Middle East and North Africa
Palestinian president meets World Jewish Congress head
Jerusalem (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder in the West Bank on Saturday, a Palestinian minister...
Iranian hospitals battling coronavirus to stop non-emergency treatment
Dubai (Reuters) - Iran said on Friday large numbers of coronavirus infections meant its hospitals would not treat non-emergency patients and extended a lockdown...
New U.S. sanctions on Iran an effort to stop meds, food purchases – Rouhani
Tehran (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday called new U.S. sanctions on Iran’s banks an attempt to prevent purchases of medicine and...
Iranian diplomat warned of retaliation over Belgian bomb plot trial, document shows
Paris (Reuters) - An Iranian diplomat charged in Belgium with planning to bomb a meeting of an exiled Iranian opposition group in France warned...
Iranians mourn legendary singer, loved for his music and anti-regime rhetoric
Tehran (Iran NewsWire) - Thousands of Iranians gathered outside Tehran’s Jam Hospital on Thursday night after it was announced that legendary Iranian singer and...