Blackout

Report:

Iran facing deep energy crisis, blackouts

Israeli attacks on Iranian gas pipelines nearly a year ago partially to blame for serious energy crisis plaguing Iran, along with mismanagement and sanctions, according to New York Times report.

Energy Minister:

'No chance of weeks-long power outages'

Energy Minister Eli Cohen addresses rumors of potential months-long blackouts if the war expands, says these rumors are baseless and Israeli energy production has many redundancies.

Lebanon suffers national blackout

Lebanon's state electricity company says blackout caused by protesters who sabotaged key substation.

Blackout in Manhattan leaves 90,000 without power

Power restored to most of New York City several hours after transformer fire causes major blackout.

Primate prankster: Monkey causes nationwide blackout in Kenya

An entire African nation loses all power for hours on end - culprit turns out to be a mischievous monkey, who appeared remorseless.

Egypt disconnects last power line, southern Gaza blacked out

Southern Gaza is in a total electricity blackout, apparently due to Egypt disconnecting the last remaining power line.

Lights out for Syria as electricity mysteriously cut nationwide

In the midst of a partial ceasefire, Syria's electric grid suddenly shut down, cutting off power nationwide. Internet services also cut.

Bad Timing: Blackouts Throughout Israel

Power plant malfunction causing nationwide power failures; IEC scrambling to fix problem amid heat wave.

Iranian Hackers Suspected over Massive Turkish Blackouts

Scores of provinces in Turkey suffered huge power outage for several hours Tuesday; Iranian regime among the suspects.

IEC, PA Settle on Electricity Debt

300 million shekels of PA tax money to be transferred to IEC after blackout policy over debts.

Turkey Blacks Out Media to Cover Up Syria Arms Deal

Turkish government threatens all media, including social networks, to stop reports of weapons transfer to Syrian rebels.