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Built for a global economy, Dubai now threatened by virus
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Built for a global economy, Dubai now threatened by virus

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai built a city of skyscrapers and artificial archipelagos on the promise of globalization,…
Militants storm maternity clinic in Afghan capital, kill 14
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Militants storm maternity clinic in Afghan capital, kill 14

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Militants stormed a maternity hospital in the western part of Kabul on Tuesday, setting off an…
Fauci warns of ‘suffering and death’ if US reopens too soon
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Fauci warns of ‘suffering and death’ if US reopens too soon

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is warning Congress that if the country reopens…
Turkey accuses five nations of forming ‘alliance of evil’
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Turkey accuses five nations of forming ‘alliance of evil’

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Tuesday accused Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, France and the United Arab Emirates of seeking to…
Yemeni separatists, government forces clash in the south
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Yemeni separatists, government forces clash in the south

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Fierce clashes have erupted in Yemen’s southern province of Abyan between Saudi-backed government troops and separatists…
Group says Iraqi women fighting to return home face hurdles
Middle East

Group says Iraqi women fighting to return home face hurdles

BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi women who fled war and conflict are facing systemic inequalities in their…
Israeli army: Soldier killed by rock during West Bank raid
Middle East

Israeli army: Soldier killed by rock during West Bank raid

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli soldier was killed on Tuesday morning during a West Bank arrest raid when a rock…
Doctors and nurses suffered as Iran ignored virus concerns
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Doctors and nurses suffered as Iran ignored virus concerns

CAIRO (AP) — They are regarded as heroes, their fallen colleagues as martyrs. But for doctors and nurses still dealing…
Restart or re-stop? Economies reopen to risk of chaos, fear
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Restart or re-stop? Economies reopen to risk of chaos, fear

PARIS (AP) — Plastic spacing barriers and millions of masks appeared Monday on the streets of Europe’s newly reopened cities,…
Israel demolishes home of alleged Palestinian attacker
Middle East

Israel demolishes home of alleged Palestinian attacker

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Monday said its forces demolished the home of a Palestinian accused of being…
Emirati officials say fire strikes site of Dubai’s Expo 2020
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Emirati officials say fire strikes site of Dubai’s Expo 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire struck the site of Dubai’s Expo 2020 on Monday, though Emirati officials…
Iranian army says 19 killed, 15 wounded as missile strikes naval vessel
Middle East

Iranian army says 19 killed, 15 wounded as missile strikes naval vessel

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support…
Lebanon faces grave threat to stability as poverty mounts
Middle East

Lebanon faces grave threat to stability as poverty mounts

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Living in a slum built precariously on the banks of a sewage-tainted river in Lebanon, Faiqqa…
Saudi Arabia triples taxes, cuts $26 bn in costs amid pandemic
Middle East

Saudi Arabia triples taxes, cuts $26 bn in costs amid pandemic

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia announced Monday it was tripling taxes on basic goods, raising them to…
Taliban say they don’t have missing US contractor
Middle East

Taliban say they don’t have missing US contractor

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban leaders searched their ranks, including in the much-feared Haqqani network, and on Sunday told The Associated…
Libyan officials: Shelling at Tripoli’s only working airport
Middle East

Libyan officials: Shelling at Tripoli’s only working airport

CAIRO (AP) — Fighting between forces loyal to rival governments over Libya’s capital intensified Saturday with heavy artillery shelling hitting…
Set for new term, Netanyahu eyes risky West Bank annexation
Middle East

Set for new term, Netanyahu eyes risky West Bank annexation

JERUSALEM (AP) — Now that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has secured a new term in office, there seems to…
Libya gov’t warns of escalation after attacks near embassies
Middle East

Libya gov’t warns of escalation after attacks near embassies

CAIRO (AP) — The head of Libya’s UN-supported government on Friday warned of an escalation in the battle for Tripoli…
Virus could ‘smolder’ in Africa, cause many deaths, says WHO
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Virus could ‘smolder’ in Africa, cause many deaths, says WHO

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The coronavirus could “smolder” in Africa for years and take a high death toll across the continent,…
America’s business of prisons thrives even amid a pandemic
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America’s business of prisons thrives even amid a pandemic

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As factories and other businesses remain shuttered across America, people in prisons in at least 40 states…
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