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Kurds impose 10-day curfew in NE Syria amid coronavirus wave

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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