Talks set to take place between Lebanese President Michel Aoun and lawmakers to try to agree on a new prime minister-designate
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ammonium nitrate explosion
In pictures: Two massive blasts devastate Beirut’s port
Rescuers worked through the night into Wednesday after two enormous explosions ripped through Beirut’s port, killing at least 78 people and injuring thousands, as they wrecked buildings across the Lebanese capital.
Baabda
Lebanon cabinet reaches consensus on 2019 budget: minister
Budget set to include spending cuts, reduction in public sector benefits and pensions, and the introduction of series of tax hikes
Baabda
Lebanon announces government after 8-month delay
Lebanon’s new government line-up is to see four women take up office, including at the head of the interior and energy ministries
Lebanon aid
Hariri warns Lebanon must form govt after months of deadlock
The slow process has worried observers, as the economy is teetering on the brink of disaster, hit hard by the fallout from the conflict that has ravaged neighbouring Syria since 2011
Emir of Kuwait
Lebanon president on first Gulf trip since PM crisis
Aoun visit follows a tense standoff between Lebanon and heavyweight Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia’s new envoy to Lebanon presents credentials
Move comes days after Saudi Arabia agreed to the appointment of Fawzi Kabbara as Lebanese ambassador
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Lebanon president says PM Hariri ‘detained’ in Saudi Arabia
Michel Aoun says nothing justifies the failure of Prime Minister Saad Hariri to return for 12 days
Michel Aoun
Hariri says free in Saudi and will return to Lebanon ‘very soon’
Hariri announced he was stepping down from Riyadh, and has yet to return to his native Lebanon