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President Michel Aoun called for the prosecution of those who spread “bad publicity” about the national currency after a meeting with a delegation of the Beirut Bar Association, Monday.

Both parliament sessions scheduled Tuesday were indefinitely postponed after hundreds of protesters blocked all the main entrances leading to Beirut's Nejmeh Square, despite a large deployment of security forces.

We will seek to lower interest rates: Salameh

Local banks opened their doors Friday for the first time in two weeks after major protests swept the country, leading to roadblocks, strikes and the closure of schools and banks.

A senior Lebanese banking official said Thursday that he hoped the country's political crisis would end soon and that banking operations would fully resume when it does.

BAGHDAD: A total of 157 people, mostly civilians, were killed because Iraqi security forces used excessive force and live fire to quell a wave of anti-government protests, a government committee tasked with investigating the violence has found

Lebanese residents and protesters should take measures to protect themselves from smoke, health experts said on Twitter Friday, as debris piles, tires and overturned dumpsters continued to blaze and block major roads across the country.

Hundreds of masked youths clashed angrily with police in Barcelona on the sidelines of a mass march which drew more than half a million people in protest over Spain's jailing of nine Catalan separatist leaders.

Iran is calling on the Iraqi people to show restraint, an Iranian government spokesman said Monday, after six days of unrest in Iraq in which more than 100 people have been killed.

LF, Hezbollah students involved in a brawl at USJ

WASHINGTON: The White House released a call transcript Wednesday confirming Donald Trump asked his Ukrainian counterpart to probe his political rival Joe Biden, a day after Democrats seized on the explosive allegation to launch an impeachment...

A U.S. destroyer docked at the Beirut Port early Saturday, being the first U.S. warship to do so in more than 30 years.

Having graduated from high school this year, 18-year-old Zeina Abdallah is preparing to start university.

World-famous Chinese-American cellist Yo-Yo Ma, in collaboration with an array of local and international partners, will launch a cultural event across three locations Sunday.

The presence of Western forces in the Gulf is fueling regional tension, Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hakim said Monday.