Lebanon summons U.S. ambassador after American on trial is flown out
Lebanon's foreign minister summoned the U.S. ambassador Friday after an American on trial in Beirut was taken out of the country by a U.S. warplane — a move that the powerful militant group Hezbollah called a "blatant violation" of Lebanese sovereignty and laws. The Lebanese-American ...
Coronavirus cools down Lebanon anti-government protest hot spot
In Lebanon's anti-government protest hot spot Tripoli, Amim Mahbani has struggled to rescue his clothes shop from a free-falling economy. Now the novel coronavirus has left its very survival in peril. Lebanese authorities have ordered shops to close for two weeks to fight COVID-19, compounding ...
Crisis-hit Lebanon to default on $1.2 billion loan payment, Prime Minister Hassan Diab says
Lebanon's prime minister said Saturday the government will suspend repayment of $1.2 billion in loans, marking the crisis-hit country's first-ever default on its sovereign debt, amid ongoing popular unrest. Hassan Diab made the announcement in a televised address to the Lebanese people, saying the country ...
Japanese deputy minister in Lebanon to seek return of Carlos Ghosn
Nissan said in a statement regarding the justice official’s trip that it hoped Ghosn would return to Japan to stand trial.
Japan to send vice justice minister to Lebanon, seeking handover of Carlos Ghosn
Justice Minister Masako Mori said Friday that Japan's vice justice minister will travel to Lebanon, where he is expected to seek the handover of Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman who fled the nation late last year while on bail. Hiroyuki Yoshiie is ...
Lebanon may not survive if its new government fails, the powerful Hezbollah warned on Sunday, urging the country's divided politicians not to obstruct the Cabinet as it seeks to address an unprecedented economic and financial crisis. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah also said there was ...
Lebanese national carrier scraps plan to accept only U.S. dollars
Crisis-hit Lebanon's national carrier on Sunday said it was scrapping plans to only accept payments in U.S. dollars, a decision that had earlier sparked anger among Lebanese. Lebanon is in the throes of an economic meltdown and a biting liquidity crunch that has seen the ...
In wake of Soleimani's death, Tehran-backed Hezbollah steps in to guide Iraqi militias
Shortly after Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq, the Tehran-backed Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders, seeking to unite them in the face of a huge void left by their powerful mentor's death, ...
Eyeing TV and film deals, Carlos Ghosn hires legendary agent Michael Ovitz
Few people in Hollywood are more familiar with entertainment negotiations than Ovitz, who has been one of the industry’s most prominent deal-makers since the 1980s.
Carlos Ghosn used Nissan-Mitsubishi venture to inflate pay, companies' lawyers allege
Carlos Ghosn, the fugitive former auto executive, used a joint venture between Nissan and Mitsubishi to inflate his pay, effectively clawing back a cut to his declared wages, and to cover a personal tax debt, lawyers for the companies said on Monday. Ghosn, the former ...
Lebanon and Japan begin 40-day countdown to decide where Ghosn will stand trial, sources say
Lebanon and Japan have about 40 days to decide whether ousted Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi boss Carlos Ghosn will be extradited to Japan or stand trial in Lebanon, a judicial source and a source close to Ghosn said on Thursday. Ghosn fled to Lebanon, his childhood home, just ...
Britain may hand over robbery suspects despite lack of extradition treaty with Japan
The move comes at a time when Japan is seeking the handover of former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, who jumped bail and fled to Lebanon while awaiting trial.
