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The Israeli military said it had called up an unprecedented 300,000 reservists and was imposing a total blockade of the Gaza Strip, in a sign it may be planning a ground ...

Coastal authorities were on alert on Tuesday following information that a boat with 95 irregular migrants was the first of an organised wave of hundreds of further arrivals. Interior Minister Constantinos ...

Lebanon’s army said it fired tear gas at Israeli forces over the border on Saturday in response to smoke bombs fired at its troops, though Israel said Lebanon started ...

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant accused Iran on Monday of setting up an airport in southern Lebanon to enable attacks against Israel. Israel is troubled by arch-foe Iran’s nuclear ...

Lebanon’s culture minister moved to ban the film “Barbie” from cinemas, saying it “promotes homosexuality” and contradicts religious values. Minister Mohammad Mortada is backed by powerful Shi’ite armed ...

The police announced the return of a total of 36 migrants who had arrived in Cyprus from Lebanon on Thursday. They had arrived in two groups, the first of which had ...

Hundreds of residents of a main Palestinian camp in Lebanon fled on Monday as fighting between mainstream faction Fatah and radical Islamists raged for a third day, residents and security ...

A boat licensed to carry 54 people was used to transport 73 irregular migrants back to Lebanon along with 80 police officers overseeing the operation, the police officers’ association Isotita said on Monday. ...

The police leadership has sought to allay fears coming from the union Isotita that officers lives were being put in danger when they are required to accompany migrants back to ...

Lebanon’s central bank will decommission the controversial exchange platform known as Sayrafa after governor Riad Salameh’s 30-year tenure ends this month, one of the institution’s vice governors ...

Four men were remanded for eight days on Monday for enabling illegal migrants, setting off from Syria, to enter the Republic. According to police, members of the coast guard identified ...

In the face of Lebanon’s ongoing turmoil, Omar Harfouch is scheduled to share his insights at a conference entitled “The Role of the European Union in Advancing Human Rights ...

The establishment of the American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo in Paphos is fully in line with Cyprus’ policy to become a regional and international educational, technological and research hub, President ...

European prosecutors on Friday questioned Lebanon’s Finance Minister Youssef el-Khalil, a senior judicial source said, as part of their probe into whether the country’s long-standing central bank governor ...

Israel reinforced troops near its borders with Lebanon and Gaza on Friday following a flare-up in violence that threatened to spiral out of control after police raids this week on ...

Israel blamed the Islamist group Hamas for a volley of more than 30 rockets fired from Lebanon on Thursday, following escalating tensions after Israeli police raids on the Al-Aqsa mosque in ...

Cyprus stands by the people of Lebanon, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, highlighting the excellent bilateral relations of the two countries. He was speaking after meeting Prime Minister of ...

Switzerland’s financial regulator has investigated 12 banks and launched enforcement proceedings against two of them in relation to corruption charges against longtime central banker Riad Salameh, it said on Monday. ...

Lebanese authorities charged longtime central bank governor Riad Salameh, his brother Raja and one of his assistants on Thursday with money laundering, embezzlement and illicit enrichment after months of delay ...

Lebanon will adopt a new official exchange rate of 15,000 pounds per US dollar on Feb. 1, central bank governor Riad Salameh said, marking a 90 per cent devaluation from its current official ...

The money exchange shop in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley was buzzing with business. Cellphones pinged endlessly and employees shouted out various rates as customers flocked in carrying plastic bags of ...

In their move to bury an investigation into the Beirut port blast, Lebanon’s ruling elite have driven another nail in the coffin of the collapsing state, stirring conflict in ...

Lebanon will pay arrears to the United Nations to regain its rights at the world body, its foreign ministry said on Friday, after the country, which is in deep financial ...

European investigators will arrive in Lebanon on Jan. 16 as part of a cross-border probe into alleged state fraud, Lebanon’s caretaker justice minister said on Wednesday. French, German and Luxembourg ...