Middle East and North Africa
Iraq calls U.S. blacklisting of militia leader ‘unacceptable’
Baghdad (Reuters) - Iraq denounced on Saturday as “unacceptable” a U.S. decision to blacklist the leader of a state umbrella group for mainly Iran-backed...
Senior Iran MP calls for finger amputation of “petty thieves” despite widespread poverty
Tehran (IranNewsWire) - A senior Iranian MP said finger amputation sentences should be issued for “petty thieves” to control crime. This is while he...
Some Israeli Arabs, Jerusalem Palestinians wary of vaccine
Umm Al-Fahm (Reuters) - As Israel leads the world in the rate of coronavirus vaccination, some of its Arab citizens and Palestinians in annexed...
Iraq court issues arrest warrant for US President Trump over Soleimani killing
Baghdad (AFP) - A Baghdad court has issued a warrant for the arrest of US President Donald Trump as part of its investigation into...
UAE says transport to, trade with Qatar may resume within a week
Dubai (Reuters) - Trade and transportation could resume between Qatar and boycotting countries within a week, the United Arab Emirates’ minister of state for...