AMMAN: King Abdullah II of Jordan has as part of his reform initiatives set up a constitutional court comprising nine members, according to a royal decree published on Sunday. The court, the first of ...

ADDIS ABABA — Over the weekend, at least 23 people were killed in violent ethnic clashes in Ethiopia, near the capital Addis Ababa. The violence occurred in the Oromo heartland and targeted minority ...

BEIRUT — Lebanon is facing a severe electricity crisis, with caretaker Energy Minister Raymond Ghajar warning that the country could plunge into "total darkness" by the end of the month. The state ...

In July 2019, the Beirut Municipality faced significant public backlash over its proposed waste incinerator project. Hundreds of protesters, joined by MPs Paula Yacoubian, Nadim Gemayel, and Elias ...

Iraq's state-run Basra Oil Company and Chevron agreed to begin implementing a memorandum of understanding to develop fields in the south of the country, the Iraqi oil ministry said Sunday.

Four Palestinians were killed and hundreds wounded Friday in violence with Israeli forces across the Palestinian territories, as tens of thousands of people joined new protests against Washington's ...

BEIRUT: As the sun rises on a humid Sunday morning in Beirut, a handful of masked women are busy offloading huge sacks of rice and flour from the back of a rickety pickup truck. These Ethiopian ...

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BEIRUT: Lebanon is set to officially seek International Monetary Fund aid, Prime Minister Hassan Diab said Thursday, after Cabinet approved the economic rescue plan. “For the first time in history ...

BEIRUT: An Israeli online newspaper reported Monday that a Lebanese man, who worked for the Israeli Mossad, fears deportation to Lebanon, claiming that Israel refuses to help him. The Times of Israel ...

BEIRUT: "I'm tired of the Lebanese pretending everything is perfect. I wanted to prove to them that it isn't - and that only by admitting that, can we fight." These are the words of Sandra Khlat, ...

PARIS: French police on Thursday detained Iraqi official Sadeq Kazem for questioning after a member of the Iranian opposition filed a complaint alleging torture and war crimes, a judicial source said.