Tag: Middle East
Lebanon and Israel resume indirect talks on maritime border
<p>NAQOURA, Lebanon — After a nearly six-month pause, Lebanon and Israel on Tuesday resumed indirect talks with U.S. mediation over their disputed maritime border....
Holocaust survivor who testified against Eichmann dies at 91
JERUSALEM — Joseph Zalman Kleinman, a Holocaust survivor who survived the Auschwitz death camp and testified against Adolf Eichmann in the Nazi commander's trial...
G7 foreign ministers meet face-to-face after pandemic pause
<p>LONDON — Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations are gathering Tuesday in London - their first face-to-face meeting in more...
Iran police probe death of Swiss Embassy staffer in Tehran
<p>TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian police on Tuesday started investigating the death of a Swiss diplomat who died after reportedly falling from a high rise...
Iranian authorities break up mixed-gender party, arrest 16
<p>TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian police arrested 16 men and women at a mixed-gender party in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi, the semi-official Tasnim...
Lebanon request satellite images for site of Beirut blast
<p>BEIRUT — The judge investigating last year’s massive explosion at Beirut’s port on Tuesday requested that countries with satellites stationed over Lebanon provide authorities...
Eritrea’s president visits Sudan amid tensions over Ethiopia
<p>CAIRO — Eritrea’s president arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday for talks with Sudanese officials amid tensions over a longtime border dispute between Sudan and...
Refugee doctor chronicles Tigray’s pain as he treats it
HAMDAYET, Sudan — He is a surgeon and a father. Every morning, he wakes up under a plastic tarp and is reminded he’s now...
Flurry of diplomatic contacts fuel Iran deal speculation
WASHINGTON — A flurry of diplomatic contacts and reports of major progress suggest that indirect talks between the U.S. and Iran may be nearing...
Egypt court upholds seizure of ship that blocked Suez Canal
<p>CAIRO — An Egyptian court Tuesday rejected an appeal by the owner of a massive container ship of the court-ordered seizure of the vessel...