Dozens of protesters rallied in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Saturday, calling on the government to recognise civil marriages carried out on home soil. Many Lebanese couples travel to neighbouring ...

BEIRUT (Reuters Life!) - Lebanese women in white gowns and men in suits staged a mock wedding in central Beirut's main thoroughfare on Thursday, calling on authorities to pass a law that would ...

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Beirut-based writer-director Sarah Francis explores the ordinary and "the small battles" in her new film, which features a synthesizer score and interludes and debuts at the Rotterdam Film Festival.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- A Lebanese man who married to obtain U.S. citizenship has pleaded guilty to charges of marriage fraud and making false statements, federal officials said. Hassan Jaber, 20, ...