Author: Reuters ID: 1594122044274392800 Tue, 2020-07-07 11:29 BASRA: Iraq partially reopened its southern Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran on Tuesday after more than three months of closure to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, border officials said. The crossing … read more
Tue, 2020-07-07 14:25 TEHRAN: Two people died and another three were injured Tuesday when an pre-dawn explosion rocked a factory south of Tehran, Iran’s official IRNA agency reported, blaming human error. The blast in “a completely industrial zone” of Baqershahr, … read more
Mon, 2020-07-06 21:20 BAGHDAD: An Iraqi security expert and former advisor to the government was shot dead in Baghdad on Monday. Hisham Al-Hashimi was killed outside his home and died a short time later at a local hospital, an Iraqi interior ministry offiical told … read more
Author: By JOSEF FEDERMAN | AP ID: 1594054959869754800 Mon, 2020-07-06 16:37 JERUSALEM: Israel said it successfully launched a new spy satellite into space on Monday as its leaders hinted it was behind a massive fire at an Iranian nuclear site … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1594051840699602600 Mon, 2020-07-06 11:25 MOSCOW: Russian officials and the Orthodox church on Monday urged caution over calls in Turkey to alter the status of Hagia Sophia, the historic former cathedral in Istanbul. Turkey’s top court is debating … read more