Middle East
Israel approves cellphone tracking of COVID-19 carriers for rest of year
July 21, 2020
Israel approves cellphone tracking of COVID-19 carriers for rest of year
JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel’s parliament voted on Monday to allow the country’s domestic intelligence agency to track the cellphones of…
Minister: Lebanon is nearing critical stage in virus cases
July 21, 2020
Minister: Lebanon is nearing critical stage in virus cases
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s health minister says the financially troubled Mediterranean country, which has so far managed to contain the…
Swapping the stage for a deli: Israel underemployment rises
July 21, 2020
Swapping the stage for a deli: Israel underemployment rises
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A year ago, Cijay Brightman was doing sound and lighting for a Madonna performance in…
Work begins on black boxes from Ukrainian jet downed by Iran
July 20, 2020
Work begins on black boxes from Ukrainian jet downed by Iran
PARIS (Reuters) — Investigators have begun work on the flight recorders from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran…
Israeli top model Bar Refaeli convicted of tax evasion
July 20, 2020
Israeli top model Bar Refaeli convicted of tax evasion
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli court convicted top model Bar Refaeli on Monday on four counts of tax…
Ukraine president welcomes Iran handing over black boxes from plane crash to France
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…
Blast kills 5, wounds dozens in rebel-held north Syria
July 20, 2020
Blast kills 5, wounds dozens in rebel-held north Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — An explosion rocked a rebel-held area in northern Syria across the border from Turkey late Sunday, killing…
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman admitted to hospital for tests
July 20, 2020
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman admitted to hospital for tests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has been admitted to a hospital in the capital, Riyadh,…
UAE’s Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world 1st
July 20, 2020
UAE’s Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world 1st
TOKYO (AP) — A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed into blue skies from a Japanese launch center Monday at the…
Families step in at Kabul COVID-19 ward to care for patients
July 20, 2020
Families step in at Kabul COVID-19 ward to care for patients
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The intensive care unit at the Afghan capital’s premier hospital for COVID-19 patients is a medical…