Financial Prosecutor Judge Ali Ibrahim on Thursday pressed charges against 22 money changers of whom 18 are in custody.

A magnitude-4.6 earthquake struck the Syrian coast at 1:15 pm Thursday and was felt in Lebanon, the director of Lebanon’s National Center for Geophysics, Marleine Brax, said.

The U.S. treasury has accused Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh of having links with Hezbollah, American sources told al-Hadath news interactive channel.

"The U.S. treasury has revealed a link between Hezbollah's financiers and the Central Bank," the sources said, adding that Washington is "one step away" from imposing sanctions on Salameh.

Protestors, on Thursday, blocked roads in Badaro, burned tires and tried to smash the windows of some banks in the area, as banks closed their doors to customers amid an unprecedented economic crisis.

The angry protestors set fire in front of Fransabank and Bank Audi by burning tires. The fire was later extinguished by firefighters of the Beirut Fire Brigade.

The Lebanese pound on Thursday hit a record low against the dollar on the black market, as the country's grinding political and economic crises show no signs of abating.

The pound has lost more than 95 percent of its value against the greenback since the start of the economic crisis in 2019.

Caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayyad has stressed that gasoline will not be priced in USD.

Responding to a warning from station owners that they would go on strike unless gasoline is priced in USD, Fayyad told LBCI TV that “the Ministry is working on a platform in order to issue more than two price tables per day in order to catch up with the exchange rate fluctuations.”

Demonstrators in northern Lebanon on Wednesday blocked several roads in protest at the unprecedented dollar rate surge and the dire economic situations.

This month, 15 new members joined the St. Jude Global Alliance, a worldwide network of institutions working to improve survival rates for pediatric cancer and catastrophic diseases. In a historic first for the Alliance, these new partners are fundraising organizations rather than medical institutions, each dedicated to raising funds for hospitals in their home countries.

Each year, an estimated 400,000 children worldwide develop cancer. Globally, approximately 90% of children with cancer live in low- and middle-income countries, and far too many of these children lack access to adequate diagnosis and treatment. Compounding the problem is limited public funding for pediatric research and care, and imbalances in the technology available to raise needed funds. Most of these children will unnecessarily die from their diseases.

The body of Lebanese citizen Elias Haddad has been recovered from the rubble of a destroyed hotel in the earthquake Turkish city of Antakya.

The announcement was made by the Cedars-11 team of Lebanese Civil Defense volunteers, which had traveled to Turkey at its own initiative.

Free patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil might meet soon with Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, an FPM MP said.

MP Ghassan Atallah mentioned a probable meeting between the two leaders, in a TV program broadcast by al-Jadeed on Tuesday night.