon met today with the country's Prime Minister-designate and its parliamentary speaker as he continues his efforts to try to help end the political deadlock that has prevented the formation of a government, five months after national elections were held.

Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah with Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri , Michel Aoun , leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, Suleiman Franjieh , leader of the Marada movement, and others at a meeting in Beirut on Friday Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri was preparing to announce a new government yesterday after ...

An image grab take from the Lebanese Free Patriotic Movement's television station OTV shows Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah acknowledging on Monday in a televized speech the defeat of his opposition alliance by a pro-Western bloc in Lebanon's parliamentary election.

A private English-language school in Lebanon's capital Beirut has banned a textbook which uses passages from The Diary of Anne Frank , after the Hizbollah movement kicked up a fuss.

Naji Hamdan, an American of Lebanese origin, looks from the balcony of his home, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday Nov.

BEIRUT: Makram Bou Nassar, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Department at the Central Bank on Wednesday projected Lebanon's GDP at 7 percent in 2009 while inflation will set at 3 percent.

Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defence officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas - the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered.

"Out of sight, out of mind" has been the underlying philosophy of the world's approach to solid-waste management since the Industrial Revolution.

Beirut: Hezbollah's backers Iran and Syria are hindering the formation of a cabinet in Lebanon, which has been without government since a general vote in June, Christian leader Samir Geagea said yesterday.

"Ain't No Smoking 2nite" was an event organized by Rotaract which took place in 28th of October in an attempt to spread awareness about the dangers of smoking and to encourage decision makers to promote non-smoking policies in Lebanon.

BEIRUT: Lebanon is to mark occupied Jerusalem's appointment as "Arab Culture Capital 2009" with events across the country for the Palestinian Diaspora next month, as Israel quashes celebrations at home.

BEIRUT, : Shiite religious figures hit back on Friday to accusations made by Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir that Hizbullah was serving Iran's interests over Lebanon's, saying their weapons helped liberate the south from Israeli occupation.

BEIRUT: A Lebanese group with links to Al-Qaeda on Thursday claimed responsibility for Tuesday's rocket attack on Israel, saying it was to avenge Tel Aviv's crackdown on Palestinians protesting at a religious site earlier this month.

BEIRUT a " A Lebanon-based al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility Thursday for a rocket attack against Israel this week, saying it was in retaliation for the Jewish state's crackdown on protesters at a Jerusalem shrine.The claim from a group calling itself the Battalions of Ziad Jarrah came two days after a rocket was fired from Lebanon into ...

In Lebanon's remote northeastern district of Akkar, teachers and pupils at the Rajam Issa public school are hoping this winter will be the first when the lights stay on.

BEIRUT: Lebanese women are fighting a silent revolution on the soccer field through the popular club program of Danish NGO Cross Cultures Project Association .

Lebanese troops found and dismantled four rockets near the border with Israel on Wednesday, a day after a brief flare-up across the tense boundary, a Lebanese military official said.