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Lebanese Fintech Whish Money Secures Canadian Licenses to Anchor Global Expansion

Lebanese fintech Whish Money has secured financial services licenses in Canada, its first major regulatory approval outside the MENA region. CA, UNITED STATES, October 27, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Lebanese fintech Whish Money has secured...

Vatican says Pope will pray at site of Beirut port explosion

(MENAFN) Pope Leo XIV will visit Lebanon and Turkey later this year, including a prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion, the Vatican announced Monday. This marks the US-born pontiff’s first international trip since assuming the...

Israel murders Lebanese civilian in new attack, ignoring truce deal

(MENAFN) A civilian lost their life on Wednesday after an Israeli strike hit the Nabatieh governorate in southern Lebanon, despite an existing ceasefire, according to local reports. State news outlets indicated that an Israeli missile struck a...

Lebanese President Ties Israel Talks to Halt of Hostilities

(MENAFN) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday called for an end to military hostilities as a precondition for restarting negotiations with Israel. Speaking to the Association of Economic Journalists, Aoun stressed, “We hope to reach a time...

A realistic, step-by-step approach to restoring Lebanese sovereignty

The below article is part of the series "Seizing Lebanon's Moment," a joint initiative with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). The contributors to this series — who comprise top scholars, policymakers, and...

Israeli attack murders four people in Lebanon despite truce

(MENAFN) An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon has left four people dead and three injured, in what Lebanese authorities described as another violation of the ceasefire agreement, according to a statement from Lebanon’s Health Ministry on...

Israeli Airstrike on Lebanon Kills Four Hezbollah Members

(MENAFN) Four people were killed and three others wounded late Saturday after an Israeli airstrike struck the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Roummane, according to the country’s Public Health Emergency Operations Center. Lebanese media reported...

Israel threatens to enhance attacks against Hizbollah

(MENAFN) Israel warned on Sunday that it would intensify military operations against Hizbollah in southern Lebanon following a recent air strike that killed four people, according to the Lebanese health ministry. Despite a ceasefire reached in...

Israeli fighter jet attack injures one in Lebanon despite truce

(MENAFN) A Lebanese civilian was injured on Saturday after Israeli fighter jets launched an airstrike on the southern town of Kfar Sir, in what authorities described as another breach of the ceasefire agreement reached roughly a year ago,...

Israeli Airstrike in Southern Lebanon Kills Four

(MENAFN) An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon resulted in the deaths of four individuals and left three others wounded, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, in what officials described as a breach of the existing ceasefire agreement. Late...

Four people die due to Israeli strike in Lebanon despite truce

(MENAFN) An Israeli air raid in southern Lebanon killed four individuals and wounded three others, marking another breach of the ceasefire agreement, according to reports from Lebanon’s Health Ministry. The attack occurred late Saturday when an...

EU urges Israel to respect truce, condemns Israeli attack on UN force

(MENAFN) The European Union has strongly condemned Israel’s recent strike on United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, calling for strict adherence to the existing ceasefire and urging Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanese territory....

Israeli forces raid southern Lebanon, killing local government worker

(MENAFN) Israeli forces conducted a nighttime incursion into a town in southern Lebanon, killing a municipal employee, amid a surge in Israeli operations across the country. Troops, supported by drones and light armored vehicles, entered Blida and...

Israel carries out chain of attacks on east Lebanon

(MENAFN) Israel launched multiple airstrikes on mountainous regions in eastern Lebanon on Thursday, targeting Hezbollah positions, according to the Israeli military. Lebanese news agency reported that strikes hit the Bekaa Valley near the Syrian...

Israeli attacks on south, east Lebanon result in two deaths

(MENAFN) Lebanon’s health ministry reported on Sunday that two people were killed in Israeli strikes targeting southern and eastern parts of the country, marking the latest fatalities despite an ongoing ceasefire. “The Israeli enemy strike on a...

France Denounces Israeli Assaults on UN Peacekeeping Patrol in Lebanon

(MENAFN) The French Foreign Ministry on Monday strongly denounced the latest Israeli strikes targeting a United Nations peacekeeping patrol in southern Lebanon. "France condemns the Israeli fire that targeted a UNIFIL detachment on October 26,...

Israeli Drone Targets UN Peacekeeping Patrol in Lebanon

(MENAFN) On Sunday, the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported that one of its patrols came under grenade fire from an Israeli drone and tank fire near the village of Kfar Kila, located in southern Lebanon. The Israeli assaults “are in...

UNIFIL patrol gets targeted by Israeli drone in southern Lebanon

(MENAFN) The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon reported on Sunday that one of its patrols came under attack involving grenade fire from an Israeli drone and tank strikes near Kfar Kila, located in the country’s south. The mission stated that the...

Turkey denounces Israel’s attack on Lebanon

(MENAFN) Türkiye strongly condemned Israel’s overnight airstrikes in southern Lebanon, calling the attacks “absolutely unacceptable,” and reaffirmed its support for the Lebanese people amid rising regional tensions. “Israel’s aggression last night...

Turkey denounces Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon

(MENAFN) On Friday, Türkiye denounced Israel’s overnight attacks in southern Lebanon, calling the strikes “absolutely unacceptable” and reaffirming solidarity with the Lebanese population amid heightened regional tensions. “Israel’s aggression...