Middle East and North Africa
Iran’s IRGC “Search” people homes under the pretext of fighting COVID-19 infections
Tehran (IranNewsWire) - The Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) of Iran announced a new plan to search homes for COVID-19 infections...
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to start direct flights to Israel next year
Abu Dahbi (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said on Monday it would start daily flights to Tel Aviv in March after the United...
Iran opposition figure Mousavi tests positive for COVID-19
Tehran (AFP) - Iranian opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife, under house arrest for nearly a decade, have tested positive for COVID-19,...
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea signs deal with ACWA Power to build renewable utilities
Dubai (Reuters) - The Red Sea Development Co (TRSDC) said on Monday it has awarded a contract to build and operate renewable power-based utilities...
Pro-Sisi party in commanding position in Egypt’s parliamentary polls
Cairo (Reuters) - Egypt’s Mostaqbal Watn (Nation’s Future) Party took a commanding lead in parliamentary polls on Sunday as the election commission announced results...