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Teams will be able to make up to five substitutions under a Fifa proposal to help players cope with fixture congestion amid the coronavirus pandemic. The substitutions will be allowed in a maximum of three in-play slots and at half-time to avoid unnecessary stoppages but are being proposed in recognition …

Iraq has ordered the finance ministry to stop funding to amid an oil spat between the two sides, media reports say. The Council of Ministers said the Finance Ministry was “obliged to stop making payments” to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), read a letter to the country’s Finance Minister Fouad …

A baby girl and a three-year-old boy have been stabbed to death at a home in east London. The children were found injured at the house in Aldborough Road North, Ilford, at 5.30 pm on Sunday. A 40-year-old man was taken from the scene to hospital for treatment to knife …

Syrian air defenses have thwarted an Israeli aggression, and shot down a number of “hostile” missiles in the skies over the capital, Damascus, before reaching their targets. The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said the aggression took place in the early hours of Monday, which left three civilians dead. …

A new report reveals that Saudi Arabia’s tourism industry could sustain a substantial loss of up to 45 percent this year as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Even though the ultra-conservative kingdom opened its doors to international tourists for the first time last September as part of a …

An Israeli court has extended the detention of female Palestinian activist, Aya Khateeb, amid widening calls to secure the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli detention centers at a time of the new coronavirus pandemic. The court in Israel’s port city of Haifa on Sunday rejected a request to place …

Donald Trump’s criticism of the WHO has turned all eyes on the entity’s alleged political biases. However, it appears the media spread it on thick when they lambasted the WHO for including Israel in the list of European nations in its COVID-19 situation reports. WHO and Israeli researchers have explained …

The Southern Transitional Council has stated it introduced self-governance and a state of emergency in Yemen’s south. The council has been accusing the Yemeni government of corruption, failure to fulfill its obligations, plotting against Yemeni people and failing to pay salaries to civilians and servicemen for months. Five provinces in …

While numerous clinical trials are currently fighting for a vaccine to the coronavirus, one new study suggests promising treatments that can be used in the meantime to battle the spread. The study, titled ‘The Current and Future State of Vaccines, Antivirals and Gene Therapies Against Emerging Coronaviruses’ and published by …

A spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to rule out the possibility that stringent social distancing measures aimed at controlling the spread of Covid-19 could remain in place until next year. Asked about the prospect of some lockdown measures lasting into 2021 during a press briefing on Thursday, …

The Health Administration of Canada has warned against the use of malaria drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, to prevent or treat coronavirus disease, stressing that these two drugs may cause serious side effects, including serious heart rhythm problems. She advised not to use these two drugs except on the prescription of …

The UN Security Council is moving to adopt the first draft resolution on the Coronavirus, directed by the UN Security Council The Security Council has met so far once, to discuss the crisis of the Coronavirus, in a video session on April 9, at the initiative of Germany and Estonia. …

US President Donald Trump played down the importance of holding the daily press conference in which he used to participate in the White House to reveal the latest details of the Corona Corruption, saying that press conferences “are not worth the time or effort.” These developments come two days after …

Dozens of N95 protective face masks hang on a line in a room of an Abu Dhabi hospital to be decontaminated so they can be used again by medical staff should there be a shortage due to the new coronavirus pandemic. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi this month started disinfecting N95 …

The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces says the Baghdad government is serious about implementation of the parliament’s resolution concerning the withdrawal of US forces from the country. “The letter that US ambassador to Baghdad (Douglas A. Silliman) delivered to caretaker prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, was very …

With just two days remaining to the expiration of a thirty-day U.S. waiver to import Iranian gas and electricity, the Iraqi Minister of Electricity says it will take three to four years for the country to stop importing energy from Iran. Luay al-Khateeb said that it would take several years …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced, on Saturday, that a 60-year-old infected woman has recovered completely from covid-19. The department said in a statement: “The Maysan Health Department is pleased to announce the recovery of one of the newly infected persons with the Coronavirus, which is the third case that …

Engineers at NASA have developed a ventilator specifically designed to help coronavirus patients. The VITAL system – Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally – was created in just 37 days, the space agency says. Now, it has already passed critical medical tests and looks set to be fast-tracked for approval early …

India allowed shops in residential areas to reopen from Saturday, more than a month after the country went into lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, federal and state officials said. The federal home ministry said late on Friday that retailers could resume operations with the staff numbers reduced …

The holy month of Ramadan began on Friday with Islam’s holiest sites in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem largely empty of worshippers as the coronavirus crisis forced authorities to impose unprecedented restrictions. During Ramadan, Muslims the world over join their families to break the fast at sunset and go to mosques …