Lebanon is in the most dangerous stage of its political, economic, financial and social history, said Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi.

Al-Rahi said Monday that war makers cannot make peace, and that the ruling class has failed to elect a new president because "those who made the war are ruling our country."

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived Sunday in Egypt to take part in the U.N.'s COP27 climate summit, which will be held over two days in Sharm el-Sheikh.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday addressed Lebanese officials and friendly countries by saying that “there is no priority that comes before the priority of electing a president.”

A conference organized by Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Lebanon to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Taif Accord was held Saturday at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut, in the presence of a host of politicians.

The Lebanese American University (LAU) has organized and hosted a cultural exchange sports event titled “USA-Lebanon Sports and Diplomacy,” in collaboration with U.S. Embassy Beirut. Ambassador Dorothy Shea; LAU Chief Academic Officer Dr. George Nasr; President of the Basketball Association Akram Halabi; and other members from LAU, U.S. Embassy Beirut, and the National Basketball Federation attended the event.

"This sports and diplomacy event provided an opportunity to showcase the common values between two basketball-loving countries, Lebanon and the United States," the U.S. Embassy and LAU said in a joint statement.

A depositor who was arrested after having stormed a bank in Hazmieh was admitted to hospital Friday as his health condition deteriorated in custody.

Wheelchair-bound Ibrahim Baydoun was taken to al-Hayat Hospital as he required intensive care treatment, al-Jadeed TV said.

A heated argument has escalated into a large fistfight in the studio of the popular political talk show Sar el Waqt hosted by journalist Marcel Ghanem.

Ghanem was forced to interrupt the broadcast on Thursday night, while the fight continued outside the studio, at the premises of the MTV building in Naccache.

Ex-president Michel Aoun has described remarks voiced by caretaker PM Najib Mikati in parliament as “curtailed and lacking a lot of accuracy and correctness.”

“When he visited me to bid farewell six days before the term’s end, I told him that I was waiting for him to return to Baabda so that we issue the formation decree together, according to norms, but he went and did not come back,” Aoun said in a statement.

The futile debate between caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Free Patriotic chief Jebran Bassil over who of the two obstructed the government formation, who should have named the ministers and why wouldn't the FPM MPs give their confidence to Mikati's government, led Thursday to another dispute in parliament as the MPs discussed the legitimacy of the caretaker government.

As parliament convened to discuss a letter by former President Michel Aoun over the legitimacy of the caretaker government, Mikati said that he would have stepped down only if Bassil hadn't called for it.

The Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected four more appeals against some results of the May 15 parliamentary elections.

At a press conference, Council chief Judge Tannous Meshleb announced that the four appeals that were dismissed are the following: