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Lebanon Saw Alarming Decline in Press Freedom under Aoun

Lebanon witnessed an alarming drop in the “world press freedom rating” under the rule of former President Michel Aoun, whose term ended on Monday. His six-year term witnessed more 801 violations against media and cultural freedoms, revealed a report by the SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom at the…

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Mikati: US Guarantees Will Protect Lebanon’s Maritime Deal with Israel

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati told Reuters by phone on Wednesday that US guarantees would protect a maritime border deal with Israel should Israel's conservative former premier Benjamin Netanyahu win a majority in elections. Netanyahu had threatened to "neutralize" the agreement, which came into force last week after years…

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Caretaker Lebanon PM says U.S. guarantees will protect maritime deal with Israel

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati told Reuters by phone on Wednesday that U.S. guarantees would protect a maritime border deal with Israel should Israel's conservative former premier Benjamin Netanyahu win a majority in elections.

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Cleary leads No.7 race as Roos team named

Nathan Cleary appears to have won the nod to play halfback in Australia's World Cup team after Mal Meninga named his side to face Lebanon in the quarter-final.

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Crisis-Hit Lebanon Faces Power Vacuum without President

Already mired in political and economic crises, Lebanon is now also without a president after Michel Aoun's mandate expired without a successor. Cheered on by thousands of supporters, Aoun left the presidential palace on Sunday, a day before his term officially ended. His six years at the helm were marred…

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6 talking points from RLWC as Lebanon chase away thieves and England star turns heads

The Rugby League World cup has completed its group stage fixtures as the eight quarter-finalists look forward to the knockout stage of the tournament

Daily Mirror

Michael Cheika promises to 'do justice' to both Lebanon and Argentina as two jobs clash

Michael Cheika will coach Lebanon in their Rugby League World Cup quarter-final clash against Australia less than 48 hours before his Argentina side face England at Twickenham

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Explainer-What happens now that Lebanon is without a president?

Lebanon entered an unprecedented government crisis on Tuesday, with no president, a caretaker cabinet with limited powers and a deeply fragmented parliament.

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Battling Cholera, Lebanon Gets First Vaccines, and Sharp Words, from France

Lebanon took delivery on Monday of its first vaccines to combat a worsening cholera outbreak - together with sharply worded criticism of the crisis-hit country's crumbling public health infrastructure from donor nation France. By Sunday, cases of cholera - a disease typically spread through contaminated water, food or sewage -…

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Russia to Donate 25,000 Tons of Wheat to Lebanon

Russia will donate 25,000 tons of wheat to crisis-hit Lebanon, the public works minister said on Monday. Russia would also donate 10,000 tons of fuel oil to Beirut, minister Ali Hamie told Reuters, without elaborating. The Russian embassy in Lebanon did not respond to a request for comment. News of…

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Lebanon Requests Dropping Terrorist Label of Hezbollah in Arab Summit Closing Statement

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Algiers on Monday to take part in the two-day Arab League summit that kicks off on Tuesday. The summit is being launched on the same day that Lebanon plunged in presidential vacuum with the parliament failing to elect a successor to President…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin says attacks on Ukraine infrastructure 'not all we could have done'

Russian President Vladimir Putin says strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure were in part a response to a drone attack on the Black Sea fleet, indicating more action could follow.

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Battling cholera, Lebanon gets first vaccines, and sharp words, from France

(This Oct. 31 story has been corrected to reflect the source of vaccines as Sanofi's philanthropic arm and not the government, in paragraphs 1 and 6)

Reuters

QatarEnergy Seeks to Acquire 30% stake in Lebanon's Offshore Exploration Area

QatarEnergy is in talks with the Lebanese government to acquire a 30 percent stake in an offshore exploration area and is also negotiating with TotalEnergies and Eni in this regard, announced CEO Saad al-Kaabi. Two sources told Reuters last week that TotalEnergies and the Lebanese government have reached a deal…

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Aoun Approves Lebanese Govt Resignation, Demands Mikati's Removal as PM-designate

Lebanese President Michel Aoun approved on Sunday the resignation of the caretaker government, fulfilling a warning he had made in recent days. Aoun had stirred debate when he said that the caretaker government would be deemed resigned in wake of the May parliamentary elections. Also on Sunday, Aoun demanded that…

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We’re doing part-time security work, jokes Lebanon boss after break-ins at base

Michael Cheika said his Lebanon players detained an intruder on Saturday night.

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Lebanon president leaves with no replacement, crisis deepens

President Michel Aoun has left Lebanon’s presidential palace, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement

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Lebanon President Approves Gov't Resignation, Leaves with No Replacement

Lebanese President Michel Aoun left Lebanon's presidential palace Sunday marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement, leaving the small nation in a political vacuum that is likely to worsen its historic economic meltdown. As Aoun’s term ends, the country is being run by a caretaker government after…

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Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun leaves office amid crisis

President Michel Aoun leaves office a day earlier than his mandate ends as parliament fails to agree on his successor.

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Lebanon: Rai Accuses Officials of Creating Post-Aoun Political 'Vacuum'

Maronite Patriach Beshara al-Rai accused the Lebanese authorities of creating a political vacuum by leaving the presidency unfilled with outgoing president Michel Aoun's term ending on Monday. Al-Rai said in his Sunday sermon that officials had "left this supreme and essential presidency in a vacuum, either deliberately, or out of…

Reuters

Aoun's presidency ends leaving power vacuum in crisis-hit Lebanon

Michel Aoun, the 89-year-old Christian president who presided over Lebanon's cataclysmic financial meltdown and the deadly Beirut port blast, left the presidential palace on Sunday with his term ending, leaving a void at the top of a failing state.

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Outgoing President Says Lebanon at Risk of ‘Constitutional Chaos’

Outgoing Lebanese President Michel Aoun told Reuters on Saturday his nation could be sliding into "constitutional chaos", with an unprecedented situation of having no one in line to succeed him and a cabinet that is operating in a caretaker capacity. Aoun is set to leave the presidential palace on Sunday,…

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Outgoing president says Lebanon may be heading to 'constitutional chaos'

Outgoing Lebanese President Michel Aoun told Reuters on Saturday his nation could be sliding into “constitutional chaos” as he has no successor and the cabinet is already operating in a caretaker capacity.

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Lebanon Announces 3 New Cholera Cases, One Death

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that it has registered three new cholera cases in the past 24 hours, taking the tally to 371. It confirmed a new death from the infection, raising the toll to 16. It released an infographic showing where the most infections have been…

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Aoun Signals Possibility of Approving Govt Resignation, Plunging Lebanon Deeper into Vacuum

Outgoing Lebanese President Michel Aoun stirred debate on Thursday when he said he may approve the resignation of the government should a new one not be formed, days before his term as president ends. The government usually assumes the duties of the president in case of a presidential vacuum. Aoun’s…

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