Jordanian security forces arrested prominent members of the opposition-led teachers union on Saturday, raided their offices and closed it for two years, intensifying a confrontation with a group that has become a major source of dissent. Prosecutors accused Nasser Nawasreh, the acting head of the Jordanian Teachers Union, of inciting …
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Iran’s judiciary has said passengers on the country’s Mahan Air plane “harassed” by a US fighter jet over Syria can sue the “terrorist” U.S military for damages in the Iranian courts. Iranian media said on Friday that several passengers on the flight from Tehran to Beirut were injured on Thursday …
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Turkey and Greece have exchanged harsh words about Hagia Sophia’s conversion of Istanbul into a mosque, a day after Islamic prayers at the ancient site for the first time in 90 years. Relations between NATO allies Ankara and Athens have been awkward in recent months, but tensions have recently escalated …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – HSBC on Saturday denied Chinese media reports of having “framed” Huawei Technologies and played a role in the arrest of the chief financial officer (CFO) of the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker. FILE PHOTO: HSBC Headquarters lights up in Hong Kong’s Central Business District on November 3, …
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(Reuters) – Nearly 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections in the past week, about double the number it did the week before, according to a Reuters count showing a rebound in the pandemic in every region of the world. FILE PHOTO: A nurse works inside a …
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