Already governed by a caretaker cabinet, crisis-hit Lebanon is hurtling towards an imminent power vacuum, with just days before the current president's term finishes at the end of the month. Aoun was elected in 2016 after a more than two-year vacancy at the presidential palace, as lawmakers made 45 failed...
Lebanon fails to pick President for third time
The political deadlock has hit efforts to form a new government since the outgoing cabinet's mandate expired in May, despite Lebanon being gripped by its worst-ever financial crisis. At the end of a visit to Beirut last week, France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna urged election of a new president to...
Nabih Berri elected Lebanon parliament speaker for seventh term
Berri's candidacy went largely unchallenged but the 84-year-old clinched only the bare minimum number of votes needed for a win -- one of his lowest counts since he first rose to the helm of parliament 30 years ago.
