Turkish president slams Egypt-Greece deal, drilling resumes

Turkey’s president has called a new maritime deal between Greece and Egypt “worthless” and says his country is resuming its disputed oil and gas exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean

Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways posts $758M in half-year losses

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways says core operating losses amounted to $758 million for the first half of the year, driven by a nearly 40% drop in revenue due in part to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic

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Egypt, Sudan suspend talks with Ethiopia over disputed dam

Egypt and Sudan have suspended talks with Ethiopia after it proposed linking a deal on its newly constructed reservoir and hydroelectric dam to a broader agreement about the Blue Nile waters that would replace a colonial-era accord with Britain

Virus lockdown shuts Kashmir year after autonomy is stripped

Authorities are enforcing security restrictions in many parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir on the first anniversary of New Delhi’s decision to revoke the disputed region’s semi-autonomy

Emirati nuclear plant successfully starts up first reactor

A nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates has successfully started up its first reactor

Asia Today: India, Philippines ease rules; Bali reopens

India has added another record surge in virus cases as the government decided to lift a nighttime curfew in force since March

Indian police say tainted liquor kills at least 21 people

Indian police say that at least 21 people have died in a northern state over the past three days after drinking tainted alcohol

Highways raise alarm in Cairo's historic City of the Dead

Egypt's government is building two new highways through Cairo's City of the Dead, a sprawling set of cemeteries that date back centuries

Very different, symbolic hajj in Saudi Arabia amid virus

Muslim pilgrims wearing face masks and moving in small groups after days in isolation have begun arriving to Islam's holiest site in Mecca for the start of a unique and scaled-down hajj experience reshaped by the coronavirus pandemic