Government And Politics
Iran France Protest
Iran parliament speaker contracts virus as infections surge
Iran’s parliament speaker says he has tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a growing list of Iranian officials infected in the Middle East’s worst outbreak
Satellite photos show construction at Iran nuclear site
Satellite photos show Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility
Egyptians vote in second day of parliamentary elections
Egyptians on Sunday trickled into polling stations on the second day of voting for the country’s parliamentary election amid a slight uptick in daily recorded coronavirus cases
Turkey extends controversial Mediterranean gas exploration
Turkey says it is extending a gas exploration mission in the eastern Mediterranean that has caused tensions with Greece in recent months
Israelis press ahead with weekly anti-Netanyahu protests
Thousands of Israelis have demonstrated outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding the Israeli leader’s resignation
Egypt's parliamentary vote likely to tighten leader's grip
Egyptians have begun voting in the first stage of a parliamentary election, in a vote that is highly likely to produce a toothless lower chamber packed with supporters of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi
Iran Virus Outbreak
Bloated public salaries at heart of Iraq's economic woes
Iraq's government is struggling to pay the salaries of its public sector employees, its coffers drained because of this year's plunge in oil prices