Move comes after Sudan’s military takes power, declares a state of emergency, and arrests interim PM Abdalla Hamdok.
President Michel Aoun vows to bring perpetrators to justice, as six killed by gunfire and more than 30 others wounded.
Some 25 million people are registered to vote in Iraq’s fifth parliamentary election since the 2003 US-led invasion.
As the economic crisis grinds on, Lebanese navigate soaring food costs and fuel and medicine shortages.
President’s latest move to extend power is a threat to democracy that’s likely to spur political unrest, observers say.
PM Hamdok says people involved in coup attempt were ‘arrested for first time’, adding that previous attempts made.
Beirut’s port blast and an unprecedented socioeconomic collapse have left many Lebanese people suffering trauma.
The group’s spokesman says it has taken control of the last holdout province, but opposition forces pledge to fight.
Taliban forces and fighters loyal to local leader Ahmad Massoud fight in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley.
Taliban says women will have their rights ‘within Islamic law’, but what it means remains vague.