Middle East
Saudi seals off Shiite-majority region, closes schools over coronavirus
Saudi authorities Sunday cordoned off the eastern region of Qatif, a stronghold of the kingdom’s Shiite minority, in a bid to contain ...Heavy police raids leave east Jerusalem neighborhood on edge
Murad Mahmoud’s 14-year-old son has been detained by Israeli police in his east Jerusalem neighborhood three times in the last two years. ...Global coronavirus cases reach 100,000
Crossing more borders, the new coronavirus hit a milestone Friday, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide as it wove itself deeper into ...Over 20,000 migrant deaths on Mediterranean since 2014: UN
The U.N. migration agency said Friday that a shipwreck off Libya and other recent maritime incidents have raised its estimated death toll ...Russian and Turkish presidents agree ceasefire in Syrian region
Turkey and Russia agreed on Thursday to halt fighting in northern Syria that has sparked a humanitarian disaster and raised fears of ...Yemen cafes shut, women harassed as Huthis impose harsh morals campaign
The Huthi rebels arrived without warning, heavily armed and in a furious mood, as they barged into Ophelia, the only cafe for ...Iran says 92 dead as virus reaches all but one province
Coronavirus has killed 92 people in Iran, officials said Wednesday, as the world’s deadliest outbreak outside China spread to all but one ...Netanyahu claims Israel election win despite corruption charges
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged victorious Tuesday after Israel’s third election in a year despite a looming corruption trial, dismaying the Palestinians ...Syrian troops retake key northwestern town from rebel forces
Syrian government forces and their allies retook early Monday a key northwestern town days after losing it to rebel forces, pro-government media ...Thousands of migrants mass at Greek border, more flee Syria
The United Nations said Sunday that at least 13,000 people were massed on Turkey’s land border with Greece, after Turkey officially declared ...














