lebanon-cannabis plantation in Bekaa Valley

Israel: Coalition of Likud and Yisrael Beitenu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from the Likud party and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman of the ultranationalist Yisrael Beitenu will be forming an alliance for the upcoming elections after the approval of the Likud party. Some of Likud’s 3,700-member ruling body tried to stall the vote by petitioning for a secret ballot, but the alliance […]

Egypt appoints first Coptic Christian to head the Supreme Constitutional Court

The Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi Wednesday named the country’s first coptic christian to head the Supreme Constitutional Court, the highest judicial body. The Egyptian leader picked Judge Boulos Fahmy, 65, from the five oldest of the court’s 15 sitting judges, as required by law, and is the 19th judge to preside over the court since […]

Libya: Explosion rocks Misrata industrial zone, six injured

A powerful explosion struck the Skeerat area near Misrata’s industrial zone, about 200 kilometres east of Tripoli, on Sunday, August 31, local media reported. The cause of the blast has not yet been confirmed, but witnesses said burning shells and shrapnel fell over nearby residential areas, forcing evacuations. Security forces quickly sealed off access roads […]