The maritime demarcation negotiations between Lebanon and Israeli reportedly jumped back to the forefront once the head of the US delegation sponsoring the Naqoura talks, American Ambassador John Desrocher, arrived in Beirut yesterday afternoon, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

An American father-son duo admitted their role in orchestrating former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn's audacious escape from Japan as they made their first appearance before a Tokyo court on Monday.

Lebanon's local currency hit a new record low on Sunday, with the country's economic and political crisis worsening with no apparent solutions in the near future.

The currency has lost more than 90% of its value since October 2019, when anti-government protests erupted. Inflation and prices of basic goods have skyrocketed in the country, which imports more than 80% of its basic goods.

Lebanon administered more than 40,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in a weekend inoculation drive to contain the Covid pandemic.

Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut Elias Aude on Sunday called on President Michel Aoun to “go down to the streets” in order to be able to feel the pain of the people.

“Mr. President, I adjure you by your grandchildren… to go down to the streets, listen to your people and examine the humiliation that they are living,” Aude said in his Sunday Mass sermon.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday stressed that there are “solutions” for Lebanon’s multiple crises but lamented that some parties are blocking them.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has said that he will not take a decision on whether or not to give up the mission of forming a new government without consulting with Speaker Nabih Berri, Dar al-Fatwa's juristic council and the former premiers.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is “open to all choices” and “the option of resignation has become on the table,” al-Mustaqbal Movement media coordinator Abdul Salam Moussa said on Sunday.

The Lebanese Army on Sunday said it intercepted a small boat carrying 11 people, mostly Syrians, attempting an illegal sea crossing out of the crisis-hit country.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said after meeting Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan on Saturday, and after attending the meeting of the Higher Islamic Council, that he is keeping an eye on the country as it grapples with economic and social crises.