The World Bank says poverty in Lebanon has tripled over the course of a decade. The percentage of people in Lebanon living below the poverty line rose from 12% in 2012 to 44% in 2022, according to a ...

BEIRUT — Lebanese authorities on Tuesday detained Riad Salameh, the country’s disgraced former central bank governor, after an investigation into his financial dealings with a Lebanese brokerage firm, ...

FILE - Riad Salameh the governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, listens to a journalist's question during a press conference, in Beirut, on Nov. 11, 2019. (AP Photo ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 16 (UPI) --Riad Salameh, Lebanon's former Central Bank governor who stepped down last year after remaining in his post for three decades, has become the first high-ranking ...

Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh gives an interview with AFP at his office in the capital Beirut on Dec. 20, 2021. — JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images BEIRUT — Lebanon’s former central bank ...

Commuters drive past a newly-installed billboard bearing the image of a Lebanese flag and a statement that reads in Arabic "Lebanon a new era", replacing a Hezbollah billboard, on the road leading to ...

Commercial banks must recapitalise, merge, or close, says new central bank governor Souaid prioritises small depositors in financial recovery plans Focus on fighting money laundering, terrorist ...

Lebanon is seeking funds for reconstruction efforts seven months after a ceasefire that ended fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. This is significant because Lebanon likely needs large sums to ...

Lebanon’s former central-bank governor was arrested Tuesday in Beirut on embezzlement charges, as the political establishment looks to head off new international sanctions that could further cripple ...

The first investigative judge in Beirut, Lebanon, ruled on Monday that the former governor of Lebanon’s central bank (BDL), Riad Salameh, will remain in detention as investigations into corruption ...

London: Lebanon’s central bank Governor Karim Souaid said on Sunday a prioritization of smaller depositors that make up mostly 90 percent of accounts is both economically rational and socially ...