Explainer-Sri Lanka on the edge as debt burden mounts

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka is facing its most serious financial crisis in years, raising doubts about its ability to pay…

Like the Titanic – Lebanon’s orchestra keeps playing as country sinks

By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) - As Lebanon's national orchestra prepared for its season-opening concert with half its musicians absent, conductor Lubnan Baalbaki faced a dilemma - attempt a piece…

Lebanon president tells U.N. big challenges await government, help needed

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's President Michel Aoun told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday that big challenges awaited his country's new government and asked the international community for funding…

Lebanon’s Mikati says IMF talks a necessity not a choice

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday a resumption of talks with the International Monetary Fund was a necessity to pull the country out of its…