Israel announces partial national lockdown after coronavirus surge
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will impose a partial national lockdown next week to battle a coronavirus infection surge, the head of its pandemic task...
Burial traditions clash with Coronavirus fears in the Middle East
Religion and customs across the Middle East and part of South Asia, that require speedy burials in the largely Muslim region have clashed with...
Israeli dig unearths large trove of early Islamic gold coins
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists announced Monday the discovery of a trove of early Islamic gold coins found during recent salvage excavations near the...
Yemen shells wound 2 in Saudi border zone
Shelling from Yemen has wounded two people in southern Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's civil defence agency said late Thursday, in a rare breach of...
Rohingya trafficking victims endure stress of limbo, stranded in Thailand
The strapping 23-year-old Rohingya Muslim was matter of fact as he described being forced onto a boat in Myanmar for a tortuous two-month-long journey,...
Iran begins new school year amid virus concerns
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday opened the new school year after nearly seven months of closure.
In a video conference, President Hassan Rouhani...
Turkey at second peak of coronavirus outbreak, health minister says
ANKARA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Turkey is experiencing the second peak of its novel coronavirus outbreak, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday, while...
Qatari exec meets investigators in FIFA bribery case
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, a Qatari soccer and television executive, was questioned Wednesday by Swiss investigators who say he...
Four unlicensed healthcare institutions forced to shut down
The Ministry of Health closed down four health institutions in the city after it found that they had been operating without meeting conditions stipulated...
Atlanta United wraps up Martinez sale to Saudi Arabian club
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta United finalized the sale of midfielder Pity Martinez to Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr on Monday.
A former South American player of the...
