Raids reflect public anger at failure to reform economy amid worst crisis in 100 years that has plunged three-quarters of population into poverty

Aoun's successor is to be chosen at a time when Lebanon is going through an economic meltdown and the government struggling to implement necessary structural reforms

Up to 120 Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese thought to have been on vessel heading to Europe as masses flee deepening economic crisis; authorities raid suspected smugglers

Lebanon has yet to meet requirements it agreed to in April to receive a $3 billion loan necessary to jumpstart failing economy

Robberies are seen as acts of distress and garner widespread sympathy from public amid country's worst-ever financial crisis

Many cheer Sali Hafiz, says she used toy gun to take $13,000 of her family's deposits before escaping

Head of team operating underwater craft says another 4 more bodies identified inside wreckage of boat, which sank in disputed incident

Navy attempts but fails to launch submarine to find the 30 bodies trapped underwater since April tragedy; survivors accuse navy of deliberately ramming the fleeing refugees

The armed man is threatening to set himself ablaze unless the bank releases his money, which local media says he needs in order to pay his hospitalized father's medical bills

No injuries reported as section of structure gives way an hour before march to commemorate lives lost in deadly 2020 blast