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Stories from the Middle East

As Lebanese cry for justice, politics paralyzes the system

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BEIRUT — Even after she was taken off an investigation into alleged financial crimes by a money transfer company, the defiant Lebanese prosecutor charged...

Norway sentences woman for supporting IS by being homemaker

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A 30-year-old Norwegian woman who was repatriated by Norway from a refugee camp in Syria because her son was sick was...

Refugee doctor chronicles Tigray’s pain as he treats it

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HAMDAYET, Sudan — He is a surgeon and a father. Every morning, he wakes up under a plastic tarp and is reminded he’s now...

Iraq’s health minister resigns over Baghdad hospital fire

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's health minister resigned Tuesday over a week after a deadly blaze killed dozens of people in a Baghdad hospital for COVID-19...

Deaths at sea highlight failings in Europe migration policy

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CAIRO — As the waves pounded the gray rubber boat carrying more than 100 Africans hoping to reach Europe from Libya, those aboard dialed...

Holocaust survivor who testified against Eichmann dies at 91

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JERUSALEM — Joseph Zalman Kleinman, a Holocaust survivor who survived the Auschwitz death camp and testified against Adolf Eichmann in the Nazi commander's trial...

Saudi oil firm Aramco’s first-quarter profits up by 30%

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Aramco's profits soared by 30% for the first-quarter of the year, compared to last year, riding on the...

Lebanon and Israel resume indirect talks on maritime border

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NAQOURA, Lebanon — After a nearly six-month pause, Lebanon and Israel on Tuesday resumed indirect talks with U.S. mediation over their disputed maritime border....

G7 foreign ministers meet face-to-face after pandemic pause

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LONDON — Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations are gathering Tuesday in London - their first face-to-face meeting in more...

Iran police probe death of Swiss Embassy staffer in Tehran

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian police on Tuesday started investigating the death of a Swiss diplomat who died after reportedly falling from a high rise...