Middle East
Kuwait emir’s health shows ‘significant improvement’: PM
August 4, 2020
Kuwait emir’s health shows ‘significant improvement’: PM
DUBAI (Reuters) — The health of the Kuwait’s 91-year old emir has shown “significant improvement”, parliament quoted the prime minister…
Fire breaks out at Iranian industrial area, no casualties: state TV
August 4, 2020
Fire breaks out at Iranian industrial area, no casualties: state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) — A fire broke out at an Iranian industrial area near Tehran on Tuesday, Iran’s state TV reported,…
Record temperatures, pending deals inflame Iraq’s power woes
August 4, 2020
Record temperatures, pending deals inflame Iraq’s power woes
BASRA, Iraq (AP) — In Iraq’s oil-rich south, the scorching summer months pose painful new choices in the age of…
Turkish annual inflation falls to 11.76% in July
August 4, 2020
Turkish annual inflation falls to 11.76% in July
ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey’s consumer price inflation fell to a lower-than-expected 11.76 percent year-on-year in July, the Turkish Statistical Institute…
Hariri assassination victims await justice 15 years on
August 4, 2020
Hariri assassination victims await justice 15 years on
BEIRUT (Reuters) — Ehsan Fayed keeps reliving the day her husband was killed in a 2005 bombing in which Lebanon’s…
Crisis-weary Lebanon braces for Hariri tribunal verdict
August 4, 2020
Crisis-weary Lebanon braces for Hariri tribunal verdict
BEIRUT (Reuters) — Fifteen years after a truck bomb killed Lebanon’s former Sunni leader Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut, triggering regional…
Pakistan says mediation between Saudi and Iran going slowly
August 3, 2020
Pakistan says mediation between Saudi and Iran going slowly
DUBAI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s US-requested mediation efforts between Gulf rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran have been making slow progress, Prime…
Afghan troops retake prison attacked by IS group; 29 killed
August 3, 2020
Afghan troops retake prison attacked by IS group; 29 killed
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan forces said they retook a prison in the country’s east on Monday afternoon, following an…
Lebanon’s foreign minister quits over lack of ‘will to reform’
August 3, 2020
Lebanon’s foreign minister quits over lack of ‘will to reform’
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti resigned on Monday over what he described as lack of political will…
One person is dying of COVID-19 every seven minutes in Iran: state TV
August 3, 2020
One person is dying of COVID-19 every seven minutes in Iran: state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) – One person is dying from COVID-19 every seven minutes in Iran, state television said on Monday, as…