Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun received an official invitation from Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Thursday to visit the Gulf country. The invitation was delivered by ...

BP will slash over 5% of its global workforce as part of CEO Murray Auchincloss’ efforts to reduce costs and rebuild investor confidence after the energy giant was rocked by scandal, the company ...

President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, on Thursday welcomed a fresh ceasefire agreement in Gaza, hoping that the deal will “end the tragic reality” the battered Strip, and appreciating the ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to Joseph Aoun on assuming the presidency of Lebanon. Noting that China and Lebanon enjoy a traditional friendship ...

Lebanon's newly elected President Joseph Aoun on Monday summoned Nawaf Salam, the Lebanese president of the International Court of Justice, to designate him as the country's new prime minister.

The election of Josef Aoun as Lebanon’s new president marks a significant development for a country long mired in political paralysis and sectarian tensions. For two years, Lebanon’s ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The vote came weeks after a tenuous ...

General Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander who was elected president on Thursday, kept his military on the sidelines of a recent war between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah, ordering it ...

Aoun, 61, is from Aichiye, a Christian village in Jezzine province, southern Lebanon. He joined the army as a cadet in 1983, during Lebanon’s 15-year civil war.