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.

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.

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.

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.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday postponed the parliamentary consultations to select a new prime minister following a weekend marred with violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Beirut.