Tag: Middle East

Wars improve air quality in the Middle East

AUGUST 25 (Reuters) — Amid the increase in death, displacement and overall chaos in the Middle East over the past five years.. Professor Jos Lelieveld of the Max-Planck Institute, says he has spotted one area where statistics indicate a decrease. He says, air pollution has declined significantly. Using satellite data Lelieveld says he’s found that the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East is drastically decreasing the level of air pollutants across the region. The findings […]

Kerry says Iran nuclear deal will make Egypt, Middle East region, safer

(Reuters) — A nuclear deal signed between Iran and world powers last month will boost security in Egypt and the Middle East region, the U.S. Secretary of State said in Cairo on Sunday (August 2). “There can be absolutely no question that if the Vienna plan, fully implemented, it will make Egypt and all the countries of this region safer than they otherwise would be,” said John Kerry, during the first “strategic dialogue” talks between […]

South Korean President visits quarantine hospital with MERS cases; authorities confirm 4th MERS fatality

JUNE 5 (Reuters) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye visited the National Medical Center in Seoul on Friday (June 5) where Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) patients are being hospitalized. The government has promised to do everything it can to end the outbreak which began in South Korea last month when an infected South Korean man brought it back from a business trip to the Middle East. Park met medical workers who wore personal protected […]

Saudi Arabia announces jump in new cases of deadly MERS virus

(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has confirmed seven new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), adding up to 36 infections in five days, a sudden increase of a disease that kills about a third of the people infected and has no cure. MERS, a SARS-like novel coronavirus that emerged in Saudi Arabia two years ago, has infected 231 people in the kingdom, of whom 76 have died, the Health Ministry said on its website. Meanwhile, another cluster of cases […]