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IMF agrees on $5.2B for Egypt as virus threatens economy

The International Monetary Fund said Friday it has reached an agreement with authorities in Egypt to allocate $5.2 billion to help the country cope with the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak. "This will safeguard the gains achieved by Egypt over the past three years and put...

Iran to stay open despite second wave fears

President Hassan Rouhani insisted Saturday that the country had no option but to keep its economy open despite warnings of a second wave of the epidemic that Rouhani claimed to have spawned from a wedding party in the country. Iran, which has been gradually relaxing its lockdown since...

'We want to breathe, too': solidarity from Iraq

Seventeen years after US troops invaded their country and eight months since protests engulfed their cities, Iraqis are sending solidarity, warnings and advice to demonstrators across America. Whether in Baghdad's Tahrir Square or on Twitter, Iraqis are closely watching the...