The Environment Secretary set out reforms to boost profitability in the farming sector as the Government stands firm on agriculture property relief.

It comes despite a slowdown in nightclub closures over the past year, with a net reduction of 13 venues in 2024.

Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt ...