Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab, who is getting the cold shoulder from Gulf Arab states, on Monday met Iran's parliament speaker, the first senior foreign official to visit since Diab's government took office.
The heavily armed Hezbollah, an (...)
A team of IMF experts will begin consultations with the Lebanese government in Beirut on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter said, as the heavily indebted state seeks the Fund's help in addressing a major financial crisis.
Lebanon formally (...)
The Hospitality Development Group, the agent of the Swiss brand Swiss International Hotels & Resorts in the Middle East region, signed an exclusive contract of $450m with Thrawaat International Investment for the management and investment in hotels (...)
Nissan filed a civil suit Wednesday seeking 10 billion yen ($91 million) in damages from the Japanese automaker's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn.
Nissan Motor Co. filed the case in Yokohama District Court to recoup some of the monetary damages (...)
Clashes broke out Tuesday between Lebanese protesters and security forces near the parliament building in central Beirut, where the new Cabinet is scheduled to submit its policy statement ahead of a vote of confidence.
The meeting is being held amid (...)
Lebanon needs IMF technical assistance and should draw on IMF advice in its decision on whether to pay a forthcoming Eurobond maturity, senior MP Alain Aoun told Reuters on Tuesday, saying this was expected to be the position of his political party (...)
Even before a vote of confidence could be held in the new Lebanese government, the country shouldered further security woes with the attack early this week on Lebanese army units in Hermel, a Hizbullah stronghold, leading to the deaths of three (...)
The so-called “Deal of the Century” will threaten international peace and stability and spread the law of the jungle if urgent steps are not taken to stop the Trump administration from forcing it on the Palestinians, warn Palestinian observers and (...)
Hundreds of people were injured in Beirut on Tuesday in clashes between security forces and protesters who rejected the new government as it sought to win a parliamentary vote of confidence.
Smoke wafted through Beirut where riot police fired tear (...)
Hundreds of thousands across Iran marked the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Tuesday amid some of the highest tensions ever between Tehran and the US in the past four decades.
While Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gave a speech in (...)
Egypt's expansion of agricultural greenhouses increased the production of pepper and raised its quality and competitiveness abroad. This contributed to stimulating international demand on the Egyptian product, taking exports of last season to about (...)
Lebanese president Michel Aoun said a number of states with France at the forefront had expressed desire to help Lebanon, the president's office quoted him saying in an interview with French magazine Valeurs Actuelles on Saturday.
Aoun said he had a (...)
Lebanon's government on Thursday approved a rescue plan to pull the country from its worst economic and financial crisis in decades and it must now win a vote of confidence in parliament.
A draft policy statement seen by Reuters on Sunday outlined (...)
With regards to recent rumours circulating in the media about the possibility of BLOM BANK exiting the Egyptian market, the Bank's General Management assures that these rumours have absolutely no basis, a statement by the bank said on Wednesday.
"In (...)
Last week the Alexandria Short Films Festival (ASFF) concluded its sixth round (26-31 January). A young people's grassroots initiative founded by Mohamed Mahmoud with Mohamed Saadoun and Mony Mahmoud as president and artistic director, respectively, (...)
After much anticipation US President Donald Trump disclosed his peace plan for Palestinian-Israeli peace last month, but even before it was taken up for discussion in diplomatic circles the plan appeared to be stillborn.
Immediately after Trump's (...)
The legendary film star Nadia Lutfi passed away last Tuesday at the age of 83. Born in Cairo in 1937, Lutfi would become a pillar of the Golden Age of Egyptian cinema, acting opposite the greatest talents of her day and leaving behind a rich and (...)
On 28 January, US President Donald Trump unveiled his controversial peace plan, dubbed the “Deal of the Century”, which included recognition of Israel's West Bank settlements, Jerusalem as its capital and very limited details on what any Palestinian (...)
Ever since President Donald Trump entered the White House on 20 January 2017, he has not stopped talking about an “ultimate deal” that his administration would propose to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In order to do so, he appointed a (...)
Iran wants to resolve differences with its Gulf foes Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates "as quickly as possible", Tehran's ambassador to Iraq said in remarks published on Tuesday.
Ambassador Iraj Masjedi said top commander Qassem Soleimani, (...)
Lebanon's only English-language newspaper announced on Tuesday that it was temporarily suspending its print edition because of financial challenges as the country passes through its worst economic crisis in decades.
The Daily Star said its website (...)
Prominent sources expect BLOM Bank to leave the Egyptian market in the coming period, in the context of the crisis experienced by Lebanese banks, and its disposal of its foreign investments, to provide liquidity to support its mother centres in (...)
The Palestinian Authority has cut all ties with the United States and Israel, including those relating to security, after rejecting a Middle East peace plan presented by U.S. President Donald Trump, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on (...)
A policy statement by Lebanon's new government calls for interest rate cuts and bank recapitalisation in a rescue plan that includes "painful steps" to address a financial crisis, according to a draft seen by Reuters on Sunday.
The policy statement, (...)
Lebanon is looking to secure $4 billion to $5 billion in soft loans from international donors to finance purchases of wheat, fuel and medicines, according to Lebanese Finance Minister Gazi Wazni.
A new Lebanese government that took office on Tuesday (...)
