Lebanese members of parliament elected on Monday MP General Michel Aoun, ending a two-and-a-half-year power vacuum. The head of Free Patriotic Movement was elected in a second round during a Parliamentary session. In the first round, a quorum of two-thirds majority of the 128-parliament was not secured. Aoun won 84 ...
A Bahraini court Monday postponed its verdict in the trial of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab charged with ‘spreading false information and posting insults online’, a judicial source said. The criminal court that had been expected to issue a ruling at Monday’s hearing decided in Rajab’s presence to defer ...