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Saudi Arabia has blocked access to the online platforms of two Turkish state media outlets, as tensions continue to simmer between Riyadh and Ankara more than two years after the Saudi state-sponsored murder of a journalist in Turkey. Saudi authorities reportedly blocked the websites of Turkish Anadolu and TRT on …

A senior Iranian military commander says the Army’s Ground Forces are set to unveil five new healthcare-related achievements that will help with the diagnosis of COVID-19 and prevent the deadly coronavirus from spreading. Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari, commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces, said Tuesday that “two achievements in …

Spain, one of the country’s worst hit by the coronavirus, is beginning to ease strict lockdown measures that have brought its economy to a standstill. People in manufacturing, construction and some services are being allowed to return to work, but must stick to strict safety guidelines. The rest of the …

Shortages of COVID-19 tests in the United States will prevent Americans from getting back to work quickly once the pandemic eases, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday in a joint statement. We all desire an end to the shutdown orders so we …

Sweden has not imposed strict closure orders such as those seen elsewhere in Europe to stop the spread of the new Corona virus, instead it has called on citizens to take responsibility for following the guidelines for social separation. The gatherings prevented more than 50 people and prevented visits to …

Ahead of a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday, prominent politicians in the country began discussing the possibility of easing restrictions to combat the outbreak of the Corona virus pandemic. Merkel and prime ministers of 16 German states are expected to receive recommendations from the German National Academy …

US President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has been sharply condemned by US experts as severely inadequate, is ruining America’s reputation as a competent country, according to British media. Trump’s incompetence and dishonesty in managing the COVID-19 pandemic have left foreign observers as well as Americans in …

Donald Trump has promoted a tweet calling for the firing of Dr. Anthony Fauci, after the White House’s top infectious diseases expert suggested the US president cost lives by delaying social distancing measures. Amid an escalating coronavirus pandemic, which has so far killed more than 22,000 people in the US …

Iran says new cases of coronavirus infections and deaths from the viral outbreak have been declining across most of the country’s 31 provinces. “In six provinces, the trend of coronavirus infections has had an upward movement and in some provinces, including Isfahan, it has not increased or decreased significantly and …

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested negative for the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus before his discharge from hospital, a spokesman has said. The PM will only return to work when cleared by his medical team. Johnson, 55, was discharged from hospital on Sunday, a week after he was admitted with a …

Spain, one of the countries worst hit by the coronavirus, is beginning to ease strict lockdown measures that have brought its economy to a standstill. People in manufacturing, construction and some services are being allowed to return to work, but must stick to strict safety guidelines. The rest of the …

The Taliban militant group in Afghanistan says it plans to release 20 prisoners of the Afghan government in what would be the first handover since the beginning of a fragile peace process. “Today, 20 prisoners of the Kabul administration will be released,” Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman, said in a …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he owes his life to the National Health Service staff who treated him for COVID-19, ahead of figures Sunday in which the U.K. is expected to surpass 10,000 coronavirus-related deaths. “I can’t thank them enough,” Johnson said in his first public statement since he …

As the OPEC+ deal is pending, US senators from oil states held phone talks with Saudi officials to ensure that Riyadh finally puts an end to the problem “it helped to create” – the ‘oil price war’ that tanked the market. The two-hour phone call, led by Republican Senators Kevin …

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran has handled the novel coronavirus outbreak better than Europe and the United States, assuring that the country’s stocks of basic commodities are replenished better than ever. “We had a sanctions virus, to which the coronavirus was added, but you did not have the sanctions …

Swarms of desert locusts have been flooding parts of East Africa since last summer, threatening a fragile food security situation in the region, as one swarm can consume the same amount of crops per day as 10,000 people. Two new generations of locusts are expected to infest East Africa by …

Palestinian health officials have been forced to halt COVID-19 novel coronavirus testing in the Gaza Strip after the area health ministry’s test kit stocks ran dry earlier this week. “Testing at our central laboratory has stopped, after coronavirus test kits completely ran out,” Ashraf al-Qidra, a spokesman for the Hamas-run …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday was making “very good progress” in his recovery in hospital from coronavirus, officials said, two days after leaving intensive care. The 55-year-old leader was hospitalized on Sunday over concerns he still had a cough and high temperature after spending 10 days in self-isolation. …

Several 5G broadcasting masts across the Netherlands were damaged in what authorities have described as “a worrying development.” Similar acts of sabotage have previously been seen in the UK. The Netherlands has experienced a string of arson attacks in the past fortnight, with the latest one happening on Friday in …

NHS staff still do not have the protective equipment they need to treat coronavirus patients, medics have said. The British Medical Association (BMA) said doctors were putting their lives at risk by working without adequate protection. It comes as the health secretary said 19 NHS workers had died with coronavirus …