IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said the fund would only support a "comprehensive program" for Lebanon that would tackle all the country's ills, including corruption.

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea has delivered a speech marking the one-year anniversary of the assassination of prominent Lebanese activist and researcher Lokman Slim.

Below is the full text of the ambassador's speech as delivered during a ceremony commemorating the slain activist:

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Thursday that what unites Saudi Arabia and Iran is "much greater than what separates them."

Berri, in a meeting with the Press Syndicate, added that Arabs can only reunite when Syria returns to the Arab League and when Arabs return to Syria.

Human Rights Watch accused Lebanon on Thursday of "flawed" assassination probes and urged donors to review millions of dollars in aid to security forces in a country where crimes often go unpunished.

"The unsolved murders and shoddy homicide investigations are a reminder of the dangerous weakness of Lebanon's rule of law in the face of unaccountable elites and armed groups," Aya Majzoub of Human Rights Watch said.

Cabinet convened Thursday at the Grand Serail to resume the discussion of the 2022 draft budget.

Acting information minister Abbas Halabi said, when the session ended, that all food and medical imports will be exempted from all kinds of fees and charges.

President Michel Aoun affirmed that Lebanon is dealing with positivity with the Kuwaiti paper.

Aoun told al-Joumhouria newspaper, in remarks published Thursday, that Lebanon has agreed on some points and has suggested to discuss others with a joint Gulf committee.

In an interview with al-Joumhouria newspaper, President Michel Aoun hit out at Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat, Lebanese Forces party chief Samir Geagea and Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh.

Aoun told the newspaper, in remarks published Thursday, that he's had enough of the procrastination and of Salameh's "pretexts" regarding the forensic audit.

Acting information minister Abbas Halabi said Cabinet has discussed the land transport sector demands, in its session today, Wednesday.

Taxi and public transportation drivers had started on Wednesday a three-day strike to pressure the government to take a decision on improving the conditions of the drivers.

Director General of Economy Ministry Mohammad Abou Haidar raided Wednesday supermarkets in Beirut in order to control prices violations.

Fines were issued against violators.

President Michel Aoun warned Wednesday that every one responsible for the financial disaster will be exposed.

"The game has reached its final stages," Aoun said.