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East China cities quarantine arrivals as virus spreads in S. Korea, Japan
BEIJING: The new coronavirus epidemic swelled on Wednesday with cases in South Korea surging past 1,000 after deaths soared in Iran and infections appeared in previously untouched countries, prompting dire ... -
Violence in Indian capital casts shadow over Trump’s visit
NEW DELHI: Twenty people have now died in days of sectarian riots in New Delhi, with 189 people wounded including around 60 by gunshot, the director of the hospital treating most ... -
Coronavirus: 16 killed in Iran, 95 infected
DUBAI: Two more people infected with the new coronavirus have died, taking the toll in Iran to 16, a Health Ministry official told state TV on Tuesday. Iran has the ... -
Lavrov rejects Idlib cease-fire as ‘capitulating before terrorists’
DUBAI: Two more people infected with the new coronavirus have died, taking the toll in Iran to 16, a Health Ministry official told state TV on Tuesday. Iran has the ... -
Four killed in India clash ahead of Trump arrival
ATHENS: Riot police were dispatched to the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios on Tuesday as the government plowed ahead with the construction of controversial new migrant camps, officials said.At ... -
Indonesia targets ‘virus’ of religious radicalization
JAKARTA: The Indonesian government has decided not to repatriate hundreds of citizens who joined Daesh in a bid to counter the rise of radicalization in its society. President Joko Widodo ... -
UN calls for ‘two state’ solution to be respected in Middle East
BEIRUT: Turkish shelling Monday killed nine regime fighters in northwest Syria, where Ankara-backed rebels are fighting off advancing regime forces, a monitor said.Syrian regime forces have since December clawed back ... -
Lebanese activists and critics of Hezbollah face attacks, arrest and threats
BEIRUT: Activists in Lebanon, in particular those who speak out against Hezbollah, continue to face physical attacks, arrest, psychological pressure and threats to their families. The individuals being targeted include ... -
Trump says he would sign a peace deal with Taliban
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian politics was in turmoil Monday after leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim denounced a “betrayal” by coalition partners he said were trying to bring down the government, two years after ... -
Pakistan, Turkey, Armenia close Iranian border, Afghanistan bans travel over coronavirus fears
KARACHI/KABUL: Pakistan has sealed its Taftan border and stopped pilgrims from traveling via the crossing to Iran after six coronavirus deaths were reported in the neighboring country, officials told Arab ... -
Syrian capital rocked by explosions as Israel hits targets
AL-MUKALLA: The Saudi-led coalition and Yemen’s internationally recognized government have intensified security measures around main sea and land entry posts in Yemen to prevent Iran from smuggling arms to Houthis ... -
Saudi-led coalition tightens the screws on Houthi smuggling routes
DAMASCUS: Israeli fighter jets launched air strikes on suspected Islamic Jihad positions in Syria, the Israeli military said on Monday, after the militant group and Israel exchanged rockets and air ... -
Hero in US Hanukkah attack rejects $20K reward from ‘Zionists’
China reports daily rise in viral infections to 648 cases; global tally hits 78,000 SEOUL, South Korea: China reported Sunday a rise in new virus cases to 648, bringing mainland ... -
China reports daily rise in viral infections to 648 cases; global tally hits 78,000
WEST NYACK, New York: An Orthodox Jewish man credited as a hero for attacking a knife-wielding man who stabbed five people during a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City ... -
Magnitude 5.7 quake hits Turkey-Iran border area
TEHRAN, Iran: Officials in Iran haven’t announced the full results from parliamentary elections two days ago, but on Sunday the country’s supreme leader accused enemy “propaganda” of trying to disuade ... -
Iran’s supreme leader says fears of coronavirus used to stifle voting
JERUSALEM: Israel is bracing for an unprecedented third election in under a year, with voters eyeing an end to the deadlock but polls indicating another tight race despite criminal charges ... -
Niger military operation kills 120 ‘terrorists’: defense ministry
KABUL: Afghans woke up to a week-long partial truce Saturday after the Taliban, the US and local forces all agreed to a lull that could be a major turning point ... -
Partial truce begins in Afghanistan, boosting peace hopes
KABUL: Afghans woke up to a week-long partial truce Saturday after the Taliban, the US and local forces all agreed to a lull that could be a major turning point ... -
Iranian mayor tests positive for coronavirus
DUBAI, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Iran has started counting votes in its parliamentary election, state TV said on Saturday, in which hardline allies of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are ... -
Financial Action Task Force tightens screws on Tehran over terror financing
PARIS: An international agency monitoring terrorism funding announced tough new financial scrutiny of Iran on Friday and added seven countries to a watch list. Pakistan, meanwhile, won a reprieve from the ...
