Lebanon's Central Bank announced Thursday it had agreed to the self-liquidation request it received from a bank hit by US sanctions last month over ties with Hizbullah.

"Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh announced today he approved the request made by Jammal Trust Bank SAL," the Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported.

Defense Minister Elias Bou Saab announced in a press conference on Thursday the outcome of investigations into the attack of two Israeli drones on Beirut's southern suburbs late in August .

Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem accused “internal” parties in Lebanon of “having a role in the US sanctions against Hizbullah,” al-Jooumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri received an invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz to partake in the third edition of the ‘Future Investment Initiative’ organised by the Public Investment Fund that will take place in Riyadh from 29-31 October.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced on Wednesday the suspension of Future TV, his ailing mouthpiece whose employees had recently been on strike over unpaid wages.

The channel set up by his father Rafik al-Hariri in 1993 follows several other once-thriving Lebanon-based media outlets into bankruptcy.

After one year in Lebanon British Ambassador Chris Rampling has written a blog entitled: '12 months in Lebanon: 'It can sometimes be hard to stay optimistic...but here's why I do', the UK embassy said.

2 months in Lebanon: ‘It can sometimes be hard to stay optimistic … but here’s why I do’

Lebanon's dollar-dominated government bonds rose on Wednesday after Saudi Arabian pledges to provide financial support for the Mediterranean country.

A Lebanese judge issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for a Lebanese American who confessed he'd worked for Israel during its occupation of Lebanon for nearly two decades, Lebanese judicial officials said.

The officials said acting military investigative judge Najat Abu Shakra postponed the questioning of Amer Fakhoury at the Military Court in Beirut pending permission from Lebanon's Bar Association for an American lawyer to attend.

Cabinet began successive special sessions on Wednesday to study the 2020 draft budget in an effort to have it ratified by Parliament before its constitutionally mandated deadline.

President Michel Aoun is scheduled to deliver Lebanon’s speech at the annual meetings of the United General Assembly held between September 23-27 in New York.