British navy group: Hijackers have left vessel off UAE coast
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The hijackers who captured a vessel off the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman left the ship Wednesday, the British navy reported, as radio traffic appeared to reveal a crew member onboard saying Iranian gunmen had stormed the asphalt tanker.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
British navy group: Hijackers have left vessel off UAE coast
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The hijackers who captured a vessel off the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman left the ship Wednesday, the British navy reported, as radio traffic appeared to reveal a crew member onboard saying Iranian gunmen had stormed the asphalt tanker.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
British navy group: Hijackers have left vessel off UAE coast
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The hijackers who captured a vessel off the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman left the ship Wednesday, the British navy reported, as radio traffic appeared to reveal a crew member onboard saying Iranian gunmen had stormed the asphalt tanker.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
British navy group: Hijackers have left vessel off UAE coast
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The hijackers who captured a vessel off the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman left the ship Wednesday, the British navy reported, as radio traffic appeared to reveal a crew member onboard saying Iranian gunmen had stormed the asphalt tanker.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US takes down Iran-linked news sites, alleges disinformation
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American authorities seized a range of Iran’s state-linked news website domains they accused of spreading disinformation, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown on Iranian media amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
US takes down Iran-linked news sites, alleges disinformation
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American authorities seized a range of Iran’s state-linked news website domains they accused of spreading disinformation, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown on Iranian media amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
US takes down Iran-linked news sites, alleges disinformation
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American authorities seized a range of Iran’s state-linked news website domains they accused of spreading disinformation, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown on Iranian media amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Iran election race narrows but fears persist of low turnout
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran grappled with fears of low voter turnout two days ahead of its presidential election as the race narrowed on Wednesday into a showdown between the country’s hard-line judiciary chief and moderate former Central Bank chief.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Iran election race narrows but fears persist of low turnout
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran grappled with fears of low voter turnout two days ahead of its presidential election as the race narrowed on Wednesday into a showdown between the country’s hard-line judiciary chief and moderate former Central Bank chief.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Iran election race narrows but fears persist of low turnout
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran grappled with fears of low voter turnout two days ahead of its presidential election as the race narrowed on Wednesday into a showdown between the country’s hard-line judiciary chief and moderate former Central Bank chief.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Kuwait's government quits, deepening political deadlock
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s Cabinet submitted its resignation Tuesday, the latest development in a cycle of clashes between the government and lawmakers that long has convulsed the sheikhdom with the strongest parliament in the Gulf.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Oman sultan creates crown prince post, changes constitution
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oman’s sultan announced a shake-up of the Gulf country’s constitution on Monday with changes that include the appointment of a crown prince for the first time and steps to boost government transparency, the state-run news agency reported.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Qatar-Saudi Arabia direct flights resume amid Gulf detente
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Qatar Airways jetliner landed in Saudi Arabia on Monday, completing the first direct flight from Doha to Riyadh since the kingdom’s boycott of the tiny, energy-rich state in 2017.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Easing dispute, UAE announces reopening of borders to Qatar
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates announced on Friday that it would reopen its borders and airspace to Qatar after boycotting the tiny energy-rich country alongside its Gulf allies since 2017.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
A year on, questions haunt Iran's downing of Ukrainian plane
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Navaz Ebrahim learned that a Ukrainian plane had fallen from the sky near Iran’s capital, she didn’t realize her older sister was on the flight. They had just spoken on the phone. Niloufar had promised her, like she always does, that everything was …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
A year on, questions haunt Iran's downing of Ukrainian plane
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Navaz Ebrahim learned that a Ukrainian plane had fallen from the sky near Iran’s capital, she didn’t realize her older sister was on the flight. They had just spoken on the phone. Niloufar had promised her, like she always does, that everything was …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Qatar ruler lands in Saudi Arabia for summit to end blockade
AL-ULA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Qatar’s ruling emir arrived in Saudi Arabia and was greeted with an embrace by its crown prince on Tuesday, following an announcement that the kingdom would end its yearslong embargo on the tiny Gulf Arab state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Saudi Arabia to lift Qatar embargo, easing the Gulf crisis
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will open its airspace and land border to Qatar in the first step toward ending a years-long diplomatic crisis that deeply divided U.S. defense partners, frayed societal ties and tore apart a traditionally clubby alliance of Gulf states, officials said late Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Qatar ruler due in Saudi Arabia for summit to end blockade
AL-ULA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Qatar's ruler was to arrive in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, following an announcement that the kingdom would open its airspace and land border with its tiny Gulf neighbor. It was the first major step toward ending a years-long diplomatic crisis that deeply divided U.S. defense …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment, seizes South Korean ship
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran began enriching uranium Monday to levels unseen since its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and also seized a South Korean-flagged tanker near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, a double-barreled challenge to the West that further raised Mideast tensions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Saudi Arabia to lift Qatar embargo, easing the Gulf crisis
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will open its airspace and land border to Qatar in the first step toward ending a years-long diplomatic crisis that deeply divided U.S. defense partners, frayed societal ties and tore apart a traditionally clubby alliance of Gulf states, officials said late Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Saudi Arabia to lift Qatar embargo, open airspace and border
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s foreign ministry announced Monday that Saudi Arabia will open its air and land borders with Qatar in the first steps toward ending a diplomatic crisis that has deeply divided regional U.S. allies since 2017.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Iranian authorities arrest crew of seized SKorean tanker
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Semi-official Iranian news agencies say authorities have arrested crew members on the South Korean-flagged oil tanker that was seized as it passed through the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment, seizes South Korean ship
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran began enriching uranium Monday to levels unseen since its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and also seized a South Korean-flagged tanker near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, a double-barreled challenge to the West that further raised Mideast tensions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Iran acknowledges it seized South Korean-flagged oil tanker
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state television has acknowledged that Tehran seized a South Korean-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment as tanker feared seized
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Monday began enriching uranium up to 20% at an underground facility, a short technical step from weapons-grade levels, as fears mounted that a South Korean-flagged oil tanker had been seized by Tehran in the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
In new playground Dubai, Israelis find parties, Jewish rites
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — It was a scene that just a few months ago would have been unthinkable. As Emiratis in flowing white robes and headdresses looked on, the Israeli bride and groom were hoisted on the shoulders of skullcap-wearing groomsmen and carried toward the dance floor, where …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
In new playground Dubai, Israelis find parties, Jewish rites
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — It was a scene that just a few months ago would have been unthinkable. As Emiratis in flowing white robes and headdresses looked on, the Israeli bride and groom were hoisted on the shoulders of skullcap-wearing groomsmen and carried toward the dance floor, where …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Iran allocates payment to families of Ukraine crash victims
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran last January, the president announced Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Report: gov't spyware targets phones of Al-Jazeera reporters
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dozens of journalists at Al-Jazeera, the Qatari state-owned media company, have been targeted by advanced spyware in an attack likely linked to the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a cybersecurity watchdog said Sunday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Report: gov't spyware targets phones of Al-Jazeera reporters
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dozens of journalists at Al-Jazeera, the Qatari state-owned media company, have been targeted by advanced spyware in an attack likely linked to the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a cybersecurity watchdog said Sunday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Report: gov't spyware targets phones of Al-Jazeera reporters
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dozens of journalists at Al-Jazeera, the Qatari state-owned media company, have been targeted by advanced spyware in an attack likely linked to the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a cybersecurity watchdog said Sunday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Saudi Arabia plans spending cuts to trim deficit amid virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia plans to cut more than 7% in spending next year, the finance ministry said, as the region’s biggest oil producer seeks to trim a gaping budget deficit amid the coronavirus pandemic and falling oil prices.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Travel agents in Mideast, Africa say UAE is blocking visas
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Travel agencies in countries across the Middle East and Africa say the United Arab Emirates has temporarily halted issuing new visas to their citizens, a so-far unexplained ban on visitors amid both the coronavirus pandemic and the UAE's normalization deal with Israel.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Travel agents in Mideast, Africa say UAE is blocking visas
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Travel agencies in countries across the Middle East and Africa say the United Arab Emirates has temporarily halted issuing new visas to their citizens, a so-far unexplained ban on visitors amid both the coronavirus pandemic and the UAE's normalization deal with Israel.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Travel agents in Mideast, Africa say UAE is blocking visas
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Travel agencies in countries across the Middle East and Africa say the United Arab Emirates has temporarily halted issuing new visas to their citizens, a so-far unexplained ban on visitors amid both the coronavirus pandemic and the UAE's normalization deal with Israel.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Travel agents in Mideast, Africa say UAE is blocking visas
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Travel agencies in countries across the Middle East and Africa say the United Arab Emirates has temporarily halted issuing new visas to their citizens, a so-far unexplained ban on visitors amid both the coronavirus pandemic and the UAE's normalization deal with Israel.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
UAE eases limits on foreign ownership to attract investors
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has relaxed and removed a range of limits on foreign ownership of companies, state-run media reported Monday, in the country’s latest bid to boost its global status and attract foreign investors.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Oil-rich Kuwait faces reckoning as debt crisis looms
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Kuwait emerged from a monthslong coronavirus lockdown, hundreds of Kuwaitis flocked to reopened stores, the lines clogging malls, snaking through hallways and spilling onto sidewalks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Oil-rich Kuwait faces reckoning as debt crisis looms
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Kuwait emerged from a monthslong coronavirus lockdown, hundreds of Kuwaitis flocked to reopened stores, the lines clogging malls, snaking through hallways and spilling onto sidewalks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
UAE eases limits on foreign ownership to attract investors
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has relaxed and removed a range of limits on foreign ownership of companies, state-run media reported Monday, in the country’s latest bid to boost its global status and attract foreign investors.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
WHO warns of deadly second wave of virus across Middle East
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As winter nears and coronavirus cases surge across the Middle East, the regional director for the World Health Organization said Thursday that the only way to avoid mass deaths is for countries to quickly tighten restrictions and enforce preventative measures.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Highway-side eatery in UAE feeds hungry one meal at a time
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At a highway-side restaurant in the industrial outskirts of Dubai, workers methodically assemble packaged takeout meals of biryani rice, dal and brightly colored chicken curry for people in poverty and desperate to eat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
As virus mutes Dubai nightlife, Filipino bands feel the pain
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Eric Roman struts onstage in his torn jeans and grasps the microphone.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
As virus mutes Dubai nightlife, Filipino bands feel the pain
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Eric Roman struts onstage in his torn jeans and grasps the microphone.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
UAE national carrier to start flying to Tel Aviv next spring
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, announced Monday it would start operating daily nonstop flights to Tel Aviv next spring, a move that deepens ties between the UAE and Israel after the two countries agreed to normalize relations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
As virus mutes Dubai nightlife, Filipino bands feel the pain
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Eric Roman struts onstage in his torn jeans and grasps the microphone.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
G-20 agrees on framework for more debt relief amid COVID-19
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Group of 20 nations, representing the world’s biggest economies, announced Friday that low-income countries hardest hit by the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic could potentially get an extension on their debt payments beyond mid-2021, and in the most severe cases, a debt write-off.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
As virus mutes Dubai nightlife, Filipino bands feel the pain
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Eric Roman struts onstage in his torn jeans and grasps the microphone.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
As virus mutes Dubai nightlife, Filipino bands feel the pain
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Eric Roman struts onstage in his torn jeans and grasps the microphone.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
G-20 agrees on framework for more debt relief amid COVID-19
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Group of 20 nations, representing the world’s biggest economies, announced Friday that low-income countries hardest hit by the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic could potentially get an extension on their debt payments beyond mid-2021, and in the most severe cases, a debt write-off.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
G-20 agrees on framework for more debt relief amid COVID-19
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Group of 20 nations, representing the world’s biggest economies, announced Friday that low-income countries hardest hit by the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic could potentially get an extension on their debt payments beyond mid-2021, and in the most severe cases, a debt write-off.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
State-owned Emirates posts $3.8 billion in half-year losses
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Emirates Group, the owner of the Middle East’s biggest carrier, reported Thursday it lost $3.8 billion in the first half of the year, its first net loss in over three decades after the pandemic wiped out air travel.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Louis Dreyfus to sell 45% stake to Abu Dhabi wealth fund
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of the world’s biggest grain exporting houses signed an agreement on Wednesday to sell a 45% stake to the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, both companies announced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Louis Dreyfus to sell 45% stake to Abu Dhabi wealth fund
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of the world’s biggest grain exporting houses signed an agreement on Wednesday to sell a 45% stake to the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, both companies announced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
UAE announces relaxing of Islamic laws for personal freedoms
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions and criminalizing so-called “honor killings.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Dubai's budget carrier to start regular flights to Tel Aviv
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai’s budget carrier flydubai said Wednesday that it would start flying twice daily to Tel Aviv later this month, becoming the first Emirati airline to announce regular service after a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Dubai's budget carrier to start regular flights to Tel Aviv
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai’s budget carrier flydubai said Wednesday that it would start flying twice daily to Tel Aviv later this month, becoming the first Emirati airline to announce regular service after a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Qatar's emir promises Shura Council elections next year
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar’s emir announced on Tuesday that the country will hold elections for its top advisory panel next year, a long-promised step that aims to give the country’s citizens more say on how their hereditary emirate is governed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
New case of detained British-Iranian dual citizen adjourned
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A British Iranian dual national detained for years in Tehran was taken to court on new sedition charges on Monday, her husband said, the latest twist in a case that has long stirred an international outcry.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
As anger rises, Muslims protest French cartoons
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Tens of thousands of Muslims, from Pakistan to Lebanon to the Palestinian territories, poured out of prayer services to join anti-France protests on Friday, as the French president's vow to protect the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad continues to roil the Muslim world.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
As anger rises, thousands of Muslims protest French cartoons
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Thousands of Muslims, from Pakistan to Lebanon to the Palestinian territories, poured out of prayer services to join anti-France protests on Friday, as the French president's vow to protect the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad continues to roil the Muslim world.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Israeli delegations bask in UAE glow, even as details few
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Another plane full of Israeli business people excited about their newfound access to the United Arab Emirates touched down in Dubai this week, the latest whirlwind trip seeking to cash in on a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the countries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Israeli delegations bask in UAE glow, even as details few
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Another plane full of Israeli business people excited about their newfound access to the United Arab Emirates touched down in Dubai this week, the latest whirlwind trip seeking to cash in on a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the countries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Wary of angering public, Iran has few ways to contain virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As coronavirus infections reached new heights in Iran this month, overwhelming its hospitals and driving up its death toll, the country’s health minister gave a rare speech criticizing his own government’s refusal to enforce basic health measures.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Wary of angering public, Iran has few ways to contain virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As coronavirus infections reached new heights in Iran this month, overwhelming its hospitals and driving up its death toll, the country’s health minister gave a rare speech criticizing his own government’s refusal to enforce basic health measures.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Photographer helps laid-off expats bid goodbye to Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When the coronavirus pummeled Dubai this spring, the maternity and wedding shoots and all the gigs that freelance photographer Paula Hainey had lined up vanished almost overnight.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Photographer helps laid-off expats bid goodbye to Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When the coronavirus pummeled Dubai this spring, the maternity and wedding shoots and all the gigs that freelance photographer Paula Hainey had lined up vanished almost overnight.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Libyan factions sign countrywide UN-brokered cease-fire
GENEVA (AP) — The rival sides in Libya’s conflict signed a permanent cease-fire Friday, a deal the United Nations billed as historic after years of fighting that has split the North African country in two. But skepticism over whether the agreement would hold began emerging almost immediately.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Photographer helps laid-off expats bid goodbye to Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When the coronavirus pummeled Dubai this spring, the maternity and wedding shoots and all the gigs that freelance photographer Paula Hainey had lined up vanished almost overnight.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Photographer helps laid-off expats bid goodbye to Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When the coronavirus pummeled Dubai this spring, the maternity and wedding shoots and all the gigs that freelance photographer Paula Hainey had lined up vanished almost overnight.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Photographer helps laid-off expats bid goodbye to Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When the coronavirus pummeled Dubai this spring, the maternity and wedding shoots and all the gigs that freelance photographer Paula Hainey had lined up vanished almost overnight.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Yemen's rival sides complete war's largest prisoner exchange
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s warring sides completed a major, U.N.-brokered prisoner swap on Friday, officials said, a development that could revive the country’s stalled peace process after more than five years of grinding conflict.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Months into pandemic, Iran sees worst wave of virus deaths
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's capital has run out of intensive care beds as the country confronts a new surge of infections that is filling hospitals and cemeteries alike. The single-day death toll hit a record high three times this week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Ravaged by war, Middle Eastern countries face a new scourge
CAIRO (AP) — When Dr. Ismail al-Mansouri goes to work in Yemen’s capital, he puts on one of the hospital’s few pairs of medical gloves. Then he enters a cramped clinic teeming with listless patients, many malnourished, some vomiting, others with diarrhea.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Ravaged by war, Middle Eastern countries face a new scourge
CAIRO (AP) — When Dr. Ismail al-Mansouri goes to work in Yemen’s capital, he puts on one of the hospital’s few pairs of medical gloves. Then he enters a cramped clinic teeming with listless patients, many malnourished, some vomiting, others with diarrhea.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Oil crisis deepens in Libya as losses exceed $3 billion
CAIRO (AP) — The oil crisis in Libya is deepening as a blockade of the country’s vital oil fields generated losses of more than $3 billion, the national oil corporation announced late Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Florida family stuck on Nile cruise by the coronavirus
CAIRO (AP) — When Javier Parodi returned from a tour of Egypt’s famed ancient tombs in the southern city of Luxor last week, he was unnerved to see that the cruise ship that brought him there wasn’t where he left it.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
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