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Israel approves cellphone tracking of COVID-19 carriers for rest of year

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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