The EU's top court ruled on Wednesday that Uber is an ordinary transportation company instead of an app and should be regulated as such, in a decision that will be closely watched around the world.

Hizbullah on Wednesday denounced “Saudi Arabia's persistent battle” against the Huthi rebels in Yemen stressing the need for a cessation of war as it called for a rapid political solution.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Tuesday strongly condemned the firing of a ballistic missile at Riyadh by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels.

“The repeated targeting of Saudi territory by missile attacks from Yemeni territory does not only threaten the security of the Kingdom and the safety of its people, but also exposes the region to serious dangers and exacerbates existing divisions and conflicts,” Hariri said in a statement.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed Tuesday during meetings with his visitors that “partnership” among all political components is essential for the country.

“This country is a magical, unique and wondrous formula among the countries of the region and the world. After the martyrdom of ex-PM Rafik Hariri, we in the March 14 camp tried to lead the country on our own, and then the March 8 camp also tried. We both failed,” Hariri said.

The Cabinet on Tuesday held its last session for 2017, during which it decided to postpone a decision on expanding the Costa Brava and Bourj Hammoud garbage landfills.

“There were two agenda items on waste management – the expansion of Costa Brava and composting and the general plan of waste management. The two issues were combined and a ministerial panel has been formed to study the entire topic and raise it in Cabinet's next session, because the matter cannot bear further delay,” acting information minister Pierre Bou Assi said after the session.

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini held talks Tuesday in Lebanon with the country's top officials, reaffirming the European Union's strong support for Lebanon in the wake of the November political crisis.

Mogherini met with President Michel Aoun, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil.

During raids on a coffee shop in Aley's Aramoun area, police arrested a group of Lebanese and Syrian nationals involved in drugs and prostitution, the Internal Security Forces Directorate said on Tuesday.

ISF said it monitored and raided the coffee shop after obtaining information of "illegal acts" taking place inside.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed on Tuesday that Lebanon's parliamentary elections will be staged in May 2018 as agreed.

Relations between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon are reportedly “strained” lately as the diplomatic accreditation of ambassadors remains unsettled so far, al-Akhbar daily said on Tuesday.

SA has not yet accredited Lebanon's ambassador to the Kingdom, Fawzi Kabbara, although he was appointed five months earlier by the Lebanese government, said the daily.

Former US President Barack Obama's administration has been accused of “blocking investigations” into an operation to stop “Hizbullah smuggling drugs” into the United States so that the nuclear deal with Iran could go forward, the US Politico said in a report on Tuesday.

Obama's administration has reportedly “blocked investigations to stop Hizbullah and its Iranian backers from smuggling drugs,” fearing that pursuing the suspects would undermine chances of reaching an agreement with Tehran over its nuclear program, according to Politico.