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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Protesters chant slogans demanding better public services and jobs during a protest in Basra, 340 miles (550 km) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani) RSS ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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For Khlat, there is no “probably.” A 2008 study found that 29 percent of the population – about 1 million Lebanese – live under the poverty line. And yet homelessness and destitution remain neglected.