Topic: Lebanon

Powerball lottery participants will again play for a shot to win the fourth-largest jackpot in the game's history at an estimated $925 million on Saturday.

The national lottery Powerball is following up its $ 1.08 billion jackpot this summer with a $785 million grand prize at its drawing on Monday, the fourth largest in the game's history.

The Biden administration has designated a network of family members, business associates and companies in South America and Lebanon accused of financing the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization.

The United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestinian refugees Friday suspended all its services within the Ain al-Hilweh camp in southern Lebanon over the presence of armed fighters in its facilities.

The U.S. Treasury Department Wednesday sanctioned Lebanon-based Green Without Borders and its leader for allegedly supporting and covering Hezbollah's activities in southern Lebanon near Israel.

With maritime border issues resolved with Israel, a Lebanese minister said Wednesday that a consortium including TotalEnergies started exploring for oil and gas in the Mediterranean Sea.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned Riad Salameh, the former governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, for alleged corrupt and unlawful actions contributing to the breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon.

Protests by reservists over a controversial judicial overhaul engineered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government could harm Israel's military readiness, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Monday.

Israeli intelligence said it warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government that passing judicial reforms that sparked widespread protests would put the country at risk and embolden its enemies.

The Veterans Affairs Department is investigating whether service members who suffer from acute leukemias, chronic leukemias and multiple myeloma outside of the head and neck, were exposed to toxins.