Middle East
Pompeo to have closed-door meetings in Bahrain, UAE
August 26, 2020
Pompeo to have closed-door meetings in Bahrain, UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will hold closed-door meetings Wednesday with Bahrain’s royal…
Yemeni separatists suspend talks with gov’t, clashes resume
August 26, 2020
Yemeni separatists suspend talks with gov’t, clashes resume
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Fighting resumed in southern Yemen between Emirati-backed separatists and the internationally recognized government, officials said Wednesday.…
Displaced Yemenis suffer as aid shortfall closes clinics
August 26, 2020
Displaced Yemenis suffer as aid shortfall closes clinics
HAJJAH (Reuters) – Ahmed Mansour and his colleagues worked eight months without pay in a health center in a Yemeni…
Israel strikes Hezbollah posts in Lebanon after firing at troops, military says
August 26, 2020
Israel strikes Hezbollah posts in Lebanon after firing at troops, military says
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft struck posts belonging to the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah early on Wednesday after shots…
Iran’s Rouhani: Talks possible if US returns to 2015 nuclear deal
August 25, 2020
Iran’s Rouhani: Talks possible if US returns to 2015 nuclear deal
DUBAI (Reuters) – If the United States wants an agreement with Iran, it must first come back to Tehran’s 2015…
Sudan PM says he talked with Pompeo about removal from terror list
August 25, 2020
Sudan PM says he talked with Pompeo about removal from terror list
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said he held “direct and transparent” talks with US Secretary of State…
Pompeo in Sudan, top US official to visit since uprising
August 25, 2020
Pompeo in Sudan, top US official to visit since uprising
CAIRO (AP) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Sudan on Tuesday, the top US official to visit…
Three killed, 41 wounded in Taliban truck bomb in Afghanistan
August 25, 2020
Three killed, 41 wounded in Taliban truck bomb in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents set off a truck bomb on Tuesday in an attack on Afghan army commandos, killing…
Weeks after blast, Lebanon patronage system immune to reform
August 25, 2020
Weeks after blast, Lebanon patronage system immune to reform
Three weeks after a catastrophic explosion ripped through Beirut, killing nearly 200 people and rendering thousands homeless, the change many…
Gaza reports first COVID-19 cases in general population, declares lockdown
August 25, 2020
Gaza reports first COVID-19 cases in general population, declares lockdown
GAZA (Reuters) – Gaza reported its first cases of COVID-19 in the general population on Monday, as authorities confirmed four…