Arab and International

The U.S. suffered its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic yet, with nearly 2,000 deaths between Tuesday and Wednesday. The death toll now stands at 12,914, according to NBC News’ tally on Wednesday morning. It is worth noting…

Hezbollah Secretary General His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, on Tuesday night, slammed the western capitalism’s “monstrous decadence in humanity and morality” in handling the Coronavirus crisis and their treatment of the elderly,…

The head of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah says the occupying Israeli regime is feeling an existential threat to its political survival. “At the time being, there exists a usurping entity in the occupied Palestine,…

Not a single person died of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in mainland China over the past 24 hours, the first such day since January, according to China’s state health committee. The state committee said 32 new cases of…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday wished British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a speedy recovery from the coronavirus, saying his “optimism and sense of humor” would help him get better. “I would like to express my sincere…

Two elderly South Korean coronavirus patients recovered from severe pneumonia after being treated with plasma from survivors, researchers said Tuesday, offering hope in the face of the global pandemic. Scientists have pointed to the…

Israeli occupation forces renewed on Tuesday targeting Palestinian farmers in the besieged southern and northern Gaza Strip. The Palestinian News Agency, Ma’an, reported that the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian…

Government forces in Libya say Emirati drones have carried out two airstrikes in support of Libyan rebels near the city of Sirte. Mustafa al-Mujie, a spokesman for Libyan government forces, told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday that…

The American-led international coalition forces decided on Tuesday to withdraw from the “Abu Ghraib” military base north of Baghdad, and hand them over to the Iraqi forces in the coming hours. Alsumaria News website stated that “Abu…

The US military has so far recorded 2,528 cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a rise of around 800 since Friday, the Department of Defence announced on Monday. The numbers of deaths in the US military from the virus now stands…

The worldwide number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus rose to 70,009 on Monday, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT from official sources. More than 1,277,580 declared cases have been registered in 191 countries…

Yomiuri newspaper said on Sunday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will declare a state of emergency, due to the Corona virus on Tuesday, and is likely to announce plans to do so Monday. Under a law that was amended in March to…

Ramallah government spokesperson Ibrahim Melhem reported that 3 new injuries were reported in Bedouin, northwest of al-Quds, and Sa’ir, northeast of Hebron, bringing the number of injuries recorded in Palestine to 237. The spokesman…

The UAE government has formally requested the postponement of World Expo 2020 Dubai, the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) said in a statement on Saturday. This decision for the delay has been taken due to the impact of the…

US President Donald Trump has warned there will be “a lot of death” in the weeks ahead over the coronavirus outbreak while blasting local media outlets for “spreading false rumors” and creating “fear” and “panic” among people.…

The number of American sailors tested positive so far for the coronavirus on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier has surged 13 percent to 155 within the past 24 hours, the US Navy has confirmed amid the sacking of the warship’s…

Dozens of Palestinians suffocated, including children and women, during confrontations with the Zionist enemy forces in the town of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya Governorate, in the occupied West Bank. According to the coordinator of the…

Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector shrank in March at its fastest rate on record as emergency measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak dealt a heavy blow to business, a survey showed on Sunday. The seasonally adjusted…

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has lashed out at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for accusing "Iranian diplomats" of involvement in an alleged "assassination" in Turkey last November. "Undisputed fact: US "diplomats" have long been in…

The Indian newspaper, "The Lede", accused the UAE government of hiding the true numbers of people infected with coronavirus, noting that Kerala state recorded 63 cases with Coronavirus during Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, including 44 cases…

Over the past few days, the international and regional media unprecedentedly reported that the US plans attacks on Iraq’s Public Mobilization Forces (PMF), a voluntary force constitutionally part of the Iraqi Armed Forces. The…

Spain’s health ministry said on Thursday that death toll from coronavirus surpassed the 10,000 after a record 950 people died overnight. The country’s total death toll caused by the coronavirus outbreak was 10,003 while the number of…

American human rights expert and peace activist says the United States is basically telling Venezuela, “We'll stop killing you, we’ll stop sanctioning you during a pandemic if you do what we tell you to do in terms of having new…

The US is facing a hunger crisis as the worsening coronavirus pandemic cripples the economy and triggers the highest unemployment on record, forcing an unprecedented number of Americans to resort to food banks for emergency supplies,…

Whiting Petroleum Corp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the US shale producer said on Wednesday, the first publicly traded casualty of crashing crude oil prices that are expected to bite into record US output. Whiting was once the…

Russia accused the West on Thursday of trying to take advantage of Venezuela’s difficulties during the coronavirus outbreak to depose the Maduro government. “Unfortunately, we see that a number of countries are still guided by the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday prolonged until April 30 a non-working period across the country to try and stem the coronavirus outbreak. Russia, which has reported 3,548 cases and 30 deaths, has already imposed a partial…

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message criticized the US for promoting lies, assassinations, and cheats, saying that Iran starts no war. "Don’t be mislead by usual warmongers, AGAIN, @realDonaldTrump: Iran…

When America has recovered from the coronavirus crisis and people are back to work, Rep. Adam B. Schiff thinks Congress should consider a 9/11-style independent commission to examine why the nation was so unprepared for the pandemic.…

The number of cases of coronavirus in Spain surpassed 100,000 on Wednesday while the number of fatalities reported overnight reached a new record, the country’s health ministry said. The number of cases rose to 102,136 on Wednesday up…