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Religious services curbed across Mideast over virus fears
Middle East

Religious services curbed across Mideast over virus fears

JERUSALEM (AP) — Religious authorities moved to cancel or limit weekly prayer gatherings across the Middle East on Friday to…
US strikes Iran-backed group that hit Iraq base: Pentagon
Middle East

US strikes Iran-backed group that hit Iraq base: Pentagon

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. launched airstrikes Thursday in Iraq, targeting the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed responsible for the…
Iraq fears escalation after deadly rocket attack, air strike
Middle East

Iraq fears escalation after deadly rocket attack, air strike

Iraqi and United Nations officials scrambled Thursday to contain the fallout from an unprecedented rocket attack that killed three US-led…
Spike in cases in Gulf pushes Mideast past 10,000 infections
Middle East

Spike in cases in Gulf pushes Mideast past 10,000 infections

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A spike in cases in the Gulf Arab states helped push infections in the…
US, UK troops among 3 dead in Iraq rocket attack as US-led coalition responds
Middle East

US, UK troops among 3 dead in Iraq rocket attack as US-led coalition responds

Two American soldiers and a British soldier were killed Wednesday, a US official said, in the deadliest rocket attack in…
Jordan bars entry from West Bank, Israel, Iraq, Egypt due to coronavirus
Middle East

Jordan bars entry from West Bank, Israel, Iraq, Egypt due to coronavirus

AMMAN (Reuters) — Jordan on Tuesday closed border crossings with Israel and the Israeli-occupied West Bank and its seaports to…
Baghdad’s booksellers won’t let coronavirus close them down
Middle East

Baghdad’s booksellers won’t let coronavirus close them down

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — They survived censorship under Saddam Hussein and the years of violence that followed his downfall, so the…
Egypt’s Higher Committee for Nile Water in permanent session over GERD
Egypt

Egypt’s Higher Committee for Nile Water in permanent session over GERD

Egypt’s Higher Committee for Nile Water announced on Sunday a permanent session to discuss Egypt’s position on the Grand Ethiopian…
Iraq’s PM-designate withdraws from post, prolonging deadlock
Middle East

Iraq’s PM-designate withdraws from post, prolonging deadlock

Baghdad (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister-designate announced his withdrawal from the post Sunday night after failing to secure parliamentary support…
Saudi Arabia halts travel to Islam’s holiest site over virus
Middle East

Saudi Arabia halts travel to Islam’s holiest site over virus

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam over fears…
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