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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 ...

A man wearing a face mask crosses a street at Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis on March 18, 2020 shortly before a night curfew imposed to halt the spread of coronavirus. Tunisia has reported 24 coronavirus cases and while no deaths have been reported in the country, the virus has killed more than 6,000 worldwide. FETHI BELAID / AFP

March 25th, 2020 - 07:16 GMT

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Medical workers in protective gear tend to patients (Rear L and Rear R) on March 24, 2020 at the new COVID 3 level intensive care unit for coronavirus COVID-19 cases at the Casal Palocco hospital near Rome, during the country's lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of the COVID-19 (new coronavirus) pandemic. Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP

March 25th, 2020 - 07:11 GMT

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March 25th, 2020 - 07:07 GMT

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March 25th, 2020 - 06:55 GMT

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March 25th, 2020 - 06:49 GMT

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Boko Haram militant (Twitter)

March 25th, 2020 - 06:43 GMT

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March 25th, 2020 - 06:40 GMT

Hillary Clinton Urges Americans Not to Listen to Trump’s Advice on The Coronavirus Pandemic

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March 25th, 2020 - 06:28 GMT

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A woman walks wearing a mask to protect herself from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in front of a closed theater in Koreatown, Los Angeles, on March 21, 2020. All 40 million residents of California were on March 19 ordered to stay at home indefinitely in a bid to battle the coronavirus pandemic in the nation's most populous state. Apu GOMES / AFP

March 24th, 2020 - 12:33 GMT

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Salah was scheduled to begin a 17-month prison sentence on Wednesday over incitement charges. (AFP/File)

March 24th, 2020 - 12:25 GMT

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March 24th, 2020 - 12:10 GMT

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A worker disinfects the Royal Mummies Hall at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, on March 23, 2020. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

March 24th, 2020 - 11:46 GMT

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