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113 more lives killed by Coronavirus in Iran

The latest death toll announced by the health ministry took to 724 the official number of people to have been killed by the disease...

Jordanian killer was on a journey to "paradise or hell"

Days before he shot dead five people in a canteen during his lunch break, Jordanian police officer Anwar Abu Zeid sent a message to...

Aurat March in Pakistan gets green light

Aurat March, the country’s wide event, using the Urdu word for women, has been attended by tens of thousands over the last two years...

Coronavirus outbreak in a migrant hotel in Greece

After 150 people tested positive for the new Coronavirus in a migrant hotel and a nearby town on Tuesday, Greece quarantined the place. A total...

Over Coronavirus, Dubai Expo 2020 recommends postponing a year

The pandemic has grounded flights by Dubai's long-haul carrier Emirates, jeopardized global tourism and caused further panic in a real-estate market. Local organizers recommended Monday...

Lebanese MPs relocated to a theater amid protests and Coronavirus

Lebanese MPs were sprayed with sanitizer as they arrived for a legislative session on Tuesday that was relocated from the Beirut parliament building to...

Alarm on children’s exposure to Coronavirus

While the overall number of cases appears to be relatively small so far, evidence is emerging of a possible link between the Coronavirus pandemic...

Misinterpreting Islamic law robs Muslim women of land

The misinterpretation of Islamic law and a lack of knowledge about inheritance rights are major hurdles in improving women's access to land in Muslim...

Israel-Palestine peace process 'kidnapped by religious zealots'

The current violent conflict between Palestinians and Israelis makes one reminisce about better days — when Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres...

Lowest monthly death toll in 9 years in Syria

Marking the lowest monthly non-combatant death toll since the start of the conflict in 2011, the war in Syria killed 103 civilians in March,...

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