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Kuwait swears in new government amid mounting crises

Kuwait’s new Cabinet was sworn in Wednesday, state-run media reported, weeks after the government quit amid a deepening deadlock with parliament that has blocked badly needed reforms in the tiny oil-rich Gulf Arab state. Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah swapped...

Intense preparation paves way for pontiff to meet ayatollah

In Iraq’s holiest city, a pontiff will meet a revered ayatollah and make history with a message of coexistence in a place plagued by bitter divisions. One is the chief pastor of the world-wide Catholic Church, the other a pre-eminent figure in Shiite Islam whose opinion holds powerful sway...

Iraq receives its first shipment of coronavirus vaccines

Iraq received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccines in the early hours of Tuesday morning. An Iraqi Air Force plane C-130 landed in Baghdad with 50,000 Sinopharm shots from China. Iraq is facing a second wave of the virus, with new daily case totals of more than 3,000 this week....