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Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun on Wednesday told the European Parliament that caretaker PM Najib Mikati is “blatantly interfering in the judiciary,” after he called for legal measures against her.
Full StoryDeputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab accused Wednesday caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati of not revealing to the Lebanese the truth about the Egyptian gas.
"I did not disclose what the World Bank told me about the Egyptian gas loan, and which you haven't told the Lebanese about" Bou Saab said. "The MPs are witnesses to this," Bou Saab added.
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Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has announced that he is seeking a “legal exit” for the issue of extending the term of General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim.
Full StoryAnother earthquake with the magnitude of 4.2 was felt in Lebanon on Wednesday morning at 8:01 am.
The quake hit the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Lebanon at 61 Kilometers from Sidon with no reports of damage or casualties.
Full StoryDirector General of the Lebanese Civil Defense General Raymond Khattar said Wednesday that the Civil Defense rescued Tuesday 21 workers who were trapped on the roof of the Concord household appliances factory in the town of Naameh.
A fire, caused by a short circuit, had broke out on Tuesday afternoon in the Concord factory, killing one worker and injuring at least four.
Full StoryCaretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged Wednesday all leaders and politicians to stop the obstruction approach and the political accusations.
Mikati dubbed the obstruction and accusations as "useless," adding that they have no meaning to "the people who are patiently suffering."
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Human Rights Watch called Tuesday on tech companies to better protect LGBTQ communities from "digital targeting" by authorities in Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon.
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Hezbollah has “preferred to end the memorandum of understanding with the Free Patriotic Movement,” an FPM MP said on Tuesday.
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Municipal police in the Dinniyeh town of Bakhoun ordered the immediate evacuation of a number of residential buildings in the wake of Monday’s new earthquake in Turkey that was strongly felt in Lebanon, media reports said.
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The Mansourieh branch of Bank of Beirut was on Tuesday sealed with red wax at the orders of Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun, media reports said.
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