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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's culture minister Mohammad Mortada on Wednesday moved to ban the film "Barbie" from being screened in the country, saying ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's culture minister Mohammad Mortada on Wednesday moved to ban the film "Barbie" from being screened in the country, saying ...

Lebanon was the first Arab country to hold a gay pride week in 2017. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's culture minister Mohammad Mortada on Wednesday moved to ban the film "Barbie" from being screened in the country, saying ...

Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on Monday began a four-day official visit to Beirut, Lebanon to explore areas of cooperation and collaboration. Whilst there, she held a meeting with her Lebanese counterpart, Mr. Abdallah Bou Habib, during which both ministers highlighted the need…

Beirut - The course of justice in the Beirut explosion investigation appears to have been deliberately disrupted, said Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor in a statement, leaving justice elusive for the victims. The massive explosion shook the port of ...

Three years after Beirut’s massive port blast, attempts to prosecute those responsible are mired in political intrigue, the final death toll remains disputed and many Lebanese have less faith than ever in their disintegrating state institutions.

As the Lebanese observe a day of mourning three years after the massive explosion that killed more than 200 people and destroyed parts of Beirut, the investigation into the blast remains on hold.

From the blog of Steve Rodan at The Times of Israel

EDITORIAL. Riad Salamehs departure from the countrys central bank, at a time of crisis that has plunged 80% of the population into poverty, is symptomatic of a state whose leaders have abdicated their responsibilities.