Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab and two former ministers were charged with homicide with probable intent over the Beirut port explosions in 2020. Tarek Bitar, a Lebanese judge tasked with investigating the Beirut port explosions, also charged Abbas Ibrahim,…
Irish soldier killed after UN convoy attacked in Lebanon
An Irish soldier has been killed on a United Nations peackeeping mission after a convoy of two armoured utility vehicles carrying eight personnel travelling to Beirut came under small arms fire, Ireland’s defence forces have said in a statement. Another…
After Israel, Lebanon eyes maritime border talks with Syria
Lebanon wants direct talks to demarcate its maritime border with Syria so it can begin offshore gas exploration, weeks after reaching a similar agreement with Israel, its top negotiator told AFP. The US-brokered sea border deal with Israel guarantees “stability”…
Woman robs bank to pay sister’s cancer treatment
A woman held up a Beirut bank Wednesday with a toy gun and walked out with thousands of dollars to pay for treatment for her ill sister, in a desperate heist cheered by many in crisis-hit Lebanon. It was the…
Ukraine urges Lebanon to block ship with grain from leaving
Ukraine’s ambassador to Lebanon on Wednesday insisted a Syrian ship docked at a Lebanese port is carrying stolen Ukrainian grain and urged Lebanon to block the vessel from leaving. The claim comes just days before the tiny cash-strapped country receives…
First ship carrying Ukrainian grain since Russia invaded leaves Odesa
The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set off from the port of Odesa on Monday under an internationally brokered deal that’s expected to release large stores of Ukrainian crops to foreign markets and ease a growing global hunger crisis. The…
*Parents rage as Lagos school teacher allegedly gives 2-year-old pupil 24 strokes of cane (Tribune)*LASPOTECH: LASG reinstates 4 sacked NASU leaders (Sun)
Parents rage as Lagos school teacher allegedly gives 2-year-old pupil 24 strokes of cane (Tribune) Cross-sections of parents in Lagos State and Twitter users have condemned in strong terms the alleged brutalisation of a two-year-old pupil of a private nursery…
Lebanese, lawyer nabbed over trafficking of woman to Lebanon (DailyTrust)
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) yesterday announced the arrest of three suspects in connection with the alleged recruitment and trafficking of a Nigerian woman, Omolola Ajayi, to Lebanon. NAPTIP’s DG, Julie Okah-Donli, said the…
‘Israeli strikes’ target Palestinian group in Lebanon (BBC)
The Israeli military carried out air strikes on a Palestinian militant group backed by Syria’s government in eastern Lebanon overnight, Lebanese media say. A position of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command near Qusaya was hit, the…