Lebanon’s newly elected President Joseph Aoun has summoned Nawaf Salam, the head of the International Court of Justice, to designate him as the country’s prime minister after he won the ...

Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun has begun binding consultations with members of parliament to nominate a prime minister. Aoun’s consultations got under way at 8:15am (06:15 GMT ...

Choosing a president’s key to reconstruction efforts and enacting reforms needed to recover from a financial crisis. The election scheduled for Thursday is Lebanon’s latest bid to elect a ...

Good morning. Welcome to a new week and a short month. Let’s catch you up.Over the weekend, President Trump signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China.

who was appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump as an adviser on Middle Eastern affairs, was one of the people conveying that message to Lebanon. Although U.S. Republican Congressmen have ...

Lebanon’s political landscape has undergone a dramatic shift with the election of Joseph Aoun as president. After more than two years of political deadlock, the Lebanese Parliament elected the ...

Lebanon has elected a new president after two years of political indecision, but not before some unexpected characters received votes — including Sen. Bernie Sanders, an American Jew.

The comment comes despite earlier calls from UN peacekeepers and French President Emmanuel Macron for "accelerated" implementation of the deal. "The withdrawal process is conditional upon the Lebanese ...

Lebanon hasn't had a president since 2023. But an election planned for this week could kick-start the country's long-stalled political system. Lebanon has not had a real president for over two ...

Lebanon Lebanon’s fractured Parliament overcame more than two years of gridlock on Thursday to select a new president, a critical step toward bringing stability to a country attempting to ...