Arab and International

Europe’s COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 100,000

Sunday, 19 April 2020

The number of fatalities from the COVID-19 pandemic has topped 100,000 in Europe, the hardest-hit continent in the world. The figures released on Saturday turned Spain into the second European country to have over 20,000 deaths after Italy, whil...

3 Palestinians wounded by Zionist forces bullets in Qalqilya

Sunday, 19 April 2020

Three Palestinian youths were injured on Saturday evening by the Zionist enemy forces, after they stormed the village of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, in the occupied West Bank. The coordinator of the Popular Resistance in the village of Kafr Qaddum...

Libyan army shoots down 2 Turkish drones

Saturday, 18 April 2020

Haftar’s forces shot down on Friday two Turkish planes, according to “Russia Today” website. The website stated  that the first plane was shot down in Wadi Dinar and the second is between the Tenaiy Valley and Nesma. This comes with the continuation...

Iran Identifies COVID-19 Genome Sequencing Data

Saturday, 18 April 2020

The head of Iran’s Biotechnology Society said Iranian researchers managed to identify the COVID-19 genome sequencing for the first time in the country. “Iranian researchers managed for the first time in the country to determine the coronavirus genom...

Saudi Activists Dispute Official Narrative on Al-Hwaiti Killing

Saturday, 18 April 2020

Abdul Rahim al-Hwaiti was shot dead by security forces after refusing to give up his property for a mega-project. Saudi activists and dissidents have disputed an official narrative alleging a Saudi citizen who refused government orders to give up hi...

Trump Threatens to Adjourn US Congress to Make Recess Appointments

Thursday, 16 April 2020

US President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday there had been “a concerted effort” by congressional Democrats “to make life difficult” by refusing to approve his nominations for several vacant offices. The Senate is in recess until May 4, although ...

Jobless Caims in US Reach 22 Million over Four Weeks

Thursday, 16 April 2020

Americans filed 5.2 million jobless claims last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, pushing the four-week total to over 22 million as the coronavirus pandemic continued to send the workforce into a tailspin. The new report, which covers t...

Coronavirus Infections Top 2 Million Worldwide

Wednesday, 15 April 2020

The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 126,898 on Wednesday, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT from official sources. More than 2,001,200 declared cases have been registered in 193 countries and territor...

Coronavirus Updates: US Death Toll Tops 26,000

Wednesday, 15 April 2020

The coronavirus death toll in the US surpassed 26,000 Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were more than 609,000 confirmed cases in the country. The United States recorded 2,228 deaths related to the coronavirus over the past 24 h...