Middle East
Kurds impose 10-day curfew in NE Syria amid coronavirus wave
April 13, 2021
Kurds impose 10-day curfew in NE Syria amid coronavirus wave
BEIRUT (AP) — A 10-day curfew in areas controlled by US-backed fighters in northeast Syria went into effect Tuesday in…
Denmark tells Syrian refugees to return to Damascus
April 13, 2021
Denmark tells Syrian refugees to return to Damascus
Aya Abo Daher had just graduated high school in the Danish town of Nyborg and was looking forward to celebrating the…
Attack on Iran’s Natanz plant muddies US, Iran nuke talks
April 13, 2021
Attack on Iran’s Natanz plant muddies US, Iran nuke talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility is casting a major shadow over the resumption of indirect…
Libyan officials say UN-sanctioned human trafficker freed
April 13, 2021
Libyan officials say UN-sanctioned human trafficker freed
CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities released one of the country’s most wanted human traffickers less than four months after his…
Muslims open Ramadan with social distanced prayers, vaccines
April 13, 2021
Muslims open Ramadan with social distanced prayers, vaccines
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims began marking Ramadan with communal prayers Tuesday in a socially distanced contrast to the empty…
Canada scraps export permits for drone technology to Turkey, complains to Ankara
April 13, 2021
Canada scraps export permits for drone technology to Turkey, complains to Ankara
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada on Monday scrapped export permits for drone technology to Turkey after concluding that the equipment had been…
EXPLAINER: Iran atomic sites targeted by diplomacy, sabotage
April 12, 2021
EXPLAINER: Iran atomic sites targeted by diplomacy, sabotage
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s nuclear program has been targeted by diplomatic efforts and sabotage attacks over the…
Lebanon extends area claimed in border dispute with Israel
April 12, 2021
Lebanon extends area claimed in border dispute with Israel
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s outgoing minister of public works said Monday that he has signed a decree that would increase…
Sudan not seeking war with Ethiopia unless imposed: Army general
April 12, 2021
Sudan not seeking war with Ethiopia unless imposed: Army general
Lieutenant General Yasser al-Atta, a member of the Sudan Transitional Military Council (TMC) affirmed on Monday in a military speech…
Syrian air force may have dropped chlorine bomb on town in rebel area in 2018 – chemical arms watchdog
April 12, 2021
Syrian air force may have dropped chlorine bomb on town in rebel area in 2018 – chemical arms watchdog
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The global chemical weapons watchdog has “reasonable grounds to believe” that Syria’s air force dropped a chlorine…