In a landmark change to Lebanon’s penal system, the country’s parliament on Tuesday approved legislation abolishing the death penalty, replacing it with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour, the state-run National News Agency reported.The vote makes Lebanon the first Arab country to formally abolish the death penalty.Justice Minister Adel Nassar, who attended the parliamentary session, described the vote as a “historic step” for Lebanon.The measure was approved by a majority of the...