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An Israeli drone threw a smoke bomb overnight toward a café near the southern village of al-Khiam, the National News Agency said.
The bomb targeted a group of Lebanese men gathered in a café at the Khiyam-Kfarkela roundabout, facing the occupied Metula town.
Full StoryChange MPs Halima Kaakour and Ibrahim Mneimneh accused Tuesday Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea of being part of the sectarian and traditional system, after he attacked them in a press interview.
Geagea had said that Kaakour and Mneimneh are "on another planet" as he accused them of living in the past by refusing to coordinate with the opposition.
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The U.S. Treasury in coordination with the UK on Tuesday slapped Captagon-related sanctions on Syrian and Lebanese nationals suspected of ties to Damascus and Hezbollah.
Full StoryKataeb party leader Sami Gemayel asked Parliament Speaker to act after "sanctities were disrespected" in a joint committees session on Tuesday.
"What happened could have pushed the country to a dangerous place," Gemayel said, as he vaguely accused Amal MP Ali Hassan Khalil, without naming him, of losing his temper during the session.
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A Joint Parliamentary Committees session witnessed verbal clashes between lawmakers on Tuesday.
Full StoryThe United States and Europe will impose sanctions on those obstructing the election of a new president, al-Akhbar newspaper said.
The daily reported Tuesday that U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf has informed the Lebanese leaders she met in Lebanon about the sanctions.
Full StoryDeputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab criticized his bloc's chief Jebran Bassil for his reaction to the caretaker Prime Minister's decision to delay shifting to summer time.
"Bassil made a mistake when he used certain words," Bou Saab told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper in remarks published Tuesday.
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Attorney General Judge Imad Qabalan has summoned Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun to an interrogation session on Thursday, media reports said on Monday.
Full StoryEmployees of state-run telecom company Ogero organized Monday a sit-in in front of Ogero's headquarters in Bir Hassan, to demand better pay.
Ogero's employees had started an open-strike on Friday, after their demands were ignored. They blocked roads near their company's headquarters and said they want their salaries to be dollarized.
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French Ambassador to Lebanon Anne Grillo on Monday held talks with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the Grand Serail.
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