Greg Kelly, a former aide to ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of financial misconduct as the trial against him began in Tokyo.

A clash erupted Monday evening between supporters of the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces outside the FPM headquarters in Sin el-Fil’s Mirna Chalouhi area.

Videos circulated online show gunfire erupting during the presence of a large convoy carrying LF supporters on the highway outside the HQ.

The head of the Beirut Bar Association Monday warned a novel coronavirus outbreak in crisis-hit Lebanon's largest and most overcrowded prison amounted to a "humanitarian time bomb."

Security authorities on Saturday announced 22 coronavirus cases at the Roumieh prison, just outside Beirut, including 13 detainees and nine guards. They said the prisoners had been transferred to an isolation unit inside the jail.

France on Monday called on Lebanon’s political forces to form a new government without delay, as hopes dimmed for a new Cabinet by a mid-September deadline announced by French president Emmanuel Macron.

The French Foreign Ministry said all Lebanese political parties had endorsed the rapid formation of a government that can implement essential reforms.

Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adib will meet with Speaker Nabih Berri in the coming hours in a bid to resolve the dispute over the finance ministerial portfolio, media reports said.

President Michel Aoun on Monday launched two-day consultations with the representatives of the country's parliamentary blocs, hours after a key meeting with Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adib.

Lebanon has approved a new work contract allowing foreign domestic workers to resign and keep hold of their own passport, but activists say the exploitative "kafala" system remains in place.

Lebanon's prime minister-designate on Monday updated President Michel Aoun on talks on forming a new government, but did not submit proposals for a cabinet despite a looming French-imposed deadline.

Premier-in-waiting Mustafa Adib "did not present a line-up" during Monday's meeting at the presidential palace, said a source at the president's office.

Spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Andrea Tenenti said Monday that a ship belonging to the UN peacekeeping maritime force had located a boat outside the Lebanese territorial waters carrying 37 people on board, and unfortunately one of them had died.

Despite intensive contacts over the weekend signaling the formation of Lebanon’s government Monday, expectations dimmed when PM designate Musafa Adib said more Cabinet consultations are needed.