Новости за 18.11.2020

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday reopened their land border for the first time in 30 years, with closer trade ties between the two countries irking allies of Riyadh's rival, Tehran.

LALISH,  Iraq — Yazidis crowned a new spiritual leader on Wednesday at their holiest site of Lalish in northern Iraq, nearly two months after the death of the minority’s top cleric.

BERLIN — German police on Wednesday used water cannon and pepper spray to disperse thousands of unmasked protesters at a demonstration in central Berlin against government measures to curb the spread of coronavirus.

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday departed for Abu Dhabi to participate in a trilateral summit slated for Wednesday, with Bahrain King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, and Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi and the deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

AMMAN — Any hospitals or individuals that are financially affected by Defence Order No. 23 are entitled to request compensation under the law, Jordan Bars Association (JBA) President Mazen Irsheidat told The Jordan Times on Tuesday over the phone.

AMMAN — Three people were arrested on Tuesday on charges of possessing illegal narcotics and weapons in Irbid.

PARIS — The publication of police officers' faces unless blurred could become illegal in France, under legislation debated in parliament Tuesday and which critics say risks discouraging attempts to document abuses of authority.

GENEV — The United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday that thousands of people were fleeing northern Ethiopia's conflict-torn Tigray region and the border area with Sudan now faced a full-blown refugee emergency.

WASHINGTON — Two months before he is due to leave office, President Donald Trump asked top aides about the possibility of striking Iran's nuclear facilities, The New York Times reported on Monday.

WASHINGTON — US biotech firm Moderna on Monday announced its experimental vaccine against COVID-19 was almost 95 per cent effective, marking a second major breakthrough in the quest to end the pandemic.