Middle East
Libyan GNA fighters head for front as battle for Sirte looms
July 19, 2020
Libyan GNA fighters head for front as battle for Sirte looms
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on Saturday moved fighters closer to Sirte, a…
Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumes amid coronavirus protests
July 19, 2020
Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumes amid coronavirus protests
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s graft trial resumed on Sunday after a two-month break amid mounting protests…
Public debt, populism and protests as Tunisia faces crisis
July 18, 2020
Public debt, populism and protests as Tunisia faces crisis
TUNIS (Reuters) – The collapse of Tunisia’s shortest-lived government since its 2011 revolution has plunged its young democracy into a…
Iran has sent black boxes of downed plane to France: official
July 18, 2020
Iran has sent black boxes of downed plane to France: official
(Reuters) – Iran has sent the black boxes from a Ukrainian airliner that it had accidentally downed in January to…
Iran vows to ‘deal decisively’ with further protests
July 18, 2020
Iran vows to ‘deal decisively’ with further protests
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran promised on Friday to deal “decisively” with further protests over economic hardship, a day after security…
Ethiopian maids ‘dumped’ in the streets in Lebanon as COVID hits
July 18, 2020
Ethiopian maids ‘dumped’ in the streets in Lebanon as COVID hits
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian mother Alemtsehay Nasir went to Lebanon dreaming that her maid’s job would let her earn…
Major Beirut medical centre lays off hundreds as crisis bites
July 18, 2020
Major Beirut medical centre lays off hundreds as crisis bites
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Zawqan Abdelkhalek, a nurse at the American University of Beirut’s (AUB) medical centre since 2012, was laid…
Rouhani says 25 million Iranians infected with COVID-19
July 18, 2020
Rouhani says 25 million Iranians infected with COVID-19
(Reuters) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that 25 million Iranians have been infected with the coronavirus and…
Turkey’s Erdogan says Egypt’s actions in Libya are illegal
July 17, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan says Egypt’s actions in Libya are illegal
ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Friday for supporting forces…
Internet disrupted in Iran province as police disperse rally
July 17, 2020
Internet disrupted in Iran province as police disperse rally
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police dispersed protesters in southwestern Iran angry over the Islamic Republic’s anemic economy amid…