A legislative session convened at the UNESCO Palace on Monday and approved credit line for Lebanon’s electricity sector and a law proposal related to recovering stolen public funds.

A new crisis has been added to Lebanon’s multiple crises, with the country shutting down the Zahrani power plant in southern Lebanon after running out of diesel fuel to operate it, media reports said on Monday.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumbat on Sunday commented on the protracted delay in the government formation process.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday hoped President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri will “realize that they are governed by consultations and agreement, according to the rule that has been in place since the 1990 constitutional amendments.”

Amer Fakhoury's four daughters, who started a foundation in the name of their late father, are reaching out to help the families of U.S. hostages and were invited to share their story in Washington.

Fakhoury was an ex-member of the pro-Israel South Lebanon Army militia who was jailed for several months in Lebanon over decades-old murder and torture charges that he and his family always denied. His release in 2020 and his eventual travel to the U.S. in mysterious circumstances sparked controversy in Lebanon.

The Free Patriotic Movement, the largest Christian bloc in Lebanon's parliament, warned Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on Saturday against “marginalizing” President Michel Aoun and other parliamentary blocs in talks on forming a government.

Progressive Socialist Party leader ex-MP Walid Jumblat received the Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid al-Bukhari at his residence in Mount Lebanon’s Chouf district town of Mukhtara, MTV television station reported Saturday.

The United States and the European Union are reportedly expected to discuss the controversial situation in Lebanon during a virtual meeting on Monday, Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Saturday.

The Health Ministry will start rolling out the AstraZeneca vaccine for people in the 55-65 years category, said Director of the Rafik Hariri University Hospital on Saturday.

General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim traveled to Paris at the invitation of his French counterpart, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.