Beirut Attorney General Judge Raja Hamoush on Thursday charged Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, his brother Raja and his assistant Marianne Hoayek with money laundering, public funds embezzlement, tax evasion, forgery and illicit enrichment, the state-run National News Agency said.

A ministerial delegation traveled to Ankara on Thursday morning to offer condolences to Turkey after the deadly February 6 earthquake.

Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and Public Works and Transport Minister Ali Hamieh will meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and a number of Turkish officials to express Lebanon's support for Turkey.

The High Court of Justice in London has ruled that SAVARO Ltd is liable toward victims of the Beirut port blast and will have to pay compensations, the Beirut Bar Association Prosecution office said Thursday.

On 4 August 2020 , hundreds of tons of explosive ammonium nitrate, typically used in fertilizers, detonated, killing more than 200 people, injuring over 6,000 and damaging large parts of Beirut.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will call for a cabinet session that will be held on Monday, media reports said.

Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun on Wednesday told the European Parliament that caretaker PM Najib Mikati is “blatantly interfering in the judiciary,” after he called for legal measures against her.

Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab accused Wednesday caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati of not revealing to the Lebanese the truth about the Egyptian gas.

"I did not disclose what the World Bank told me about the Egyptian gas loan, and which you haven't told the Lebanese about" Bou Saab said. "The MPs are witnesses to this," Bou Saab added.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has announced that he is seeking a “legal exit” for the issue of extending the term of General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim.

Another earthquake with the magnitude of 4.2 was felt in Lebanon on Wednesday morning at 8:01 am.

The quake hit the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Lebanon at 61 Kilometers from Sidon with no reports of damage or casualties.

Director General of the Lebanese Civil Defense General Raymond Khattar said Wednesday that the Civil Defense rescued Tuesday 21 workers who were trapped on the roof of the Concord household appliances factory in the town of Naameh.

A fire, caused by a short circuit, had broke out on Tuesday afternoon in the Concord factory, killing one worker and injuring at least four.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged Wednesday all leaders and politicians to stop the obstruction approach and the political accusations.

Mikati dubbed the obstruction and accusations as "useless," adding that they have no meaning to "the people who are patiently suffering."