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 ...

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 ...

However, as Lebanon continues to sink deeper into the worst economic crisis in the country’s modern history, the collective has become increasingly overstretched tending to the estimated 250,000 ...

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 ...

Mayor Jamal Itani announced the postponement of the discussion regarding the incinerator’s terms of reference, emphasizing that the decision was driven by the need for scientifically-backed feedback ...

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 ...

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TOKYO: Japan probed attacks on government websites Wednesday after hacker collective Anonymous lashed out at beefed-up laws against downloading copyrighted works, and warned of more to come. A site ...