Souaid succeeds Riad Salameh, the embattled former governor of 30 years whose term ended with several international ...

Karim Souaid has been appointed as Lebanon's new central bank governor. The appointment comes as the country battles a deep economic crisis exacerbated by war and decades of mismanagement. Critics ...

Lebanon on Thursday named asset manager Karim Souaid as its new central bank governor, a vital step to rebuilding the ...

Lebanon on Thursday named asset manager Karim Souaid as its new central bank governor. He will be expected to restructure the ...

Asset manager Karim Souaid was named as Lebanon's new central bank governor on Thursday, receiving 17 out of 24 votes in Cabinet, after Prime Minister Nawaf Salam's opposition to his appointment ...

Souaid becomes only Lebanon’s second central bank governor in more than three decades, after Riad Salameh held the position for four terms from 1993 to 2023. Salameh was a constant throughout the ...

The Israeli military said it conducted strikes in neighbouring Lebanon on ... Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has warned that his country risks being drawn into a "new war".

Lebanon has appointed new leaders across its army and security agencies to strengthen state authority following recent conflict with Hezbollah. The decisions accompany efforts by the government, led ...

To do so, the administration invoked an obscure wartime authority from 1798 called the Alien Enemies Act and secured the ...

Justin Trudeau, who was first elected prime minister in November 2015, announced on Jan. 6 his intention to resign as Liberal Party leader and prime minister.