Arab and International

Amid fears that the coronavirus will carve a deadly path through prisons and jails, counties and states are releasing thousands of inmates — New Jersey alone began freeing hundreds of people this week — and the federal prison system is coming under ...

Several rockets fell near the US Embassy in Iraq, in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraqi media reported on Thursday. Security sources told ” Baghdad Today” that three rockets landed inside the green zone, and no and no damage or casualties were reporte...

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced Wednesday evening that new cases of coronavirus have been reported. “The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip is keen to inform our people of important information and with high transparency, that s...

A manager of an Iranian knowledge-based company says their domestically-developed coronavirus diagnostic test kits are ready to be put to the market, adding that the firm is fairly capable of providing 80,000 kits on a weekly basis to the laboratorie...

The novel coronavirus has infected over 395,647 people and killed at least 17,159 worldwide. Europe and the Americas are the new epicenter of the pandemic, with the US the third-hardest-hit country after China and Italy. New York has the largest n...

Echoing his appeal on 23 March to all warring parties across the globe for a ceasefire, the UN Secretary-General calls today on those fighting in Yemen to immediately cease hostilities, focus on reaching a negotiated political settlement and do ever...

US President Donald Trump on Monday said his administration is looking at ways to ease economic restrictions it stressed just days earlier even as the US braces for a jump in coronavirus cases and states tighten restrictions on people and businesses...

The novel coronavirus has infected over 395,647 people and killed at least 17,159 worldwide. Europe and the Americas are the new epicenter of the pandemic, with the US the third-hardest-hit country after China and Italy. New York has the largest n...

A military source in Syria Arab Army confirmed on Monday evening that the air defenses were able to confront hostile missiles tried to target the Hmeimim airbase “Air defenses responded to some drones were flying over The Hmeimim Base in Jabala,” SA...

The number of deaths and hospital admissions due to the coronavirus infection across Iran has decreased, President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday. In an address to a session of the Coronavirus Battle National Headquarters, Rouhani said the hospital adm...

Foreign Minister, Hisham Sharaf Abdullah, praised the invitation of the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Monday evening, to a ceasefire between any countries or parties to a conflict around the world. In a statement, the Foreig...

Nine Russian Aerospace Forces’ aircraft have delivered equipment and around 100 military experts to Italy to help it fight the coronavirus, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday. “Nine Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospac...

The number of coronavirus infections in the Zionist entity surpassed 1200 on Monday, with Israeli government holding a meeting on the possibility of tightening the lockdown. Israeli Health Ministry on Monday morning announced that the number of inf...

The Ministry of Health in Egypt decided to close a private hospital after the hospital’s intensive care doctor was infected with the emerging coronavirus. According to the site “The Seventh Day”, Al-Shorouk Hospital in Al-Haram area in Giza said: “I...

The Israeli ocuporces killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian media reported on Monday. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, a Palestinian was martyred when the Israeli forces opened fire in the Nai’lin regi...

Donald Trump has sent a letter to Kim Jong Un detailing a plan to develop ties, state media reported citing the North Korean leader’s powerful sister, but she warned their good personal relationship is not enough, as a hiatus in disarmament talks dr...

There are more than 300,000 declared cases of the new coronavirus around the world, according to an AFP tally on Sunday at 0900 GMT. At least 300,097 infections have been confirmed globally, including 12,895 deaths, in 169 countries and territories...

Palestinian health officials said Sunday that the first two cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed in the densely populated Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that medical confirmed that two Palestinians who had travelle...

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says social distancing will continue for two or three weeks as the coronavirus outbreak in the country is expected to slow down by then.   Social distancing measures to stop the outbreak of the coronavirus in th...

Morocco’s Ministry of Health has reported nine new cases of coronavirus (Covid- 19), bringing the total to 86. “Nine new cases of (Covid-19) have been reported, bringing the total to 86,” the Moroccan Health Ministry said in a statement. Morocco ha...