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Iraq reported 51 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 34 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 8 cases, Medical City: 8 cases, Basra: 1 case. The ministry indicated that 1 new death …

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi called on European companies to invest in Iraq. Al-Kadhimi said during a meeting in his office with the ambassadors of the European Union (EU) that “the EU is a friend and partner and we hope that the countries of the union would continue to support Iraq …

The President of the Iranian Republic, Hassan Rouhani made a phone call to Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. “Iran will continue its sustainable support to the Iraqi government in achieving the achievements that serve the interests of its citizens,” official Iranian media quoted Rouhani as saying during the phone call …

Washington has yet to respond to Iran about a prisoner swap, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei was quoted as saying by the government’s website on Sunday, reiterating that Tehran was ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States without preconditions. If a swap goes ahead, it would be …

Shelling of Tripoli’s Mitiga airport early on Saturday, part of an intensified barrage of artillery fire on the capital in recent days, hit fuel tanks and damaged passenger planes, the Transport Ministry said in a statement. Mitiga is the last functioning airport in the Libyan capital, though civilian flights stopped …

Demand for labour contracted at the fastest pace in the 22-year history of the monthly Report on Jobs published by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation trade body and accountants KPMG. The figures chimed with other signs that Britain is in the midst of a historic collapse in economic output after …

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious diseases expert, will testify before a Senate committee Tuesday, his first appearance before Congress since March. Fauci will appear alongside Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other officials to discuss reopening the economy amid …

Former US President Barack Obama committed the “biggest political crime in American history,” says the country’s current leader, Donald Trump. “The biggest political crime in American history, by far!” the president wrote in a tweet on Sunday, further claiming that Obama “used his last weeks in office to target incoming …

Najaf Governorate announced that it is free of Corona virus after the recovery of last corona-infected patient. “Najaf is free of any infection with Corona virus after the recovery of the last two cases and leaving Al-Hakim Hospital,” The head of the crisis cell, Louay Al-Yasiri, said in a brief …

State television described the missile strike as an accident during a training exercise, saying the Konarak had remained too close to the target. The Konarak had been putting targets out in the water for other ships to fire upon, it said. An Iranian missile that struck a support ship in …

Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is looking to produce a billion coronavirus vaccines for next year, according to Dr. Paul Stoffels, the company’s chief scientific officer. “We start clinical trials in September and hopefully have data by the end of the year,” Stoffels said Sunday on ABC, adding that the …

The Chinese city of Wuhan has seen its first new case of the novel coronavirus in more than a month as China has also reported a spate of new infections in the northeast, after moving to reopen from months of stringent lockdown. Meanwhile, Germany, which has also taken steps to …

As the worldwide death toll surged past 279,000 with over four million infections, France and Spain look set to reopen the countries after seeing a consistent decrease in both the daily number of new cases and deaths from Covid-19. People in France and Spain, two of Europe’s countries hardest hit …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued new stay-at-home advice on Sunday and warned he would proceed cautiously on lifting a nationwide coronavirus lockdown as the death toll in Britain, already the highest in Europe, continues to mount. In a televised address to the nation at 7:00 pm (1800 GMT), Johnson …

The government’s decision to replace its flagship “stay at home” slogan with “stay alert” drew criticism from opposition parties who argued that PM Johnson’s new message is too ambiguous. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday urged people to “stay alert” to coronavirus risks, as he prepared to outline plans …

88 new cases of Coronavirus have been reported in the country during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 22 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 37 cases, Medical City: 7 cases, Maysan: 11 cases, Basra: 8 cases, …

China has issued a lengthy rebuttal of what it said were 24 “preposterous allegations” by some leading U.S. politicians over its handling of the new coronavirus outbreak. The Chinese foreign ministry has dedicated most of its press briefings over the past week to rejecting accusations by U.S. politicians, especially Secretary …

A mysterious illness that’s affecting children and could be linked to the coronavirus has left officials alarmed and searching for answers as infections increase. Doctors are referring to the condition that has hospitalized dozens of children as “pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome,” and health officials believe it could be linked to …

Syria’s Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Jaafari says unilateral sanctions imposed by the Western countries are hampering the Damascus government’s efforts to import medicine and other medical supplies to fight the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak in the country. “Unilateral coercive economic measures hinder Syria’s ability to meet the basic …

Coronavirus infections are rising in Germany, official data shows, just days after the country eased its lockdown restrictions. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany’s reproduction rate – the number of people each confirmed patient infects – is now above 1. This means the number of infections is now …