Top Lebanese officials said Monday they want to prevent the country, which is still recovering from the recent ...

Cardinal Bechara Boutros Raï, patriarch of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, lamented the decline of the Christian population ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The World Bank will grant Lebanon a $250 million loan that will be used to help ease electricity cuts in the crisis-hit country, the country’s finance ministry said Thursday.

Advertising Lebanon has been running on a cash economy ... almost half the population into poverty, according to the World Bank. The country has struggled to reach an International Monetary ...

Israel’s 14-month war with Hezbollah that caused what the World Bank estimates was $11 billion in damages and economic losses. Lebanon’s crisis is rooted in decades of corruption by the ...

Clearing debris in Beirut after a strike in October. The World Bank estimates that Lebanon needs a total of $11 billion for reconstruction after the war.Credit...David Guttenfelder for The New ...

Lebanon's new president and prime minister, both of whom took office in early 2025, pledged to prioritise reforms and secure ...

The World Bank slashed its 2025 global growth forecast Tuesday, citing trade tensions and resulting policy uncertainty, as US President Donald Trump's wide-ranging tariffs strained ties and weighed on ...