Egypt’s famed writer Nawal el-Saadawi, who died Sunday aged 89, spent a lifetime vexing politicians and clerics with her fight against the oppression of women and religious taboos. The author of over 55 books—as well as physician and psychiatrist—was briefly jailed by the late...

Saudi Arabia’s state-backed oil giant Aramco announced Sunday that its profits nearly halved in 2020 to $49 billion, a big drop that came as the coronavirus pandemic roiled global energy markets. Saudi Arabian Oil Co. released its annual financial results a year after the pandemic...

At least seven civilians were killed after more than six rockets launched by Syrian regime forces hit a hospital in Syria’s Aleppo on Sunday, a war monitor said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the hospital is located in the town of Atarib, reports dpa news...

Occupancy in intensive care units in quarantine centers has reached maximum capacity in Yemen because of a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus cases in recent days, Yemen’s health minister said on Friday.  Authorities are dealing with a shortage of intensive care...