by aljazeera.com -- Lebanon has warned Israel against any “aggressive action” in disputed waters where both states hope to develop offshore energy, after a ship arrived off the coast to produce gas for Israel. President Michel Aoun said any activity in the disputed area would amount to an act of aggression and a provocation, after the arrival of the natural gas storage and production ship operated by London-based Energean.

Israel says the field in question is within its exclusive economic zone, not in disputed waters. But in a statement on Sunday, the Lebanese presidency said Aoun discussed with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati the vessel’s entry “into the disputed maritime area with Israel, and asked the Army Command to provide him with accurate and official data to build upon the matter”. Aoun said negotiations to delineate the southern maritime border continued and “any action or activity in the disputed area represents a provocation and an aggressive action”.

by imlebanon.org

أقيم في الباحة الخارجية لدير الصليب – جل الديب – بقنايا، قداس احتفالي مهيب جرى خلاله الإعلان عن تطويب المكرمين الشهيدين الأبوين ليونار عويس ملكي وتوما صالح الكبوشيين من بلدة بعبدات المتنية، بحضور رئيس الجمهورية ممثلا بوزير السياحة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال وليد نصار، رئيس مجلس النواب نبيه بري ممثلا بالنائب هاغوب بقرادونيان ، رئيس حكومة تصريف الاعمال نجيب ميقاتي ممثلا بوزير الشباب والرياضة في حكومة تصريف الاعمال جورج كلاس.

واحتفل بالذبيحة الإلهية ممثل البابا فرنسيس رئيس مجمع دعاوى القديسين الكاردينال مارتشيلو سيميرارو، بمشاركة السفير البابوي المونسنيور جوزف سبيتيري، الرئيس العام للرهبنة الكبوشية في العالم روبرتو جنوين، النائب الرسولي لطائفة اللاتين المطران سيزار اسايان، الأمين العام لمجمع الأساقفة الكاردينال ماريو غريك، وبحضور البطريرك الماروني الكاردينال مار بشارة بطرس الراعي، بطريرك السريان الكاثوليك مار أغناطيوس يوسف الثالث يونان، وممثلين عن رؤساء الطوائف المسيحية، ولفيف من المطارنة والرؤساء العامين والرئيسات العامات للرهبانيات والكهنة والرهبان والراهبات، وحشد من المؤمنين من مختلف المناطق اللبنانية. وخدمت القداس جوقة سيدة اللويزة بقيادة الأب خليل رحمة.

وارتفعت في باحة دير الصليب وعلى الطرقات المؤدية إليه صور المكرمين والأعلام البابوية واللبنانية واللافتات التي حملت عبارات التهنئة والإيمان.

By Chloe Rabinowitz -- broadwayworld.com -- Tricycle Logic, a Los Angeles-based film production and distribution company, has announced the theatrical release of the critically acclaimed and award-winning film "1982" which is scheduled to open in theaters beginning Friday, June 10th in New York at THE QUAD Cinema (34 West 13th Street), and on June 24th in Los Angeles (at Laemmle Royal and other locations), with a national rollout to follow throughout the summer.

"1982" is a life-affirming coming-of-age tale set at an idyllic school in Lebanon's mountains on the eve of a looming invasion. It unfolds over a single day and follows an 11-year-old boy's relentless quest to profess his love to a girl in his class. As the invasion encroaches on Beirut, it upends the day, threatening the entire country and its cohesion. Within the microcosm of the school, the film draws a harrowing portrait of a society torn between its desire for love and peace and the ideological schisms unraveling its seams. In his debut feature, director Oualid Mouaness delivers an ode to innocence in which he revisits one of the most cataclysmic moments in Lebanon's history through the lens of a child and his vibrant imagination. The film demonstrates the complexities of love and war, and the resilience of the human spirit.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) - Lebanon's central bank governor and his brother are suing the state over what they say were "grave mistakes" made by a public prosecutor in his investigation of whether they had embezzled public funds, according to a copy of the lawsuit. Their claim has led to concerns that the public probe into the two brothers could stall, after similar lawsuits paralysed an investigation into the devastating 2020 explosion at Beirut's port. Public prosecutor Jean Tannous has been investigating allegations of embezzlement and other misconduct at the central bank involving $300 million in gains made by a company owned by Raja Salameh, brother of Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh.

The brothers have denied the accusations. This week, they filed a suit against the Lebanese state accusing Tannous of committing "grave mistakes" through the course of his probe, according to a copy of the lawsuit seen by Reuters on Friday. Tannous declined a Reuters request for comment while Riad Salameh did not immediately respond to a similar request. The document alleges that Tannous is biased and lacks the legal authority to access bank information, arguing that only the central bank's special investigation commission has that prerogative.