Lebanese voters are choosing their lawmakers on Sunday in the first elections since 2009. Polling stations opened at 7:00 a.m. (Beirut time) across Lebanon’s 15 districts which were divided according to a proportional law for the first time in the country’s history. 597 candidates are running on 77 closed lists, ...
At least six people have been martyred by an explosion in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian health ministry in the besieged territory. At least three others were wounded by Saturday’s blast, the cause of which remains unclear, the ministry said. The explosion took place in Deir el-Balah, in ...
