06:30⇢Foreign Tragedies Dominate Headlines
⌨The newspapers report on international events including a deadly car attack at a festival in Vancouver, Canada (Al Joumhouria), Trump demanding exemption from Suez and Panama canal fees for US ships (Al-Manar), and new casualties in an Iranian explosion involving dangerous and chemical materials (Annahar). On the domestic front, President Aoun is seeking assistance from the Quintet group with reforms before summer and a Paris conference in July (Addiyar), while Pope Francis has shown interest in Lebanese Shiites and made a request to the Vatican (Kataeb). Multiple sources note unstable weather conditions (LBC, LBCI), and President Aoun's position is described as unenviable (Lebanon24).