Ukraine president welcomes Iran handing over black boxes from plane crash to France
Middle East
July 20, 2020
Ukraine president welcomes Iran handing over black boxes from plane crash to France
KYIV (Reuters) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said he welcomed Iran’s decision to hand over the black boxes…
Kuwait ruler had successful surgery, state news agency says
Middle East
July 19, 2020
Kuwait ruler had successful surgery, state news agency says
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah underwent successful surgery on Sunday morning, his office said,…
China says it will respond resolutely if UK sanctions officials
World
July 19, 2020
China says it will respond resolutely if UK sanctions officials
LONDON (Reuters) – China will respond resolutely to any attempt by Britain to sanction Chinese officials following the imposition of…
Libyan GNA fighters head for front as battle for Sirte looms
Middle East
July 19, 2020
Libyan GNA fighters head for front as battle for Sirte looms
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on Saturday moved fighters closer to Sirte, a…
Public debt, populism and protests as Tunisia faces crisis
Middle East
July 18, 2020
Public debt, populism and protests as Tunisia faces crisis
TUNIS (Reuters) – The collapse of Tunisia’s shortest-lived government since its 2011 revolution has plunged its young democracy into a…
Iran has sent black boxes of downed plane to France: official
Middle East
July 18, 2020
Iran has sent black boxes of downed plane to France: official
(Reuters) – Iran has sent the black boxes from a Ukrainian airliner that it had accidentally downed in January to…
Iran vows to ‘deal decisively’ with further protests
Middle East
July 18, 2020
Iran vows to ‘deal decisively’ with further protests
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran promised on Friday to deal “decisively” with further protests over economic hardship, a day after security…
Ethiopian maids ‘dumped’ in the streets in Lebanon as COVID hits
Middle East
July 18, 2020
Ethiopian maids ‘dumped’ in the streets in Lebanon as COVID hits
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian mother Alemtsehay Nasir went to Lebanon dreaming that her maid’s job would let her earn…
Egypt reports lowest daily coronavirus figure since late May
Egypt
July 18, 2020
Egypt reports lowest daily coronavirus figure since late May
CAIRO, July 17 (Reuters) – Egypt reported 703 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the health ministry said, the lowest figure…
Major Beirut medical centre lays off hundreds as crisis bites
Middle East
July 18, 2020
Major Beirut medical centre lays off hundreds as crisis bites
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Zawqan Abdelkhalek, a nurse at the American University of Beirut’s (AUB) medical centre since 2012, was laid…