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An Israeli shell landed among a group of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing a Reuters videographer and leaving six other journalists injured. CBC | World News
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Camera operator providing a live signal from Lebanon killed, Reuters confirms
The videomaker was providing a live signal from the Lebanon-Isreali border. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »New cabinet announced in crisis-hit Lebanon, but protests continue
A new cabinet was announced in crisis-hit Lebanon late Tuesday, breaking a months-long impasse amid mass protests against the country’s ruling elite and a crippling financial crisis, but demonstrations and violence continued. CBC | World News
Read More »Ex-Nissan chair Carlos Ghosn wanted by Interpol after mysterious escape to Lebanon
Lebanon’s justice minister said Thursday the country received an international wanted notice from Interpol for former Nissan chair Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan and transited through Turkey before his trial on financial misconduct charges. CBC | World News
Read More »Lebanon announces sweeping economic reforms after days of protests
Lebanon’s government has approved sweeping reforms that it hopes will appease hundreds of thousands of people who have been protesting for days, calling on Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri’s government to resign. CBC | World News
Read More »Protests sweep Lebanon as fury at ruling elite grows
Tens of thousands of angry protesters blocked roads, burned tires and marched across Lebanon on Friday for a second day, demanding the removal of a political elite they accuse of looting the economy to the point of breakdown. CBC | World News
Read More »Demand for jobs, basic services sparks protest across Lebanon
Lebanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Beirut early Friday morning, as thousands of people across the country took to the streets to demonstrate against the government’s management of a dire economy. CBC | World News
Read More »Saad Hariri meets with Egyptian president in Cairo: next stop Lebanon?
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in Egypt on Tuesday and went straight into talks with the Egyptian president who, together with France’s leader, is reportedly trying to mediate a way out of the crisis in Lebanon that would involve rolling back Hariri’s resignation. CBC | World News
Read More »Saad Hariri returns to Lebanon for independence day celebration
Saad Hariri attended independence day celebrations in Beirut on Wednesday after returning to Lebanon for the first time since resigning as prime minister in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia. CBC | World News
Read More »Hariri meets Macron in Paris for talks on Lebanon crisis
Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister this month while in Saudi Arabia, arrived in Paris on Saturday for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, a statement from Hariri’s press office said. CBC | World News
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