It's an economic and practical solution in a territory blockaded by Israel for 15 years, but one which poses serious environmental and health risks, experts say. Standing before rusty metal machinery and fuel containers, Mahmoud al-Kafarneh described how he and his brothers came up with their plastic recycling project.

Mahmud Aguil has a comfortable house in Libya's capital Tripoli, but chronic power outages in the war-battered country and roasting summer heat now force him to sleep in his air-conditioned van.

Saudi oil giant Aramco has built new refineries in Jazan to boost its production capacity to 400,000 barrels a day to compensate for the fuel shortage triggered by curbs against Russia.

There is a new sight on the streets of Havana: increasing numbers of electric vehicles whizzing among the old American cars so emblematic of the Cuban capital.

Lebanon’s Information Minister George Kordahi has said that the country needs $1 billion to bring up the value of the Lebanese pound against the dollar. He acknowledged the fact that the demand for dollars is high, especially since diesel fuel is sold today in dollar terms.

Lebanese Prime Minister has confirmed that his country has reached out to Arab and Gulf nations for help, but the much-needed financial and economic aid to crisis-hit Lebanon is still locked until the government accomplishes fundamental reforms.

The Lebanese flour millers' association has said mills might gradually stop working as fuel supplies run out. This, when the average cost of food for a Lebanese family is already five times the minimum wage.

The fatalities have taken place in two different incidents in the country where fuel is scarce due to an ongoing economic crisis. Lebanon is in the throes of an economic crisis that has led the country’s currency to be devalued by more than 90% since end-2019.

Hospitals in Lebanon have warned they are running out of fuel to operate life-saving equipment as power cuts continue