The director of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon said on Wednesday that the agency had not been affected by U.S. President Donald Trump's halt to U.S. foreign aid funding or by an Israeli ban on its operations.

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, the head of Dubai conglomerate Al Habtoor Group, said on X on Tuesday he had cancelled all planned investments in Lebanon due to continuing instability, and would sell all his properties and investments in the country.

Lebanon’s new government should prioritize protecting and promoting human rights, accountability, transparency, and the rule of law.

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has left behind lots of rubble. Some experts fear that much of it will be dumped into the environment without controls.

The election of President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is a political breakthrough in Lebanon and a harbinger of what could happen in a country long dismissed as unsalvageable. Beirut’s new leadership reflects the aspiration of a majority of the Lebanese people to live in a functioning state free from the dual drivers of its failure: political violence and pervasive corruption.

Tom Homan, acting director of ICE, has said the goal of the raids is to get gang activity out the country, with an emphasis on public safety. “I think success is taking every illegal gang member out of this country, every public safety threat out of this country," he said. According to CNN, ICE field agents have a daily 75 arrest quota to meet.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A Lebanon man is on the hook for 80,000 gallons of water. It’s a huge bill, and he says the city is taking advantage of him, so he came to us for help.

Concerns over governance issues and underfunding of critical services are being brought to light after two select board members resigned in December.

Israeli strikes wounded 24 people in south Lebanon Tuesday despite a ceasefire in force for more than six weeks, the Lebanese health ministry said. The first strike hit the southern town of Nabatiyeh al-Fawqa,

Displaced Lebanese residents were shot by Israeli forces as they returned to southern Lebanon despite warnings that troops had yet to withdraw.

Israel said it would keep troops in the south beyond the Sunday deadline because the Lebanese army had not yet fully deployed to ensure that Hezbollah does not reestablish its presence in the area.