Tag: Middle East
Egyptian officials: Palestinians plan to call off elections
<p>JERUSALEM — Egyptian officials say the Palestinian Authority plans to call off its first elections in 15 years, citing Israel's refusal to allow voting...
Iran nuclear talks resume in Vienna amid new complications
<p>BERLIN — World powers were set to resume high level talks in Vienna on Tuesday focused on bringing the United States back into the...
Iran wants nationals freed from US jails amid nuclear talks
<p>TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Tuesday it was seeking the release of all Iranian prisoners held in the U.S. amid talks in Vienna meant...
Full COVID-19 lockdown adds to financial strain in Turkey
<p>ISTANBUL — As cases and deaths soar, Turkey’s president has instructed people to stay home for nearly three weeks and shut down many businesses...
Low expectations dog UN bid to relaunch Cyprus peace talks
<p>GENEVA — U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres is “realistic” about the chances of resuming formal talks to reunify ethnically split Cyprus, a U.N. spokesman said...
Iraqi medics recount horrors from Baghdad’s hospital inferno
<p>BAGHDAD — It was a night of unimaginable horror as flames engulfed the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital: deafening screams, a patient...
Israeli soccer referee comes out as transgender woman
<p>RAMAT GAN, Israel — An Israeli soccer referee has come out as transgender and is living — and enforcing the rules of the game...
UN experts say South Sudan divisions widen, new war possible
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. experts are warning that political, military and ethnic divisions in South Sudan are widening, leading to multiple violent incidents between...
Egypt archeologists unearth 110 ancient tombs in Nile Delta
<p>CAIRO — Egyptian archeologists unearthed 110 burial tombs at an ancient site in a Nile Delta province, the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said Tuesday.</p>
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Global rights group accuses Israel of apartheid, persecution
JERUSALEM — One of the world's best-known human rights groups said Tuesday that Israel is guilty of the international crimes of apartheid and persecution...