World / Middle East

Erdogan says Turkey to impose mandatory PCR test, COVID vaccine requirements for some areas 19 Aug 2021 - 09:02 pm

ANKARA - Turkey will begin requiring negative COVID-19 test results and proofs of vaccination for some sectors, including from teachers as schools reopen...

Tunisia to impose compulsory quarantine on visitors who have not been fully vaccinated 19 Aug 2021 - 07:23 pm

TUNIS - Tunisia will from Aug. 25 require 10 days of quarantine for visitors who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a...

Lebanese presidency: U.S. to help Lebanon with electricity 19 Aug 2021 - 04:47 pm

BEIRUT: The Lebanese presidency said on Thursday that the United States has decided to assist Lebanon with electricity provision as the country struggles...

Three Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces 19 Aug 2021 - 08:41 am

Ramallah: Three Palestinians were wounded by live bullets yesterday during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in the village of Tayasir east of...

Rescue crews in Turkey search for 34 still missing in floods 17 Aug 2021 - 08:47 pm

ANKARA, Turkey - Rescue workers in Turkey kept up the search Tuesday for 34 people still missing after severe floods ravaged parts of...

Pressure builds for new Lebanon government as chaos deepens 16 Aug 2021 - 02:41 pm

BEIRUT: Fears that Lebanon's financial meltdown is tipping the country into anarchy have prompted renewed efforts to agree on a new government that...

Death toll rises to 70 from Turkey floods, 47 reported missing 16 Aug 2021 - 12:31 pm

ISTANBUL: Flash floods that swept through towns in Turkish Black Sea provinces have killed 70 people and emergency workers continue to search for...

Death toll from northern Turkey floods rises to 58 15 Aug 2021 - 02:16 pm

BOZKURT, Turkey: Flash floods that have swept through towns in the Turkish Black Sea region have killed 58 people, authorities said on Sunday,...

At least 28 killed in Lebanon fuel tank explosion 15 Aug 2021 - 12:56 pm

BEIRUT: At least 28 people were killed and 79 injured when a fuel tank exploded in northern Lebanon early on Sunday, the health...

At least 20 killed in Lebanon fuel tank explosion - Red Cross 15 Aug 2021 - 09:05 am

Beirut: At least 20 people were killed and 79 injured in a fuel tank explosion in the Akkar region in northern Lebanon, the...

Lebanon's president calls on parliament to discuss next steps on fuel subsidy end 14 Aug 2021 - 07:51 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanon's President Aoun called on the country's parliament to meet in order to take appropriate action following the central bank's decision to...

Iran orders travel ban and shutdown amid COVID surge 14 Aug 2021 - 12:57 pm

Dubai: Iran is to impose a one-week lockdown and a ban on road travel amid a fifth COVID-19 surge in the worst-hit country...

At least 40 killed in Turkey flood as search for missing continues 14 Aug 2021 - 12:51 pm

BOZKURT, Turkey: Families of those missing after Turkey's worst floods in years anxiously watched rescue teams search buildings on Saturday, fearing the death...

Nobody running Lebanon, says central bank boss 14 Aug 2021 - 11:53 am

Beirut: Lebanon's central bank governor said nobody was running the country as he defended his decision to halt fuel subsidies that have drained...

Turkey combats Black Sea floods, death toll rises to 27 13 Aug 2021 - 02:10 pm

SINOP, Turkey - Emergency workers battled to relieve flood-hit areas of Turkey's Black Sea region on Friday, as the death toll rose to...

Flash floods sweep through northern Turkey in new natural disaster 12 Aug 2021 - 08:13 pm

ISTANBUL - Eleven people were killed in flash floods in Turkey's Black Sea region on Thursday that sent water and debris cascading through...

Lebanon to discuss law allowing c.bank to keep subsidising fuel, sources say 12 Aug 2021 - 04:19 pm

Beirut: The Lebanese government will discuss a law on Thursday allowing the central bank to use its mandatory reserve to keep subsidising fuel...

Turkey to start face-to-face education this year -health minister 11 Aug 2021 - 09:12 pm

ISTANBUL - Turkey will start face-to-face education as scheduled, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday, and unvaccinated adults will have to be...