Iran Covid-19: Some 50 MPs test positive as Omicron rages, says lawmaker
MP Alireza Salimi, speaking to YJC — a news agency linked to Iran’s state TV — said this week’s parliamentary session would be held in...
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UAE intercepts and destroys 3 ‘hostile’ drones
The drones managed to penetrate Emirati airspace but were destroyed away from populated areas, the ministry said on Twitter. It’s unclear to whom the drones...
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Amnesty accuses Israel of apartheid, is labeled anti-Semitic in return
Amnesty’s nearly 300-page report, released Tuesday, details “inhuman or inhumane acts of forcible transfer, administrative detention, torture, unlawful killings and serious injuries, and the denial...
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US, UAE intercepts ballistic missile during Israeli President’s visit
The attack caused no damage, the UAE defense ministry said, but follows a series of unprecedented strikes on the country this month by the Iran-backed...
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UAE intercepts two ballistic missiles over Abu Dhabi with no casualties reported, Defense Ministry says
In a statement, the UAE Ministry of Defense said, “its air defense has intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by the terrorist Houthi group.”...
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UK Royal Navy seizes more than $20 million worth of drugs in Gulf of Oman
“In an operation lasting almost 10 hours, a team from the warship boarded a suspect in international waters off the coast of Oman and seized...
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Yemen: Saudi-led coalition denies targeting detention center after airstrikes kill 70
The Iran-back Houthi rebels, who control much of Yemen, blamed the Saudi-led coalition for the strike in the northern city of Sa’ada. On Saturday, a...
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Deadly ISIS prison break fuels mounting fears of the group’s resurgence in Iraq
The assault on the Ghweran prison, located in the northeastern city of Hasakah began Thursday when a car bomb exploded outside the facility, according to...
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Abu Dhabi: Suspected Houthi drone attack kills 3
An Abu Dhabi police statement said three tanker trucks carrying fuel exploded in the emirate’s Mussafah area after catching fire, with preliminary investigations pointing to...
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Iraq floods: Flash floods in northern Iraq kill 12 people
Videos posted to social media show muddy waters flooding streets and homes in the city of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan,...
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Naftali Bennett: Israeli Prime Minister meets UAE Crown Prince in Abu Dhabi in historic visit
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed at his private palace in Abu Dhabi on Monday, according...
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The trip could have killed them. But people fleeing economic wreckage in the Middle East say they’d do it 100 times over
Metal rods tower above the people to prop up a giant zinc roof. Azhi, who has splints on his legs, is smiling and wide-eyed. It’s...