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 “unlawful”...
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 of an EU summi...
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 Geng Shuang told...
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 statement, three ...
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 Somalis who came f...
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 Altmaier told bro...
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 dramatic mo...
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 Garden address ...
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 country’s 35,000-odd...
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 Baghdad, told ...
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 oversee the “evacu...
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 borders, but rath...
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 of the pande...
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 earlier losses...
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 zero begin ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved legislation allowing him to stay in power beyond 2024 due to global instability and threats against Russia, including the new coronavirus, the Kremlin said on Thursday. During a rare and unscheduled appe...
Saudi Arabia reported 24 new corona virus cases, bringing the kingdom’s total to 45, the state news agency reported, citing the health ministry. It added that one patient has recovered. According to the ministry, the 24 new cases include two people...
"Saudi Arabia has asked state agencies to submit proposals for cuts of at least 20% to their budgets in a fresh austerity drive to cope with a sharp drop in oil prices," four sources familiar with the matter said. The Foreign Ministry has already imp...
The United States on Wednesday sent investigators allegedly to help investigate the assassination attempt targeted the Sudanese prime minister earlier this week. According to Rueters, Information Minister Faisal Salih said that US investiga...
US President Donald Trump has reportedly been “melting down” over fears that journalists might try to deliberately get him infected with the coronavirus. Despite his efforts to downplay concerns about a coronavirus outbreak in the US, Trump is s...