Middle East and North Africa

Paris (Reuters) – The leaders of France, Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to use sanctions

Kuwait (Reuters) – Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah was admitted to hospital on Saturday for medical checks,

Dubai (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus,

Dubai (Reuters) – Iran promised on Friday to deal “decisively” with further protests over economic hardship, a day after security

Behbahan – Dozens of civilians detained in Behbahan’s peaceful protests Iranian security forces arrested dozens of protesters in the southwestern

Tel Aviv (Reuters) – Israel imposed a new weekend shutdown on Friday and tightened a series of coronavirus curbs to

Cairo (Reuters) – Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any direct threat to Egyptian and Libyan security,

Dubai (Reuters) – Iranian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse anti-establishment demonstrators gathered in the southwestern city

Tehran (Reuters) – Hospitals in Iran face acute shortages of medical personnel and beds as the country tackles a powerful