Tag: Middle East
Report: Mideast countries top 2020 global executioners list
<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Apart from China and despite a worldwide drop in death sentences, countries in the Middle East remained among the...
Israel reports sirens near town of secretive nuclear reactor
<p>JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says air raid sirens have sounded near Dimona, the desert town that is home to the country’s secretive nuclear...
Israel reports sirens near town of secretive nuclear reactor
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says air raid sirens have sounded near Dimona, the desert town that is home to the country’s secretive nuclear...
Turkey’s Erdogan fires trade minister in Cabinet reshuffle
<p>ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired the country's trade minister Wednesday following allegations that her husband’s company received a tender to...
Kuwait police: man rearrested after killing woman on bail
<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Police in Kuwait rearrested a man who they said fatally stabbed a woman after his release on bail, a...
Cyprus president in Athens before Geneva talks
<p>ATHENS, Greece — The president of the ethnically divided island nation of Cyprus met with Greece’s prime minister on Wednesday before informal talks to...
Egypt fires top railway official after deadly train crashes
<p>CAIRO — Egypt’s transportation minister on Tuesday said he sacked the country’s top railway official, following three train accidents in less than a month...
Yemen launches coronavirus vaccination campaign
CAIRO — Yemen’s internationally recognized government began a coronavirus vaccination campaign Tuesday as the U.N. warned the pandemic was “roaring back” in recent weeks.
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UN rights experts seek more information about Dubai princess
<p>GENEVA — Independent experts working with the U.N. human rights office on Tuesday called on the United Arab Emirates' government to provide more details...
France urges rebuke for Syria over chemical weapons use
<p>THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A group of 46 nations called Tuesday on member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog to diplomatically rebuke Syria...