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1602 in English · 59 original-language storiesAl Ahed: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed that the United States spent around 11 billion dollars on…
OTV: The Ministry of Energy and Water has issued a new fuel price schedule. The prices are as follows: 95-octane gasoline: 2686.000 L.L. (-53000); 98-octane gasoline: 2704.000 L.L…
Kataeb: Since the beginning of this week, the illegal Internet file has embarked on a criminal accountability process to support administrative accountability, through a report submitted to the Financial Public Prosecutor’s Office by lawyers Wasif al-Haraka, Ali Abbas and Jad Taameh, concerning suspicions of public funds being squandered as a result of the expansion of networks established in violation of…
Kataeb: The new fuel price schedule was released this Friday morning, bringing them to…
OTV: South Korea estimated that North Korea had planted about 960 thousand landmines along the border between the two countries since 2024, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency,…
Al Joumhouria: What is this audacity? The scandal is that this debate is taking place as if nothing had happened, as if the “theft of the century” had not taken place, as if people’s deposits had not been withheld, the fruits of their lifetimes had not been looted, and as if thousands of people had not paid and were still paying…
Al Joumhouria: What audacity! The scandal is that this discussion is taking place as if nothing had happened, as if the “theft of the century” had not taken place, as if people’s deposits had not been held back and their life savings looted, and as if thousands of people had not paid and were still paying…
Al Joumhouria: The trap’s importance lies in developing an integrated structure made from a single block of fused silica glass, capable of confining heavy ions, including ytterbium ions, while providing suitable conditions for controlling them and using them in…
Elnashra: The U.S. Central Command confirmed that, since it resumed, the naval blockade has helped prevent Iran from exporting more than $25 billion worth of oil, noting that Iran has not…
Al Ahed: Gas prices in Europe jumped on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, to $98.2 per megawatt…
El Marada: The Ministry of Economy and Trade continued its inspection work to protect consumers and curb violations in markets, carrying out through the Consumer Protection Directorate and the ministry’s departments in the governorates “19,301 field inspections…
El Marada: Salwa Baalbaki wrote: Is an increase in the amounts for beneficiaries of Circulars 158 and 166 approaching? The question is being raised again in economic circles, amid growing talk of the possibility that Banque du Liban may move to raise the monthly payments…
El Marada: Dr. Fouad Zmokhol wrote: Amid the accumulated economic, financial, and monetary crises, discussion of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund returns to the forefront of the Lebanese scene, as if this agreement had become the…
Al Ahed: Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref confirmed that the “Economic Cooperation Organization” (ECO) summit will be held soon…
Al Ahed: Oil prices rose today, after the attacks being carried out by the Yemeni Armed Forces on Saudi Arabia pushed…
Al Ahed: The Free Patriotic Movement filed two complaints with the National Anti-Corruption Commission against the Minister of Energy and Water, Jo…
El Marada: Beneath a tranquil cover of vegetation in the US state of North Carolina, layers of peat lie hidden, having accumulated over thousands of years and storing huge amounts of carbon. But a network of canals dug to drain the land…
El Marada: Suleiman Frangieh and the sanctions: Targeting money or targeting a position? The imposition of financial sanctions by the U.S. Treasury on the head of the Marada Movement is a badge of honor for him, because if they are aimed at tarnishing the im...
OTV: The following statement was issued by the General Directorate of State Security – Media, Guidance and Public Relations Department: “As part of its ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking, and following operations…”
El Marada: The Ministry of Finance stated in a communiqué, “All employers wishing to benefit from the settlement on verification and collection penalties due on income tax on salaries and wages, issued pursuant to Decree…”
El Marada: The Syndicate of Owners of Fuel Stations in Lebanon issued a fuel price list, as follows: 95-octane gasoline: 2.739.000 (-34000); 98-octane gasoline: 2.757.000 (-34000); diesel: 2.563.000 (-15000); gas: 1.494.000 (+76000)…
MTV Lebanon: After MEP employees staged a sit-in and blocked the company’s entrance in protest at not receiving their salaries, information gathered by MTV from several workers reveals further details about the crisis affecting around 60 employees spread between the Zouk and Jiyeh plants. According to employees’ accounts, around 40…
Al Joumhouria: A Constitutional Council decision reshuffles the cards. In its decision issued on 20 October 2026, the Constitutional Council returned the banking reform law to the legal and economic debate. It unanimously accepted the appeal filed by the President of the Republic…
Tayyar: In an interview on TTV with Htif Dahham, Al Shab discusses the American and Israeli elections and Saudi-Israeli relations, offering an analysis of regional developments and the paths of conflict in the Middle East. He believes that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was “struck and humiliated,” and sees the region as facing “the last war…”
Kataeb: The Lebanese Constitutional Council’s decision to strike down Article Three of the Banking Restructuring and Rehabilitation Law, in response to the challenge filed by President Joseph Aoun, has set a course for addressing the financial gap and recovering deposits, which could affect the drafting of the anticipated law and negotiations with the Fund…
El Marada: Hassan Hardean wrote: At a time when election fever is intensifying in the United States, the American public finds itself facing a stark contradiction between the political messages coming out of Washington and the tr…
El Marada: Zainab Bazzi wrote that perhaps the most notable point in the latest World Bank report, titled “Macroeconomic Prospects and Poverty,” is that it expects Lebanon’s unemployment rate to rise to 15.2% in 2026, compared with…
El Marada: Christian Habib wrote: Amid Middle East turmoil, decisions by the U.S. Federal Reserve and purchases by central banks, gold is entering a delicate phase that could determine its direction for years. Could this be a…
Al Joumhouria: A constitutional decision reshuffles the cards. In its decision issued on 20 October 2026, the Constitutional Council brought the banking reform law back into the legal and economic debate. It unanimously accepted the appeal filed by the President of the Republic…
OTV: Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, told Al Arabiya Business that the kingdom and the oil giant are seeking to establish partnerships with other countries to expand reserves…
Megaphone: Central Bank Governor Karim Said, with the assistance of President Joseph Aoun, managed to secure broader protection for private banks in the coming period, after the Constitutional Council accepted Aoun’s appeal against Article Three of the Banking Reform and Restructuring Law yesterday, Tuesday. This step would preserve…
Megaphone: On December 4, 2024, nearly two years ago, Lebanese Forces official Roland Al-Murr was killed by two bullets to the chest and a third that pierced his body, in the Ashrafieh area, and fingers of blame were pointed at the “Soldiers of God” militia affiliated with banker Antoine Sehnaoui. Two days later, on October 22 this year, …
Kataeb: With the price of a can of diesel surpassing 30 dollars, and gasoline 31 dollars, the shock of soaring global oil prices is spilling over into the daily lives of Lebanese citizens—from transport to electricity, production and services, and most importantly, home heating through the use of «Chauffage» and «الصوبيات» in the regions…
Kataeb: Gold fell for a fourth consecutive session, as rising oil prices fueled inflation concerns, while investors await next week’s monetary policy meeting of the Federal Reserve (the U.S. central bank) for signals on the path of interest rates, according to…
El Marada: In a country accustomed to exporting its young people’s talents instead of investing in them, talking about technology becomes a discussion about the future of a nation, and about a political, economic and social choice all at once. Hence, MP Tou…
Al Joumhouria: Gold fell for a fourth consecutive session today, as rising oil prices stoked inflation concerns, while investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting (the central bank…