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Nearly all of Iran on coronavirus red alert as cases, deaths hit records
Middle East
October 6, 2020
Nearly all of Iran on coronavirus red alert as cases, deaths hit records
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Health Ministry said on Monday nearly the whole country was on a coronavirus red alert as…
Third Iranian tanker docks at Venezuelan port; Maduro promises fuel supply
Middle East
October 5, 2020
Third Iranian tanker docks at Venezuelan port; Maduro promises fuel supply
CARACAS (Reuters) – The final tanker in a flotilla of three Iranian fuel tankers docked at eastern Venezuela’s Guaraguao port…
Kuwait’s new emir meets senior US and Iranian officials
Middle East
October 4, 2020
Kuwait’s new emir meets senior US and Iranian officials
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait’s new Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Sunday met senior US, Iranian and Gulf officials who…
Rockets land in Erbil hours after Iraqi PM pledges to protect diplomats
Middle East
October 1, 2020
Rockets land in Erbil hours after Iraqi PM pledges to protect diplomats
SULAIMANIYA/MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iran-backed militias launched rockets targeting US troops that landed near Erbil airport in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan…
UN nuclear watchdog inspects second Iranian site as agreed with Tehran
Middle East
September 30, 2020
UN nuclear watchdog inspects second Iranian site as agreed with Tehran
VIENNA (Reuters) – The UN nuclear watchdog has inspected the second of two suspected former secret atomic sites in Iran,…
Iran rejects Saudi accusation it trained a terrorist cell
Middle East
September 29, 2020
Iran rejects Saudi accusation it trained a terrorist cell
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran rejected on Tuesday an accusation by Saudi Arabia that it had trained a terrorist cell, which…
Iran’s new coronavirus cases exceed 450,000: Health Ministry
Middle East
September 29, 2020
Iran’s new coronavirus cases exceed 450,000: Health Ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed the 450,000 threshold on Tuesday with 3,677 infections identified in the last…
AP Analysis: Dark days ahead for Lebanon as crisis bites
Features/Interviews
September 29, 2020
AP Analysis: Dark days ahead for Lebanon as crisis bites
BEIRUT (AP) — The past year has been nothing short of an earthquake for Lebanon, hit by an economic meltdown,…
The US reckoning on race, seen through other nations’ eyes
World
September 27, 2020
The US reckoning on race, seen through other nations’ eyes
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — It’s not only in the United States where protests against racial injustice are part…
Iranian president accuses US of savagery after new sanctions
Middle East
September 26, 2020
Iranian president accuses US of savagery after new sanctions
(Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Saturday of “savagery” for inflicting $150 billion of damage…