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Italy

A file picture shows a crew member of the German NGO Sea-Eye migrant rescue ship ‘Alan Kurdi’ taking part in a training exercise off the North African coast in the western Mediterranean Sea. (REUTERS)

Migrant ships barred access to Italian ports because of coronavirus

Iraq

Anti-government protesters pass by a defaced picture of Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zurfi in Tahrir Square, Baghdad. (AP)

Iraq’s Shia parties seek to use Kazemi to topple PM-designate

Lebanon

Hezbollah 'commander' Ali Mohammed Younes. (Facebook)

Hezbollah member shot dead in southern Lebanon

tunisia

A February file picture of Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh speaking to parliament. (DPA)

Special powers offer Tunisian PM opportunity to tackle crisis, show mantle

US

OPEC sign outside the headquarters of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Austria. (Reuters)

Virtual OPEC meeting set after Trump talks with Saudi crown prince, Russian president

Mohammed Alkhereiji

Libya

Libyans wear protective masks, as part of precautionary measures against spread of COVID-19, as they stand in a queue at a bank in Misrata. (Reuters)

In Libya, more concern about pandemic than over ongoing war

Egypt

Workers are seen in a factory that produces sterilised surgical equipment and medical clothings in Sadat, Egypt, March 15. (Reuters)

Egypt steps up battle to prevent spread of COVID-19 pandemic

Sudan

President of the Sudanese Transitional Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (C) walks alongside military officers during an army exercise on the outskirts of the capital Khartoum, last October (AFP)

Khartoum should tackle its terrorist problem before it spins out of control

Mohamed Aboelfadl

Gulf

A nurse uses a swab to test the passenger of a car for COVID-19 at a drive-through verification centre in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi, April 2. (AFP)

Gulf nations introduce more measures as infection numbers rise

Mohammed Alkhereiji