Middle East
US, UK troops among 3 dead in Iraq rocket attack
An American soldier and a British soldier, as well as one US contractor, were killed Wednesday when rockets hit an Iraqi military ...World Health Organization declares the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic
Expressing alarm both about mounting infections and slow government responses, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is ...Turkey vows strong military action if Syria truce violated
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Wednesday that his military would launch its harshest retaliation yet if the Syrian government breaks a ...25 virus cases on Egypt Nile cruise boat test negative
Egyptian authorities said Tuesday that 25 people who had intially tested positive for the novel coronavirus during a Nile River cruise had ...EU tells Turkey to pull migrants back from Greek border
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan sought more European support on Monday over the war in Syria and for hosting millions of refugees, but ...Israel to bring in 14-day quarantine for all arrivals
Israel will require all citizens who return from abroad to self-quarantine for 14 days as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus, ...Markets plunge, Italy locked down as virus spreads
Financial markets around the world crashed on Monday and millions of people in northern Italy were in lockdown as officials struggled to ...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 ...














