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Iran, like wider Mideast, relies on deliveries amid pandemic

For some $15 a day, deliverymen don masks and gloves in Iran's capital to zip across its pandemic-subdued streets to drop off groceries and food for those sheltering at home from the virus. Like the wider Mideast, from skyscraper-studded Dubai to the narrow alleyways of Cairo, Iranians in...

Turkey to send medical, financial aid to Palestine

Turkey has accepted Palestine’s call for medical and financial assistance in the fight against the novel coronavirus, according to an official statement Thursday.  Turkey announced an aid package for Palestine during an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation...

Iran reopens parks, further easing virus-linked curbs

Iran reopened parks and recreational areas Wednesday, pressing ahead with measures to ease its coronavirus curbs despite one of the worst outbreaks of the disease in the Middle East. Ninety four people died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours raising the overall toll to 5,391, Health...