Tag: Middle East
Yacht with 170 migrants towed to southern Greek port
<p>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...
Israel’s first transgender referee takes field as woman
<p>HAIFA, Israel — Israeli soccer's first transgender soccer referee took the field Monday for the first time since coming out publicly as a woman...
Russia, facing lags, turns to China to produce Sputnik shots
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Russia is turning to multiple Chinese firms to manufacture the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in an effort to speed up production...
Iraq military: 4 rockets hit Iraqi air base, no casualties
<p>BAGHDAD — Four Katyusha rockets hit an Iraqi military base that houses U.S. contractors Monday without causing any casualties, Iraq's military said in a...
At Tehran garage, Iranian woman polishes cars and her dreams
TEHRAN, Iran — It’s a men's-only club in the tangle of auto repair shops on the traffic-clogged streets of Iran’s capital, Tehran. Among them,...
Syria’s Assad grants amnesties before presidential election
<p>DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree Sunday granting amnesty and reducing sentences for several categories of crime committed before May...
Lebanon detains 2 suspected of drug smuggling to Saudi
<p>BEIRUT — Lebanese authorities have arrested two brothers suspected of smuggling drugs in pomegranate shipments to Saudi Arabia, leading the kingdom to ban Lebanese...
UN says 11 Europe-bound migrants drown off Libya
<p>CAIRO — At least 11 people drowned Sunday when a rubber dinghy carrying two dozen Europe-bound migrants capsized off Libya, the U.N. migration agency...
Iran chemical factory catches fire near holy city of Qom
TEHRAN, Iran — A chemical factory near the central city of Qom caught fire Sunday, Iranian media reported, a blaze that injured at least...
Iranian foreign minister apologizes for leaked comments
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s foreign minister apologized Sunday for recorded comments that were leaked to the public last week, creating a firestorm in Iran...