Middle East
Climate, COVID and corporate tax on the G-20 agenda in Rome
The leaders of the world’s economic powerhouses gathered Saturday for the first in-person summit since the coronavirus pandemic, with climate change, COVID-19 ...Iran agrees to restart nuclear talks as pressure grows
Iran said Wednesday it will resume talks with world powers in November on reviving a nuclear deal after a five-month gap in ...U.N. warns world set for 2.7C rise on today’s emissions pledges
Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for an average 2.7 degrees Celsius temperature rise this century, ...Greenhouse gas levels hit record; world struggles to curb damage
Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is “way off track” in capping rising temperatures, the United Nations ...Egypt’s hotels back to full capacity, tourism official says
Egypt has allowed hotels to run at full capacity while observing strict coronavirus precautionary measures, an official at the Ministry of Tourism ...Deadly attacks hit Damascus and rebel-held northwest
A bomb targeting a military bus in Damascus killed at least 14 people on Wednesday, state media reported, while witnesses and rescue ...WHO-led program aims to buy antiviral COVID-19 pills for $10
By Francesco Guarascio Reuters | Post and Editing by Hum KC A programme led by the World Health Organization aimed at ensuring ...Lebanon pauses amid tense calm after deadly gun battles
Schools, banks and government offices across Lebanon shut down Friday after hours of gun battles between heavily armed militias killed six people ...Humanitarian crisis in focus as Italy hosts G20 Afghan summit
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will host a special summit of the Group of 20 major economies on Tuesday to discuss Afghanistan, ...Former Iranian President Bani-Sadr dies in Paris
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, who became Iran’s first president after the 1979 Islamic revolution before fleeing into exile in France, died on Saturday aged ...














