BEIRUT, March 11 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s 2018 budget includes big reductions in spending plans and will be approved by the cabinet on Monday, Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil told Reuters on Sunday. “The budget has been amended, large cuts were made, the (planned) deficit has fallen from the numbers that were presented before and there […]

by arabnews.com DUBAI: A Lebanese plastic surgeon attacked the president of the Lebanese Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery aboard a flight from Beirut to Dubai on Saturday, national news channel LBC reported. Famous cosmetic surgeon, Nader Saab, physically and verbally attacked Dr. Elie Abdelhak over a report submitted by the society based on the death […]

Daringly sober. A 1965 caricature about Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s presidential candidacy referendum getting 99.99% support from voters.(Pierre Sadek Foundation) thearabweekly.com – Samar Kadi –  BEIRUT – Visitors to Beirut’s Sursock Museum were thrust back decades, watching Lebanon’s recent history marred by war, Israeli occupation and political instability displayed at “Picturing History,” an exhibition of the work of […]

by Brad Tuttle,  MONEY  — Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos started 2018 as the world’s richest man—and his net worth has positively skyrocketed so far this year. Jeff Bezos’ net worth is based mostly on the price of Amazon stock, and Amazon shares have been soaring, up more than 50% over the past six months. Bezos […]

Reuters – PARIS: France will provide €14 million ($17 million) worth of aid to the Lebanese army, to include training and equipment such as anti-tank missiles, an official said on Thursday. The aid is part of efforts to strengthen Lebanon’s institutions and boost security amid growing internal political tensions. The army, one of the few […]

Beirut – Asharq Al-Awsat — Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq said on Thursday that Iran’s expansion in the region “is one of the reasons for the security and political crisis in the Arab world.” He stressed: “Lebanon is a Lebanese responsibility, but it has been an Arab responsibility for several years and their first line […]

By catholicherald.co.uk –  It’s fair to say that no Saudi leader has ever attracted as much personal attention as the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS). Hailed as a reformer and moderate, his strategy is to take the economically troubled kingdom to greater things by 2030. Allowing cinemas to open, and women to drive and attend football […]

BEIRUT, March 7 (Xinhua) — France’s Ambassador to Lebanon Bernard Foucher stressed that his country’s participation in the United Nation Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFI) aims at preventing a new war between Lebanon and Israel and strengthening security in the region, the National News Agency (NNA) said Wednesday. “We are present in south Lebanon to […]

BY MAX KUTNER  – newsweek — A “shadowy” Lebanese-American businessman spent decades ingratiating himself with people in power in D.C. and across the Middle East before reportedly surfacing in the special counsel’s Russia probe. George Nader, 58, has been questioned by Robert Mueller’s team about his ties to the United Arab Emirates, the New York Times reported […]

BEIRUT, (Reuters) Reporting by Lisa Barrington; editing by Larry King – The Lebanese central bank’s dollar reserves grew in early 2018, recovering from a decline during a political crisis last year that pushed up interest rates, its governor said on Tuesday. Reserves climbed by $1.4 billion in the first two months of the year and […]