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Cargo Ship in Hormuz

May 3rd, 2026 - 09:03 GMT

Osama Ali

Small boats attack cargo ship near strait of Hormuz

ALBAWABA - According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations, several small boats attacked a cargo ship near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. This has raised new security worries in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. About 11 nautical miles west of the Iranian port city of Sirik, where the event happened, the ship's captain said that several small boats were coming up behind them and aiming at ...

Factory workers package disposable protective masks along a production line in Morocco's Casablanca on April 10, 2020, as the North African country increases mask production due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. FADEL SENNA / AFP

April 12th, 2020 - 06:13 GMT

Morocco Begins Manufacturing its Own Ventilators

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man wearing a protective mask, walks by carrying bags of shopping in the religious Israeli city of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, on April 06, 2020 during the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis. More than 7,000 cases of COVID-19, including 40 deaths, have been officially declared in Israel, half of which according to local media, are ultra-Orthodox Jews, prompting the Prime Minister on April 3, to give a green light for amry deployment in the city, considered the centre of the country's n

April 12th, 2020 - 06:06 GMT

Israel Bans Flights, Gatherings Until September

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April 11th, 2020 - 10:14 GMT

Almost 10,000 Brits Opted to Become EU Citizens After 2016 Brexit Vote

A man enters an underground passage in downtown Moscow on April 9, 2020, during the strict lockdown in Russia to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP

April 11th, 2020 - 09:54 GMT

Moscow Reports Coronavirus Growth All Over Russia

A worker using a scarf to cover his face as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus carries plants at nursery, in Kabul on April 5, 2020. WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP

April 11th, 2020 - 09:49 GMT

Why is Afghanistan’s Covid-19 Cases Remain Surprisingly Low?

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April 11th, 2020 - 09:44 GMT

US Officials Say Hundreds of Their Troops Will Remain in Iraq

A man walks past a popular public square, which was destroyed late 2017 in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition, in the capital Sanaa on April 9, 2020. The Saudi-led coalition began a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen's long war, saying it hoped the initiative to prevent coronavirus in the impoverished country would lead to a wider political solution. MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP

April 10th, 2020 - 08:00 GMT

Yemen Reports it's First Coronavirus Case

An officer of the municipal police (R), assisted by an instructor, pilots a DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise drone equipped with a thermal sensor for checking people's temperature on April 9, 2020 in Treviolo, near Bergamo, during the country's lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. Miguel MEDINA / AFP

April 9th, 2020 - 10:57 GMT

US Reports The 2nd Highest in Coronavirus Infections in The World

The Iraqi government announced the extension of the curfew to April 18 as part of actions taken by the authorities against the spread of the novel coronavirus. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

April 9th, 2020 - 10:53 GMT

Will Iraq’s 3rd PM-Designate Mustafa Kazemi be Able to Form a Government?

A member of Kurdish Internal Security wearing a protective mask stands guard as Kurdish Red Crescent medics check a passenger for COVID-19 symptoms upon arrival from the Syrian capital, at a mobile site just outside Syria's Qamishli airport in the northeastern Hasakeh province, on April 7, 2020. AFP/File

April 9th, 2020 - 09:54 GMT

Damascus Asks Moscow to Combat COVID-19 Spread in Syria

A man wearing a face mask amid concerns over the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus walks past a graffiti of wings in Tokyo on April 7, 2020. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will on April 7 declare a state of emergency in parts of the country, including Tokyo, over a spike in coronavirus infections. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

April 9th, 2020 - 09:42 GMT

Palestine's Gaza is Running out of Coronavirus Testing Tools

A boy stands in front of a graffiti painted by artist Kai 'Uzey' Wohlgemuth featuring a nurse as Superwoman on a wall in Hamm, western Germany, on April 8, 2020 refering to the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Ina FASSBENDER / AFP

April 9th, 2020 - 09:32 GMT

How Can Governments Reshape a Post-Coronavirus World?