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Masks were almost nowhere to be seen Thursday as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims thronged the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala for the Shiite commemoration of Ashura, ignoring Covid fears.

Recorded deaths from Covid in Iran passed the 100,000 mark on Thursday, the health ministry said, amid tighter restrictions nationwide to contain the spread of the virus.

Flag-waving protesters took to several Afghan cities on Thursday and several people were killed when Taliban fighters fired on a crowd, a witness said, in the first popular opposition to … Read More

Abu Dhabi emirate, the second-most populous in the United Arab Emirates, will on Thursday end a partial lockdown imposed last month as part of efforts to prevent the spread of … Read More

The Lebanese pound was little changed on the black market Thursday, trading at 18,350 to the dollar, snapping a three-day winning run, exchange dealers said.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday a ship carrying fuel oil will sail from Iran to Lebanon within hours, warning the United States and Israel against trying to intercept it.

Algeria on Wednesday blamed devastating wildfires this month on two groups it recently designated as terrorist organisations, adding that one of them was backed by Morocco and Israel.

The Taliban on Thursday urged crowds of Afghans waiting outside Kabul airport in the hope of fleeing the country to go home, saying they did not want to hurt anyone, … Read More

Nasrallah warns US, Israel against intercepting Iranian shipment

The National Security Adviser of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed made a landmark visit to Turkey Wednesday, during which he met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and … Read More