Middle East

Egypt court upholds seizure of ship that blocked Suez Canal

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<p>CAIRO &mdash; An Egyptian court Tuesday rejected an appeal by the owner of a massive container ship of the court-ordered seizure of the vessel...

As Lebanese cry for justice, politics paralyzes the system

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<p>BEIRUT &mdash; Even after she was taken off an investigation into alleged financial crimes by a money transfer company, the defiant Lebanese prosecutor charged...

Holocaust survivor who testified against Eichmann dies at 91

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JERUSALEM — Joseph Zalman Kleinman, a Holocaust survivor who survived the Auschwitz death camp and testified against Adolf Eichmann in the Nazi commander's trial...

Norway sentences woman for supporting IS by being homemaker

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<p>COPENHAGEN, Denmark &mdash; A 30-year-old Norwegian woman who was repatriated by Norway from a refugee camp in Syria because her son was sick was...

Israel’s Netanyahu faces midnight deadline to form coalition

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JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a midnight deadline on Tuesday to put together a new coalition government — or be looking...

Refugee doctor chronicles Tigray’s pain as he treats it

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<p>HAMDAYET, Sudan &mdash; He is a surgeon and a father. Every morning, he wakes up under a plastic tarp and is reminded he’s now...

Iraq’s health minister resigns over Baghdad hospital fire

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<p>BAGHDAD &mdash; Iraq's health minister resigned Tuesday over a week after a deadly blaze killed dozens of people in a Baghdad hospital for COVID-19...

G-7 ministers to hold first in-person talks in 2 years

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LONDON — Foreign and development ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrial nations will be meeting in London this week in their first...

US officials in Mideast to reassure jittery allies over Iran

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<p>ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates &mdash; Top Biden administration officials and U.S. senators crisscrossed the Middle East on Monday, seeking to assuage growing unease...

Yacht with 170 migrants towed to southern Greek port

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ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s coast guard says it has towed a yacht carrying 170 migrants to a port on the country’s southern mainland after...