Author: Wed, 2020-07-29 02:09 MOSUL: Nearly a century ago, Iraqis and Westerners stood here with tickets to Berlin, Istanbul or Venice. Today, the rusting tracks and overturned carriages of Mosul’s train station betray the city’s isolation. Battered by sanctions against the … read more
Author: Wed, 2020-07-29 02:06 BAGHDAD: An Iraqi protester died on Tuesday after being shot with a tear gas canister in overnight skirmishes with police in the capital, medical and security sources said. The clashes came just hours after Prime Minister Mustafa … read more
Author: Tue, 2020-07-28 00:59 BEIRUT: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hezbollah was “playing with fire” after border clashes on Monday. The Lebanese Shiite group denied all involvement. Netanyahu said that Hezbollah and the Lebanese government “bear responsibility” for the … read more
Author: Mon, 2020-07-27 23:57 BEIRUT: Lebanon is imposing a two-week coronavirus lockdown starting July 30, the country’s health minister said, as he slammed the “lack of community discipline and disregard” for all preventive measures and warned that the outbreak was … read more
Author: Mon, 2020-07-27 23:43 AL-MUKALLA: Yemen’s prime minister said the international community should take strong action against Houthi “blackmailing and bargaining” over a decaying oil tanker, the state news agency Saba reported, as he warned about a looming environmental disaster … read more