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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 …

Severe floods and landslides in northern Vietnam caused by torrential rains resulted in the deaths of five people over three days, 25 were injured and a few others went missing, local media reported on Saturday, citing local authorities. According to the VN Express newspaper, citing the Central Steering Committee for …

An observatory in Brazil captured the moment meteorite speed across the night sky before exploding and crashing. According to reports, the meteorite exploded in Brazil’s Hortensias Region in the Rio Grande do Sul state. Professor Carlos Fernando Jung from the Heller & Jung Space Observatory reported the meteorite entered the …

Rumors of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un’s declining health have inspired a bevy of mocking and agenda-driven tweets from both the left and right. The hashtag #KIMJONGUNDEAD began trending on Twitter shortly after Reuters reported that China had dispatched a team of medical experts to the country to advise …

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 …

Norway has come under fire from environmental groups who accuse it of caving to oil companies over a decision to shift an Arctic no-go zone. The Norwegian government on Friday proposed an extension southwards of the so-called ice edge boundary, which marks the edge of the Arctic beyond which firms …

Thousands in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv where ‘Black Flag’ protesters are gathering to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies amid the coronavirus pandemic, which they perceive as a consolidation of his power to avoid a corruption trial. The public protest comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the …

Nineteen people have been killed in a militia attack on a village in the northeastern province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, actuality.cd reported, citing a representative of a local civilian community. “At the moment, we have 19 dead compatriots. Many were injured and are being sent …

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 …

New York revealed a spike in cases of disinfectant exposure in the 18 hours following Donald Trump’s dangerous and false suggestion that injecting the cleaning agent could help treat coronavirus patients. The city’s Poison Control Center managed 30 cases from Thursday evening until Friday afternoon, a spokesperson told New York …

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 …

Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the state human rights commission said Saturday, hailing a “step forward” in the reform programme launched by the king and his powerful son. Court-ordered floggings in Saudi Arabia — sometimes extending to hundreds of lashes — have long drawn condemnation from human …