Iraqi lawmakers approve manual ballot recount in May 12 vote
Iraq's parliament voted on Wednesday in favor of a manual ballot recount after allegations of widespread fraud in the country's recently held parliamentary elections,...
Colour-coded wristbands guide social distancing in Dubai office
DUBAI (Reuters) - As nearly 100 employees went back to work in the office of a Dubai media company, managers found a way to...
Russia’s Lavrov lands in Syria for talks with Assad – RIA
MOSCOW, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Damascus on Monday for talks with President Bashar al-Assad and Syria's foreign...
Syria seeks to crush insurgent pocket, denies evacuation deal
Syrian troops fought on Sunday to crush the last pockets of resistance by Islamic State militants trapped in an enclave south of Damascus, state...
Iran’s Rouhani says talks possible, if U.S. returns to 2015 nuclear deal
DUBAI (Reuters) - If the United Sates wants an agreement with Iran, first it should return to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with six powers...
Turkey says France’s Macron ‘hysterical’ over Syria, Libya, East Med
ANKARA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign minister said on Friday French President Emmanuel Macron had become "hysterical" over developments in the Libyan and...
Syria reports Israeli airstrikes against central airbase
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian air defenses opened fire late Wednesday on missiles launched by Israeli warplanes at a military airbase in the central...
Syria talks ‘on hold’ after envoys test positive for virus
GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-mediated talks involving the Syrian government, opposition and civil society were put “on hold” after three participants turned up positive for...
Yemeni official says clashes in port city killed 5 fighters
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Renewed clashes between forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government and their rivals, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, left five fighters...
Three Iranian police killed in clashes with Sufi protesters
Three police officers were killed in Tehran on Monday, a police spokesman said, as clashes broke out with members of a Muslim religious order...
