Arab and International

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

"As Iranians are ravaged by the coronavirus, the U.S. is complicit in their death. This is a crime against humanity." "How evil and heartless can this government get?" peace activist Medea Benjamin asked Wednesday after the…

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.…

The prisoners reportedly contracted the virus after contact with an Israeli investigator who had COVID-19, a rights group has said Israeli authorities have informed Palestinians held at the Megiddo prison in Israel that four…

European stock markets opened sharply higher on Friday as more central banks adopted monetary and fiscal measures to deal with the economic downturn as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. Stocks in London jumped in early trading with…

The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus doubled in a week to more than 10,000 on Friday, led by large jumps in Italy, Iran and Spain, and increasing the urgency for governments all over the world to contain the pandemic.…

The novel coronavirus has spread rapidly outside of China since its first known case in December 2019, ravaging markets and establishing itself as a global threat. Various companies, governments, and health authorities have put into…

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said his country is to extend its lockdown measures further due to the virus. Imposed nationally on 12 March, the shutdown of most businesses and a ban on public gatherings in Italy, the…

A Palestinian youth was wounded on Thursday by the Zionist enemy forces east of the town of Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. The agency “Safa”, quoting a medical source in the Indonesian Hospital, said that the enemy soldiers fired…

World Health Organization (WHO) has accused countries in the Arab region of not providing them with sufficient information about new infections of the Coronavirus, “Covid-19”, on its land. The Director of the Regional Office for the…

A group of Iranian physicians have written a letter to certain regional heads of state, urging them to take necessary measures to destroy “all of the US biological laboratories,” amid reports and speculation that the global coronavirus…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warns that the American sanctions are “literally” taking lives in Iran in the midst of a fight to rein in a coronavirus outbreak, calling on world states to join “a growing global campaign” to defy the…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants the European Union to put in place a 30-day ban on people entering the bloc unless their travel is essential, in an effort to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. On the eve…

China said Tuesday it was “strongly indignant” after a tweet from US President Donald Trump referred to the new coronavirus as the “Chinese virus”. Saying that Beijing was ‘indignant’ over the matter, its foreign ministry spokesman…

Qatar’s Health Ministry on Monday reported 38 new coronavirus cases in the country. In a statement, the Ministry noted that most of the new cases recorded were related to migrant workers who were under quarantine. According to the…

Minister of Health for Somalia Fawzia Abikar Nur said her country has confirmed the first infection of the coronavirus after a person who was in quarantine was found that he has been infected. “After quarantine and testing of four…

German ministers have reacted angrily following reports US president Donald Trump offered a German medical company “large sums of money” for exclusive rights to a Covid-19 vaccine. “Germany is not for sale,” economy minister Peter…

U.S. stocks plunged Monday morning, triggering a 15-minute trading halt at the start of trading and then diving further, as investors fled risk assets amid the mounting economic toll of the coronavirus outbreak. Treasuries surged despite…

US President Donald Trump has tested negative for the coronavirus, White House physician Sean Conley has confirmed. On Saturday, the president said he had taken the test the night before after being questioned about it during a Rose…

France voted in municipal elections Sunday that risk a low turnout as the mounting coronavirus infection toll saw the government indefinitely close cafes, restaurants and schools. Anti-infection precautions were in place at the…

For the second time in a week, multiple rockets have struck US-occupied Taji military base in Iraq, Iraqi and US security sources say.  An Iraqi colonel inside the base, located 27 kilometers north of the Iraqi capital city of…

Iranian army forces are heading to clear streets across the country within 24 hours in an effort to control the spread of the new Corona virus (Covid-19,Iran’s armed forces chief of staff said Friday. A newly formed committee will…

In a speech delivered live on Friday evening, he said that the problem today is the lack on details about the about the Coronavirus. “Today we are facing an enemy and its threat is clear, large and wide. This threat does not stop at…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Europe is now the “epicenter” for the global coronavirus pandemic, and is reporting more daily cases than China did at the height of its outbreak. “Europe has now become the epicenter…

Oil prices were headed for their worst weekly loss in more than a decade Friday after Saudi Arabia and Russia launche a price war and the coronavirus pandemic sparked an equities meltdown. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate reversed…

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday that the U.S. military might have brought the coronavirus to the Chinese city of Wuhan, which has been hardest hit by the outbreak. “When did patient…