Top Lebanese officials said Monday they want to prevent the country, which is still recovering from the recent ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The World Bank will grant Lebanon a $250 million loan that will be used to help ease electricity cuts in the crisis-hit country, the country’s finance ministry said Thursday.

JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images Lebanon’s finance minister announced that the country has received preliminary approval to raise the value of a World Bank loan for reconstruction from $250 million to ...

Advertising Lebanon has been running on a cash economy ... almost half the population into poverty, according to the World Bank. The country has struggled to reach an International Monetary ...

Clearing debris in Beirut after a strike in October. The World Bank estimates that Lebanon needs a total of $11 billion for reconstruction after the war.Credit...David Guttenfelder for The New ...

Lebanon's new president and prime minister, both of whom took office in early 2025, pledged to prioritise reforms and secure ...

President Joseph Aoun on Monday discussed with Ousmane Dione, World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, ...

The World Bank slashed its 2025 global growth forecast Tuesday, citing trade tensions and resulting policy uncertainty, as US President Donald Trump's wide-ranging tariffs strained ties and weighed on ...