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Apr 06, 2020
The world's strongmen are reverting to their standard playbook to project an aura of control. It's a risky strategy for a chaotic crisis.
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Apr 03, 2020
Britain has long offered public guidance on when to deny lifesaving treatment but has hesitated with the coronavirus. Many worry that decisions may harm the poor, the aged and people with disabilities.
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Apr 03, 2020
Britain has long offered public guidance on when to deny lifesaving treatment but has hesitated with the coronavirus. Many worry that decisions may harm the poor, the aged and people with disabilities.
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Apr 01, 2020
Democratic leaders cautioned the president privately that he must consult lawmakers before taking military action.
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Apr 01, 2020
Iran, devastated by the coronavirus, is asking the U.S. to lift sanctions on humanitarian grounds. U.S. officials say sanctions aren't to blame; Iran is.
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Apr 01, 2020
Iran, devastated by the coronavirus, is asking the U.S. to lift sanctions on humanitarian grounds. U.S. officials say sanctions aren't to blame; Iran is.
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Apr 01, 2020
Scientists have persuaded Britons and Israelis to fill out questionnaires about their health, to get ahead of the coronavirus by getting resources to the right place. The U.S. is next.
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Mar 30, 2020
Failure to comply with government restrictions is causing the coronavirus to spread in ultra-Orthodox communities up to eight times faster than elsewhere in Israel.
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Mar 30, 2020
The pandemic has closed holy sites across the globe, but virtual reality is providing worshipers a digital window into ceremonies during touchstone holidays.
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Mar 29, 2020
Iraq depends on oil revenues, which have plummeted. The country is so desperate it is asking for donations to help it weather the pandemic.
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Mar 29, 2020
The broader struggle for women's equality may be lagging in Egypt, but six women dominate the field of lion taming in the country.
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Mar 27, 2020
The Trump administration cited interference by Houthi rebels. But humanitarian groups and some Democrats asked for a delay because of the pandemic.
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Mar 27, 2020
A secret Pentagon directive orders planning to try to destroy a militia group backed by Iran, but America's top general in Iraq cautions of the risks.
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Mar 27, 2020
Efforts to hold Saudi officials accountable for the killing of the dissident journalist continue, but any punishment appears unlikely.
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Mar 26, 2020
Citing the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Gantz, who nearly defeated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three straight elections, said he would explore a "national emergency government."
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Mar 26, 2020
The move paved the way for Mr. Gantz to sit in an emergency unity government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and broke up his centrist Blue and White party.
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Mar 25, 2020
When an emergency medical team had a break, they stopped to pray, one member facing Mecca and the other Jerusalem. A photo of it struck a chord.
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Mar 25, 2020
The resignation of Yuli Edelstein, an ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's, will allow opposition lawmakers to take control of the legislative process.
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Mar 25, 2020
The dissident Saudi writer was killed in his country's Istanbul consulate in 2018. But the Turkish case is unlikely to come to trial.
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Mar 25, 2020
The resignation of Yuli Edelstein, an ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will allow opposition lawmakers to take control of the legislative process.
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Mar 24, 2020
Apartments facing the Mediterranean are in high demand among expatriates and well-heeled locals.
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Mar 23, 2020
The biennial exercise, called Native Fury, shows the close ties between American forces and the U.A.E.
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Mar 23, 2020
Tracking entire populations to combat the pandemic now could open the doors to more invasive forms of government snooping later.
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Mar 22, 2020
Critics accuse Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a "coup d'état" under the cover of the coronavirus. He says he is saving lives.
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Mar 22, 2020
As scientists and politicians struggle for a response to the coronavirus, many people are turning to faith. But some practices raise public health concerns.
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Mar 22, 2020
In northwestern Syria, children forced from their homes cannot remember a normal life. Volunteer teachers are trying to give them one.
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Mar 22, 2020
The future role of the American Embassy in Kabul is tied to the fate of the peace process and a military withdrawal, even as violence continues.
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Mar 21, 2020
Sharp debates among top administration aides reveal divisions in how to confront Iran and its Shiite militia proxies in Iraq.
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Mar 21, 2020
Roland Marchal has been imprisoned in Iran since June on national security charges. France reportedly freed an Iranian engineer wanted in the United States over alleged sanctions violations.
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Mar 21, 2020
Mohammed bin Salman was the sixth son of the 25th son of a king — in short, a man seemingly destined for obscurity. It didn't work out that way.
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Mar 21, 2020
Sharp debates among top administration aides reveal divisions in how to confront Iran and its Shiite militia proxies in Iraq.
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Mar 20, 2020
Arms sales to Middle Eastern allies that were meant to shore up American jobs are supplying the bombs that have killed thousands of civilians in Yemen. How responsible is the U.S. government?
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Mar 19, 2020
Demonstrators, defying coronavirus fears, took to a main highway into Jerusalem to condemn what they say are antidemocratic moves by the prime minister since his March 2 election defeat.
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Mar 19, 2020
In devastated northwestern Syria, the coronavirus may already be spreading in packed displacement camps, and the international response is weeks behind.
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Mar 19, 2020
Amer Fakhoury had been held in Beirut on decades-old charges. Separately, Michael R. White, a U.S. Navy veteran and cancer patient, was released from an Iranian prison.
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Mar 19, 2020
Demonstrators, defying coronavirus fears, took to a main highway into Jerusalem to condemn what they say are antidemocratic moves by the prime minister since his March 2 election defeat.
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Mar 18, 2020
Hospitals will soon be overwhelmed with patients they can't treat properly, doctors say, because of the British government's mishandling of the pandemic.
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Mar 18, 2020
Hillel Furstenberg, 84, and Gregory Margulis, 74, both retired professors, share the mathematics equivalent of a Nobel Prize.
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Mar 18, 2020
Israel's prime minister has shut down the courts and ordered the government to track people by their cellphone data in the name of fighting an epidemic.
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Mar 17, 2020
President Hassan Rouhani has been severely criticized for not acting forcefully against the epidemic. Now he and the military, newly empowered to intervene, are fighting over control.
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Mar 16, 2020
The service cuts are major, but you can still get from here to there if you need to.
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Mar 16, 2020
A few of the hundreds of thousands displaced by the fighting are trickling back. But few, if any, say they believe the quiet will last.
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Mar 16, 2020
The information, intended for use in counterterrorism, would help identify people who have crossed paths with known patients.
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Mar 15, 2020
In a first, all 15 members of the combined slate of predominantly Arab parties joined lawmakers from Jewish parties in recommending Mr. Gantz over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Mar 15, 2020
Nations across the world have imposed travel restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Here, the current list of countries limiting entry.
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Mar 15, 2020
In a first, all 15 members of the combined slate of predominantly Arab parties joined lawmakers from Jewish parties in recommending Mr. Gantz over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Mar 15, 2020
Opponents accuse the embattled Israeli prime minister of exploiting the health emergency to save himself politically.
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Mar 14, 2020
Nations across the world have imposed travel restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Here, the current list of countries limiting entry.
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Mar 14, 2020
Women in the conservative kingdom are finding they have to negotiate with their relatives newly granted permissions to work, drive and travel.
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Mar 13, 2020
Iran has one of the world's largest concentrations of the coronavirus. Iraq has had few cases, and wants to keep it that way. Things can get testy.
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Mar 13, 2020
Iraqi officers said that the retaliatory strikes against pro-Iranian militias instead hit regular forces, police officers and a civilian.
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Mar 13, 2020
The country is winding down an aggressive two-week operation to move tens of thousands of migrants to its frontiers. But relations with Greece and Europe have suffered.
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Mar 13, 2020
Amid a yearlong political and legal imbroglio, a deadly contagion may give Israel's embattled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a new lease on political life.
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Mar 13, 2020
Iraqi officers said that the retaliatory strikes against pro-Iranian militias instead hit regular forces, police officers and a civilian.
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Mar 13, 2020
A Turkish court sentenced each man to 125 years in jail for the death of five refugees, including Alan Kurdi, 2, whose body washed up on a beach.
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Mar 12, 2020
American warplanes hit weapons storage facilities in southern Iraq in a strike intended to destroy rockets like the ones fired at U.S. and British troops on Wednesday.
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Mar 12, 2020
American warplanes hit militia weapons storage facilities in southern Iraq in a strike designed to destroy rockets like those fired at U.S. and British troops.
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Mar 12, 2020
The attack in Taji on Wednesday involved about 30 rockets, more than a dozen of which hit the base, killing three service members.
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Mar 12, 2020
"Let me be clear: The United States will not tolerate attacks against our people, our interests or our allies," Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said.
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Mar 12, 2020
Netanyahu could be ousted if Jewish lawmakers accept Arab support. But to many Israelis, that is unthinkable.
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Mar 11, 2020
Rockets struck Camp Taji where Iraqi, American and other coalition troops are based. Hours later coalition airstrikes targeted Iranian- backed groups.
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Mar 10, 2020
It was a marriage of convenience based on oil. When it came apart, it sent the markets reeling.
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Mar 09, 2020
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman seemed to be keeping a low profile. Then he detained senior members of the royal family and started an oil price war.
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Mar 09, 2020
Egyptian officials insist that it's safe to visit. But on Monday, tourists in the ancient city of Luxor were confined to their hotels as doctors tested for the virus.
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Mar 09, 2020
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman seemed to be keeping a low profile. Then he detained senior members of the royal family and started an oil price war.
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Mar 09, 2020
They were clearing a large, well-defended cave complex alongside Iraqi counterterrorism forces in a mountainous northern area of the country, officials said.
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Mar 09, 2020
They were clearing a large, well-defended cave complex alongside Iraqi counterterrorism forces in mountains near Makhmur, officials said.
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Mar 09, 2020
They were clearing a large, well-defended cave complex alongside Iraqi counterterrorism forces in mountains near Makhmur, officials said.
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Mar 08, 2020
Russia on Friday rejected an agreement with OPEC on cuts in oil supplies to bolster prices.
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Mar 08, 2020
The action comes after Russia on Friday rejected an agreement with OPEC on cuts in oil supplies to bolster prices.
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Mar 08, 2020
This year, several museums in the United States will feature works by Iranian artists in exile.
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Mar 08, 2020
The move comes after an OPEC meeting on Friday with Russia failed to agree on cuts in oil production.
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Mar 07, 2020
The arrests have raised questions about whether the crown prince was on the verge of taking full power from his father, King Salman.
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Mar 07, 2020
The latest wave of arrests has raised questions about whether the crown prince was on the verge of taking full power from his father, King Salman.
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Mar 07, 2020
The decision will appease protesters who have clamored for the government to prioritize domestic concerns. But it does little to solve the nation's financial woes.
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Mar 06, 2020
The sudden surge of cases stoked growing fears among a nervous Egyptian public of a much larger number of infections than their government has either detected or declared.
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Mar 06, 2020
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has detained a brother of the king, a former crown prince and a cousin, a sign of how fully he has consolidated power.
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Mar 06, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Syria's war ended up in Idlib city. But with the front line just five miles away, the city may not be a refuge much longer.
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Mar 06, 2020
The head of the World Health Organization said it was "not a time for excuses," but some countries have been busily exchanging blame.
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Mar 06, 2020
Accusations against Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum of Dubai were validated in a child custody case.
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Mar 05, 2020
Accusations that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum of Dubai imprisoned two grown daughters and threatened one of his many wives were validated in a child custody case.
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Mar 05, 2020
As President Vladimir V. Putin welcomed Turkey's leader to Moscow, his primary goal is to protect his long-term project of dividing NATO.
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Mar 05, 2020
As President Vladimir V. Putin welcomes Turkey's leader to Moscow, his primary goal is to protect his long-term project of dividing NATO.
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Mar 04, 2020
Arab lawmakers won a record number of seats in Israel's election, even as the Israeli right also made gains.
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Mar 04, 2020
The prospect of yet another failure to form a government raises questions about the functioning of Israeli democracy and has lit a fire under politicians, who are desperate to avoid further stalemate.
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Mar 04, 2020
Prosecutors said a contractor shared the names of informants — among the government's most closely held secrets — to a Lebanese man with ties to an Iran-backed group.
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Mar 04, 2020
A meeting of oil ministers is trying to agree to cuts in output as the coronavirus outbreak slows economic activity.
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Mar 04, 2020
The Israeli prime minister's fervent base can make President Trump's look pallid. And they don't care that he has been charged with corruption.
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Mar 04, 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu is looking for defectors to build a majority, but his opponents are holding fast, determined to see him off into retirement.
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Mar 04, 2020
President Trump was weighing more restrictions on travelers arriving from abroad. The U.S. death toll rose to nine, including two who died last week and were later confirmed to have been infected.
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Mar 03, 2020
So far, the evidence suggests that Iran's recent actions are calculated to pressure the Trump administration and Europe rather than rushing for a bomb.
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Mar 03, 2020
The Israeli prime minister's fervent base can make President Trump's look pallid. And they don't care that he has been charged with corruption.
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Mar 03, 2020
President Trump was weighing more restrictions on travelers arriving from other countries. In Italy and Iran, cases and deaths rose sharply.
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Mar 03, 2020
President Trump is weighing more restrictions on travelers arriving from other countries. Abroad, cases and deaths in Italy and Iran rose sharply.
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Mar 03, 2020
The earliest known U.S. fatality raised the death toll, as the cases and deaths also jumped in Iran and Italy. Iran said it would release 54,000 prison inmates to curb the spread of the virus.
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Mar 03, 2020
With the virus spreading and epidemics in Iran, Italy and South Korea showing no signs of slowing, governments worked to devise plans to combat the pathogen without causing widespread social disruption and economic upheaval.
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Mar 03, 2020
Iranian leaders once predicted the coronavirus epidemic ravaging China would not affect their country. Now Iran has among the most coronavirus deaths outside China, and Iranian medical workers have been told to keep quiet.
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Mar 03, 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu has a narrow lead in Israel's third general election in year, but he still might not be able to form a government.
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Mar 03, 2020
Washington State reported a sixth death from the virus, and a new case in New York suggested that the illness was spreading locally.
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Mar 03, 2020
The U.S. is ramping up testing as officials in Washington State reported a sixth death from the virus.
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