Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more ...

Lebanon’s parliament has elected army commander Joseph Aoun as president, breaking a two-year deadlock. Aoun's emergence came after parliament held the two rounds of voting session to elect the ...

Lebanon’s parliament has convened to elect a president to fill a vacuum that's lasted more than two years BEIRUT -- Lebanon’s parliament convened Thursday to make yet another effort to elect a ...

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat, on his country's first high-level visit to Beirut after years of strained ties, said Thursday that he believed crisis-hit Lebanon's new leaders could spearhead long-sought ...

The selection of Mr. Salam was seen as a blow to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group and political party that has acted as ...

Lebanese government bonds extended their three-month-long rally on Thursday as the crisis-ravaged country's parliament voted in a new head of state for the first time since 2022.

France’s president began a visit to Lebanon Friday, where he will meet the crisis-hit country’s newly elected leaders, as the ...

Lebanon now has a new government in waiting for the first time in two years after Nawaf Salam was nominated for prime ...

The selection of Salam was widely seen as a major political blow to the Lebanese militant group and political party, which ...

As a result of the parliamentary nominations, President Aoun designated Nawaf Salam to form the new government after the ...