The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanese politicians responded Saturday to the latest developments in the Ziad Itani case, after reports emerged that the actor had been framed by a former Internal Security Forces officer. President Michel Aoun called for all parties to comply with the confidentiality of the investigation – in which Itani stood charged of collaborating […]

Selfie of Lebenese PM Saad Hariri, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Khaled bin Salman, Kingdom’s ambassador to US. (Twitter/@saadhariri) by ArabNews – JEDDAH: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri shared a selfie early Saturday with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and his brother . The image, which will likely go viral on social media in both […]

By reuters – BEIRUT: Lebanon’s 2018 budget will likely be approved by cabinet before mid-March, its finance minister said, as the heavily indebted country seeks to agree its spending plans before an April 6 economic conference in Paris. The minister, Ali Hassan Khalil, has previously said Lebanon will not be able to ask international donors […]

by forbes  Angel Au-Yeung  – As Facebook continues to face scrutiny about its possible role in influencing the U.S. presidential election, a different kind of social network, Vero, has jumped the top of the charts, thrusting its Riyadh-based Lebanese billionaire cofounder into the spotlight. Vero became one of the most downloaded social apps worldwide in both […]

by the dailyStar.com.lb Demand for properties in Lebanon in 2017 surged by 13.7 percent to 47.6 points compared to 2016, but this score is still far lower than the peak achieved in 2010, according to the Byblos Bank Real Estate Demand Index. “The full year results show that Byblos Bank Real Estate Demand Index averaged 47.6 […]

by reuters – RIYADH/BEIRUT — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al Hariri visited Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for the first time since his abrupt resignation during a visit there in November set off a major political crisis. Lebanese officials said at the time that Riyadh had forced its long-time ally Hariri to quit and put him […]

by Gulfnews – Sami Moubayed, – Damascus: Lebanon’s long overdue decision, to drill for oil and gas reserves in an offshore water area, has sparked escalating tensions between Beirut and Tel Aviv, threatening, yet again, another military confrontation between the two countries. Israel falsely claims that part of the triangular water area, known as Block 9, is […]

by Naharnet – Senior Saudi official Nizar al-Alula continued his meetings for the second day in a row with Lebanese officials and met on Tuesday with former prime ministers Najib Miqati and Tammam Salam and Fouad Saniora. The ex-Premiers have received the Saudi diplomat at their residences in the presence of Saudi ambassador to Lebanon […]

by Mxolisi Mngadi – mg.co.za – Two Lebanese citizens are expected to appear at the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Monday for allegedly illegally exporting components of drones to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Johannesburg-based businessman Usama Darwich Hamade, 53, was arrested at his Kempton Park home, while his brother Issam Hamade, 55, was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport after he […]

BY KARISSA BELL – Mashable – Vero, a photo-sharing app that launched in 2015, is the latest app to benefit from ongoing frustration with Instagram’s hated algorithm. A week ago, the app was ranked so low it didn’t even appear in the App Store’s top 1,500 apps; today it’s the most popular app in the entire App […]