Israel will impose a partial national lockdown next week to battle a coronavirus infection surge, the head of its pandemic task force said Thursday, shouting his exasperation in an emotional television address. The health official, Ronni Gamzu, said Israel was facing a "pivotal moment" in...

 Lebanon’s army said on Thursday it had found 4.35 tonnes of ammonium nitrate near the entrance to Beirut port, the site of a huge blast last month caused by a large stockpile of the same highly explosive chemical. Army engineers were “dealing with it,” according to an army...

Thousands of Moroccans who once crossed into Spanish enclaves on the North African coast to work every day are struggling after six months of border closures due to coronavirus restrictions. "Everything is at a standstill," said 43-year-old Mohamed Bouhlal, who worries how to pay his rent....

Tunisian Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi said on Thursday his country needs social and political stability to deal with the challenges it is facing, voicing a better tomorrow for his country because of its "culture of freedom and democracy". Ghannouchi, who heads Ennahda Movement, made...