Tag: Middle East
Colombia and Peru play for honor, 3rd place at Copa America
BRASILIA, Brazil — Few teams want to play a third-place match in any tournament, even less so during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that's not...
Norway’s Telenor sells Myanmar operations to M1 Group
BANGKOK — The Norwegian telecoms company Telenor, one of the biggest carriers in Myanmar, said Thursday it has agreed to sell its entire operations...
Exiled Turkish journalist attacked outside home in Germany
ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish journalist, who is critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government and has been living in exile in Germany, was...
Israeli president given NFT of father’s oath of office
JERUSALEM — Israel's parliament has hopped on latest trend in digital artwork and presented the country's new president with a digital copy of his...
Firefighters douse ship that exploded at major port in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Firefighting boats on Thursday poured cascades of water on a container ship that had erupted in a fiery explosion...
Costly and critical: the battle for a key Yemeni city
MARIB CITY, Yemen — The two fighters stand shoulder-to-shoulder on a mountain overlook, with a clear view below of the enemy’s position. They are...
WHO warns Coronavirus rising in eastern Mediterranean region
BEIRUT — Coronavirus infections have been on the rise in the 22 countries of the eastern Mediterranean region after two months of steady decline...
Israel again demolishes Palestinian village in West Bank
JERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday demolished the Bedouin herding community of Khirbet Humsu in the occupied West Bank, the latest chapter in the military's...
Biden to host Jordanian king as royal feud engulfs US ally
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House on July 19, just months after the detention of...
Egypt urges UN to back call for binding deal on Ethiopia dam
UNITED NATIONS — Egypt’s foreign minister said Wednesday he will urge the U.N. Security Council to require Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to negotiate a...
