Russian President Vladimir Putin has said a locally developed vaccine for Covid-19 has been given regulatory approval after less than two months of testing on humans.   Mr Putin said the vaccine had passed all the required checks, adding that his daughter had already been given it. Officials have said ...

Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, on Monday delivered the following speech announcing his cabinet’s resignation. “We are still under the shock of the tragedy that struck Lebanon. This disaster which has hit the Lebanese at the core, occurred as a result of chronic corruption in politics, administration and the State. I ...

Change must come from within Lebanon, but Emmanuel Macron and others can help by ending their patronage of a disastrous regime In the aftermath of the devastating Beirut port explosion last week, it is not just the role of the Lebanese political class that has come under scrutiny, but that of their ...

  Here is what we know so far. What happened? The disaster was preceded by a large fire at the Port of Beirut, on the city’s northern Mediterranean coast. In videos posted on social media white smoke could be seen billowing from Warehouse 12, next to the port’s huge grain silos. ...

The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19 in the form of a perfect vaccine and that the road to normality would be long, with some countries requiring a reset of strategy. More than 18.14 million people around the world are ...

The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 295 Coronavirus cases were reported during the past 24 hours in Lebanon. The ministry added that 4 news deaths were registered among the Coronavirus patients. NNA

Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Sunday, announced her resignation from her ministerial post over the government’s performance amid the current critical circumstances. “I apologize to the Lebanese because we were unable to meet their aspirations. Change remained elusive, and since reality did not match the ambitions, ...

Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday said in the wake of the cabinet session, which took place at Baabda presidential palace, that the cabinet had adopted the Higher Defense Council’s statement, especially in terms of declaring Beirut a disaster city. “A renewable two-week state of emergency ...

Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Tuesday denied in an interview with the the National News Agency (NNA) the rumors that were being circulated via social media sites about a small meeting that was held yesterday to discuss her resignation from the current Lebanese cabinet. “This piece ...

Photojournalist Achilleas Zavallis travels to Lebanon and finds a country struggling with the effects of economic decline and mismanagement. Inflation is out of control, destroying the spending power of all but a wealthy minority   Lebanon has long been a country that somehow held it together. Through war, insurrection, chaos and intervention, ...