Dutch dance lovers offered lockdown relief at test event
Dance music lovers in Amsterdam were offered a short relief from COVID-19 lockdown on Saturday, treated to their first live show in over a year while serving as guinea pigs … Read More
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Protesters block roads for sixth day as currency collapses
Protesters Sunday partially blocked the main highways linking Beirut to north and south Lebanon for the sixth consecutive day.
Iran frees British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe: lawyer
Iran has released British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, removing her ankle tag after a five-year prison sentence, but she has been summoned again to court on another charge, her lawyer … Read More
Austria suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine batch after death
Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots, … Read More
Iran frees British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe: lawyer
Iran has released British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, her lawyer Hojjat Kermani told Iranian website Emtedad on Sunday, after her five-year prison sentence for plotting to overthrow the clerical establishment.
Jordan’s PM to reshuffle cabinet to accelerate reforms
Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh was expected to reshuffle his cabinet Sunday to help accelerate IMF-guided reforms seen as crucial to economic recovery in Jordan from the blow of the coronavirus … Read More
Explosion kills 3 Gaza fishermen, Hamas rocket suspected
Three Palestinian fishermen were killed Sunday after a blast ripped through their boat off the Gaza shore, officials said, in what appeared to be an explosion caused by a misfired … Read More
After fleeing black-clad IS, Iraq’s Qaraqosh hosts Pope in white
Seven years ago, Munir Jibrail was forced to flee his Iraqi town of Qaraqosh when black-clad jihadists swept in.
Abbas battles Fatah party discord ahead of Palestinian elections
Facing elections for the first time in 15 years, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is battling a growing rift within his powerful Fatah party that poses a new threat to his … Read More
Seven dead in Algeria floods: civil protection
At least seven people died and three were unaccounted for after floods caused by torrential rains in northwestern Algeria, the country’s civil protection agency said.