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Yemen's Houthi rebels say launch missile, drone attacks on Saudi Arabia

Yemen's Houthi rebels said on Monday that they launched missile and drone attacks toward the southwest of Saudi Arabia, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The attacks

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Is Turkey entrenching itself in Yemen amid escalating strife with UAE?

Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, in 2012. /Reuters As Turkey relishes the outcomes of recent mi

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Roundup: Iran's COVID-19 cases surpass 250,000; WHO to open office in Turkey's Istanbul

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Iran surpassed 250,000 on Thursday as the pandemic continued unabated in the country. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WH

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Iran records highest daily COVID-19 deaths; Saudi Arabia's coronavirus death toll passes 2,000

People wearing face masks walk beside Chitgar Lake in Tehran, Iran, July 5, 2020. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua) Iran on Tuesday recorded the highest single-day COVID-19 death toll of 200. Meanw

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (July 5)

BEIJING, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.Zhang Xin holds inactivated samples for nucleic acid te

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Roundup: Iran's COVID-19 cases exceed 230,000; Turkey's tally surpasses 200,000

Iran's total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeded 230,000 on Wednesday, while the tally of coronavirus cases in Turkey surpassed 200,000. Iran reported 2,549 ne

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Saudi-led coalition accuses Houthi militias of launching drone attack

The Saudi-led coalition involved in a war in Yemen announced on Monday that the Houthi militias targeted the kingdom with bomb-laden drones. Turki Al Maliki, the coali

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Roundup: Iran's COVID-19 cases surpass 195,000; Turkey's tally exceeds 182,000

Iran reported 2,612 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking the total number in the country to 195,051. Meanwhile, Turkey's tally reached 182,727. Sima Sadat Lari, s

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Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for drone attack on Saudi airport

Yemen's Houthi rebels on Tuesday claimed responsibility for drone attacks on a military airport in the Saudi Arabian border city of Khamis Mushait. "The attack was car

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Iran's COVID-19 cases nudge 190,000; Chinese medical team visits Palestinian refugee camp

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Iran on Monday nudged 190,000. Meanwhile, a Chinese medical team visited a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Iran, which has re-emerged as the

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Saudi-led coalition launches over 20 airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen's Marib: sources

SANAA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen launched more than 20 airstrikes on the Houthi rebel sites in the Yemeni central province of Marib on Saturday, two local governme

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Yemen: Saudi-led coalition launches airstrikes on Houthi positions

Yemen's Houthi militia said the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen launched 14 airstrikes on their positions on Thursday.The group's al-Masirah TV station reported four airstrikes on Haradh district in the

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Turkey's COVID-19 cases top 155,000; Iran's tally crosses 133,000

A man gets his body temperature checked at the entrance of a shopping mall in Ankara, Turkey, on May 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Mustafa Kaya)--Turkey's COVID-19 cases hit 155,686 with 4,308 deaths;--Saudi Arab

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UN envoy calls on Yemeni rival parties to forgo war, focus on COVID-19

The site of air strikes in the northwestern Huthi-held city of Saada, January 6, 2018. /AFP As countries across the world are fighting the coronavirus pandemic, Yemen's warring factions are s

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Yemen's health system 'has in effect collapsed' as COVID spreads: U.N.

The new coronavirus is believed to be spreading throughout Yemen where the health care system “has in effect collapsed”, the United Nations said on Friday, appealing fo

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Coronavirus Watch in Mideast: Turkey's COVID-19 cases surpass 152,000 as Iran's tally nudges 127,000

Parents help their son put on a mask on a street in Ankara, Turkey, on May 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Mustafa Kaya)--Turkey's daily new cases fall below 1,000 with 152,587 in total;--Iran's tally hits 126,949

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Yemen could face "catastrophic" food shortages amid coronavirus outbreak, FAO warns

Yemen, the west-Asian country already hobbled by five years of military conflict, could face "catastrophic" food shortages due to supply problems connected to the globa