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Activists said the prosecution of al-Zoubi was a violation of freedom of speech in Jordan.

An HRW report pointed to 30 years of "fundamental neglect" and corruption as the driver of the country's current energy crisis.

Jordan has one of the lowest female labour participation rates in the region, behind just Iraq and Yemen.

The statement called for the Lebanese government to ensure an independent and credible probe into the Beirut port blast.

Assad is likely to discuss reapproachment with Turkey and post-earthquake normalisation in the region during his trip to Moscow.

Lebanon paid the US$2 million owed for 2022 and 2023, restoring its UN voting rights after almost two months.

King Abdullah "stressed the need to restore calm and de-escalate in the Palestinian territories."

Lebanese Minister of Economy Amin Salem warned on Wednesday that certain supermarkets tried to "take advantage" of the dollarisation by raising their prices in lira just before the policy's implementation.

Legal activists said the PM's interference in the work of the judiciary was "totally contrary to the principle of the law."

The Syrian regime has bombed northwest Syria 84 times last month's earthquake.