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Lebanon’s two major power stations shut down Saturday due to a fuel shortage which has resulted in power outages in most areas in the country, according to local media outlets.

Iraqi forces captured Sami Jasim, the deputy of former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraq’s Prime Minister said in a statement on Monday.

Vote counting was underway in Iraq on Monday, a day after a record low turnout in a parliamentary election, reflecting what many Iraqis said was a loss of faith in … Read More

Lebanon’s main state electricity company supplied around two hours of power to the national grid, local residents told CNN on Sunday, a day after the country was reported to have … Read More

Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s party was the biggest winner in an Iraqi election on Monday, increasing the number of seats he holds in parliament, according to initial results, officials … Read More

For a few short hours in Jerusalem this week, the Trump band got back together for a glitzy reunion gig.

The “increasingly likely” possibility of a massive oil spill from a decaying tanker stranded in the Red Sea could disrupt supplies of clean water to the equivalent of more than … Read More

Heavy gunfire broke out ahead of a demonstration in Beirut calling for the removal of a judge who is leading a probe into the deadly August 2020 port blast.

Heavy gunfire broke out on Thursday at a protest in Beirut calling for the removal of a judge leading a probe into last year’s deadly port blast. Get live updates … Read More

At least six people were killed Thursday and more than 30 injured as heavy gunfire broke out ahead of a demonstration in Beirut calling for the removal of a judge … Read More