Lebanon's former central bank governor Riad Salameh walked free from a year in custody over embezzlement allegations Friday ...

While the banking crisis remains unresolved, there is still ample scope for Lebanon’s central bank to advance reforms and set ...

DAHER AL SAWAN Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s longtime former central bank chief, who is widely blamed for the country’s economic meltdown, was released on bail of $14 million Friday after a year in jail ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s controversial former central bank governor was detained Tuesday after being questioned in several corruption cases, according to three judicial officials. Salameh served a ...

Smoke rises over Beirut's southern suburbs during a series of Israeli airstrikes on Thursday. Photo by Fadel Itani/UPI BEIRUIT, Lebanon, Nov. 14 (UPI) --Crisis-ridden Lebanon has suffered physical ...

Lebanon’s interim central bank governor Monday froze the accounts of the bank's embattled former chief and close relatives and associates days after the United States, United Kingdom and Canada ...

The World Bank says poverty in Lebanon has tripled over the course of a decade. The percentage of people in Lebanon living below the poverty line rose from 12% in 2012 to 44% in 2022, according to a ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new central bank governor vowed Friday that the institution will fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism and will work independently away from political intervention.

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s embattled central bank governor stepped down Monday under a cloud of investigation and blame for his country’s economic crisis as several European countries are probing his alleged ...

FILE - Riad Salameh the governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, listens to a journalist's question during a press conference, in Beirut, on Nov. 11, 2019. (AP Photo ...