Tag Archives: Middle East

MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s boast in August that it was the first country to authorize a coronavirus vaccine sparked skepticism at the time due to insufficient testing. Six months later, as demand …

BERLIN (AP) – Swiss voters on Sunday delivered their verdict on a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by some Muslim women in the country and the …

QARAQOSH, Iraq (AP) – Pope Francis called on Iraqi Christians to forgive the injustices committed against them by Muslim extremists and to rebuild while visiting destroyed church buildings and meeting ecstatic crowds …

The 45-minute papal meeting in the holy city of Najaf with the 90-year-old al-Sistani, who rarely appears in public, represented one of the most important summits between a pope and a prominent …

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel on Friday postponed plans to vaccinate Palestinians working within the country and their West Bank settlements until further notice. COGAT, the Israeli military agency that coordinates day-to-day affairs …

Nasiriyah, Iraq – It’s where the wheel was invented, the Code of Hammurabi, or rule of law, was first established, and where oil was first burned as an energy source. It is …

NAJAF, Iraq (AP) – Pope Francis met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the leading clerics of Shiite Islam, on Saturday in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, to ​​convey a …

Issued on: 03/05/2021 – 22:48Modified: 03/05/2021 – 22:49 Hundreds of people vaccinated against Covid-19 filled a Tel Aviv soccer stadium on Friday for the first of four concerts organized by the municipality, …

BAGHDAD (AP) – Pope Francis opened the first papal visit to Iraq on Friday with a call for the country to protect its centuries-old diversity, urging Muslims to accept their Christian neighbors …

WASHINGTON (AP) – On Friday, President Joe Biden voiced his support for replacing decades-old authorizations for the use of military force in the Middle East, just over a week after he relied …