International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Thursday doubled down on her position that "Palestine" is a state in a climax bringing closer a grand all-out alleged war crimes legal battle ... ( read original story ...)
Government Will Ensure Singapore Airlines Survives Virus Crisis: PM
Singapore's prime minister said on Thursday the government would ensure that national carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) survives the COVID-19 crisis, but warned that the economy would have to open up ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM Says Cases Must Ease Before Economy Restarts
Singapore can only relax its partial lockdown measures and progressively restart its economy after the city-state brings down the number of new coronavirus cases, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien ... ( read original story ...)
Violent protests erupt in Lebanon as pandemic makes financial crisis worse
Lebanon's long-running financial crisis, which led to the resignation of its prime minister in October, has only gotten worse because of the coronavirus pandemic. And anti-government protests resumed ... ( read original story ...)
Crisis-hit Lebanon To Seek IMF Funding After Approving Reform Plan
Demonstrators in northern Lebanon have attacked banks and clashed with security forces for three consecutive nights, re-energising a protest movement launched in October against a political class ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon PM says government to seek IMF aid
Lebanon will seek financial help from the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Hassan Diab said Thursday, after the government adopted an economic rescue plan. "We will go to the IMF to request ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon hopes for IMF aid after passing crisis plan
Lebanon hopes to secure IMF aid based on a financial reform plan approved by the government on Thursday to help the country through an acute economic crisis that could last up to five years, Prime ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon employer investigated over Nigeria domestic worker abuse
Employer banned from hiring domestic workers and referred for criminal investigation after a tip from Al Jazeera. ( read original story ...)
Protests erupt in Lebanon as coronavirus outbreak fuels economic panic
Demonstrators have taken to the streets in Lebanon as the coronavirus has worsened the economic crisis there. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab joins CBSN's Reena Ninan with a look at the ... ( read original story ...)
Crisis-hit Lebanon To Approve Economic Rescue Plan
The Lebanese government met Thursday to approve a long-awaited plan to rescue the debt-saddled economy from its worst crisis in decades, following a fresh wave of angry streets protests. A lockdown to ... ( read original story ...)