Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib failed to present his Cabinet lineup to President Michel Aoun on Monday, raising doubts that he could form a new government within the two week deadline set by France two weeks ago.

French President Emmanuel Macron has taken center stage for his political and diplomatic intervention in Lebanon this past month, sending a bold message to the country’s leaders: Deliver on reforms by the end of October or face sanctions.

The search & rescue operation began yesterday after Flash, a sniffer dog with the Chilean rescue team, detected signs of life.

In the early morning hours in the eastern Beirut neighborhood of Gemmayze, hit hard by the mammoth explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital a week ago, hundreds of volunteers are already on the streets with food parcels and brooms flung over their shoulders.

Cracks appeared in a seemingly weakened Lebanese government on Sunday following a series of resignations of key ministers amid the political fallout of a deadly explosion that decimated swathes of Beirut, killed more than 150 people, and wounded some 6,000.

An already-overwhelmed Lebanon fell to its knees after a massive explosion that ripped through neighborhoods across the capital and flattened much of the country’s main port on Tuesday, killing at least 100 people and leaving thousands wounded.

As Europe eases coronavirus-caused restrictions on movement across the continent, obstacles to migrants and asylum seekers trying to reach southern Europe remain in place.

In a WhatsApp audio recording, a hoarse voice in a Sicilian accent said: “Cover up — and if we have to respond [to the police], we will smash [them] to smithereens. … They’ll beg for mercy.”

The police wiretap uncovered a disturbing plot: In the time of coronavirus, when families are short of money and fears of food shortages are growing, a group of men planned to raid a supermarket in Sicily.

Italy, battling to hold back the spread of coronavirus is calling in reinforcements.

Retired doctors are answering a call to return to work. Young, inexperienced doctors are being recruited to shore up the legions of overworked health workers nationwide.

Last Saturday night, I watched in surprise and horror as the television broadcast images of hundreds of people storming Milan’s central train station, desperate to catch a train out of the city after rumors circulated of the coming of a quarantine over coronavirus concerns in Italy’s north. Hours later, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced a partial closure of the region, centered on Milan.

At about 2:30 am on Sunday, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte decreed a partial quarantine over a swathe of Italy’s north region. Just over 24 hours later, he extended the measure to the entire country of 60 million people. These decisions were the most aggressive countermeasures against coronavirus taken since the outbreak in January. Italy is suffering the second worst outbreak in the world, with more deaths than in any other country outside China.

When reports surfaced that several protesters had lost their eyesight after they were shot at close range with rubber bullets, Dr. Samer Kahil knew he had to help.

In a late-night appeal on social media, Dr. Kahil, the Head of the Lebanese-Swiss Center for Artificial Eyes, offered to perform surgeries for the victims who lost their eyesight –free of charge.

Lebanon on Monday said flights to and from coronavirus infested countries were reduced as part of the new measures taken by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country.

Clashes between protesters and security forces left more than 300 people wounded over the weekend, the heaviest toll since the start of the anti-government protests three months ago.

Clashes between security forces and protesters erupted late Tuesday into early Wednesday, a day after Lebanese protesters spilled back into the streets following a brief lull in the three-months-long movement.

Former Nissan Chief Carlos Ghosn, who skipped bail to avoid charges of financial misconduct and fled Japan for Lebanon, said he did so because he was being abused and treated unfairly by Japanese officials.

The U.S. airstrike that killed senior Iranian General Qassem Soleimani early Friday marked not only a major escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran, but may also destabilize Lebanon, which is already suffering from severe political and economic problems, analysts say.

Lebanese protesters took to the streets in Beirut and other cities across the country Thursday night to reject the appointment of Hassan Diab as prime minister.

Tucked in a displacement camp alongside rows of olive trees, a partially destroyed bus with blown-out tires and shattered windows has provided Dunia and her four children barely enough shelter to survive the past two months.

The Kurdistan Regional Government called on all political parties to convene and discuss the process of drafting a long-awaited constitution, a statement from the presidency’s media office said Sunday.

Five years ago, Daesh (ISIS) attempted to obliterate Iraq’s Christian population. The militants seized dozens of towns, killed civilians and displaced thousands.

The number of children killed in Syria’s Idlib province in the last month has exceeded the total for 2018, according to the latest report released by Save the Children and its partner Hurras Network.

Silham was 21 years old when Daesh (ISIS) militants sold her into sexual slavery. Raped and beaten, she moved from one Syrian town to the next, sold every seven to 10 days for the equivalent of just a few dollars.

Mahmoud should be filled with a yearning to live and recapture the years he lost fighting in the Syrian civil war, having just finished serving in the military for over a decade.

The same bullying at school that drove Mustapha Ashraf’s best friend to commit suicide would also in later years push him to try and end his life. Instead, refusing to be a victim, Ashraf founded Advice Seekers, an organization that runs anti-bullying programs in schools around Egypt.

The United Nations and the Palestinian Authority Monday appealed for $350 million in humanitarian relief for Palestinians next year, saying they need more in the face of “record-low” funding.

Daesh’s (ISIS) deliberate destruction of farmland in northern Iraq has destroyed the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of residents, making it harder for them to return to their homes, Amnesty International said in a report released Thursday.

An Italian prosecutor has placed five Egyptian security officials under investigation over the disappearance and murder of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni in 2016, Italian officials said Tuesday.

A video released on the social media pages of the British consulate-general in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem commenting on gender-based violence in Palestine has sparked outrage among online users. The content of the video is not what has rendered it controversial, but rather who was behind the message being relayed.

“I always suffered,” Carine Boustani told The Daily Star. “Red flags went off at a very young age.” Boustani suffers from endometriosis, a poorly understood condition that affects one in 10 women in Lebanon.

Forget design, and forget galleries. Forget any sort of preconceived notion of what “design” represents, and you may have a shot at getting through Beirut Design Week. Hidden at an intersection between Pierre Gemayel Highway and Mar Mikhael’s Armenia Street sits a parking lot. On any other day, it’s like any other concrete patch of Beirut.

A group of business-minded women from around the world gathered in Lebanon over the weekend to take part in Lebanon’s first women-only vintage car rally. Rallye des Graces brought 30 women from across the globe to participate in the two-day event, aimed at increasing tourism and establishing strong business connections on local and international levels while driving vintage cars across Lebanon

After achieving a record number of registered candidates in the upcoming elections and continuing to gain a footing in the workplace, for many Lebanese women, a question remains: Where does this progress leave motherhood? This issue was the discussion of the day at the Elle Fiesta event at the Hilton Habtoor Grand Hotel in Beirut Saturday, with a conference, workshops and exhibitions dedicated to the empowerment and education of women.