Middle East and North Africa
Iran supreme leader approves tapping sovereign wealth fund to fight coronavirus
Tehran (Reuters) - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has approved the withdrawal of one billion euros from the country’s sovereign wealth fund to...
Coronavirus hits Egypt’s administrative capital and grand museum
Cairo (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday postponed moving civil servants to a planned new administrative capital city to 2021 from...
Dubai imposes two-week lockdown as Gulf states battle spread of coronavirus
Abu Dhabi (Reuters) - Dubai imposed a two-week lockdown Saturday night and Saudi Arabia sealed off parts of the Red Sea city of Jeddah...
U.N. worried about Iran prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak
Dubai (Reuters) - A United Nations rights official on Friday voiced concern over prisoners after reports of unrest in facilities prompted by worries over...
Israel seals off ultra-Orthodox town hit hard by coronavirus
Bnei Brak, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli police threw up metal barricades and roadblocks on Friday to enforce a lockdown of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish town...