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Algeria to ease coronavirus restrictions on Sunday
PARIS: French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah on Friday marked one year of incarceration in Iran, in a case that has intensified tensions between Paris and Tehran and angered supporters who fear ... -
Anger as French-Iranian academic marks one year in Iranian prison
PARIS: French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah on Friday marked one year of incarceration in Iran, in a case that has intensified tensions between Paris and Tehran and angered supporters who fear ... -
Italy’s first Islamic burial place planned for Rome
ROME: Italy’s first Islamic cemetery may soon be built on a green space in Tragliatella, a few kilometers north of Rome. The burial place — to be built on a 400 ... -
Chinese and Iranian hackers targeted Biden and Trump campaigns, Google says
MINNEAPOLIS: US civil rights activist Al Sharpton led a memorial service, in Minneapolis, for George Floyd, the African-American man whose harrowing videotaped death while being arrested has unleashed sweeping nationwide protests for racial ... -
Sudan calls on UN to urge Ethiopia, Egypt not to take unilateral measures on Renaissance ...
JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament told employees to remain home and canceled lawmaker meetings on Thursday, after a member of the Arab-led Joint List tested positive for coronavirus.“In light of MP Sami ... -
Israel parliament scraps sessions after lawmaker gets coronavirus
Iraq’s health ministry to launch legal case after protesters force local head to resign DUBAI: Iraq’s Ministry of Health and Environment said they will launch a legal case against those ... -
Older Bollywood actors barred from work as virus precaution
PATNA: A senior citizen clause in a state government notice, barring all Bollywood actors and employees aged 65 and above from working during and after the coronavirus lockdown, has shocked the ... -
Afghan rights body urges Iran to punish culprits in migrants’ drowning
PATNA: A senior citizen clause in a state government notice, barring all Bollywood actors and employees aged 65 and above from working during and after the coronavirus lockdown, has shocked the ... -
Iranian professor jailed in US returns home
Iranian professor jailed in US returns home /node/1684136/middle-east Updated 5 sec ago June 03, 2020 09:30 Iranian professor jailed in US returns home Tehran and Washington have denied reports that ... -
Senior Libyan official arrives in Moscow for talks
DUBAI: An Iranian professor who was acquitted in the United States of stealing trade secrets arrived in Iran on Wednesday, Iranian media reported.Materials science professor Sirous Asgari, 59, was indicted ... -
Thousands in Paris protest death of black man in police custody
ATHENS: Greece on Tuesday said it was suspending flights to and from Qatar until June 15 after multiple coronavirus cases on a flight from Doha to Athens.The Greek civil protection ... -
Greece suspends Qatar flights till mid-June after 12 test positive
MANILA: More than 1 million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) could be out of work by next year as the world economy continues to slump due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, ... -
LIVE: Middle East returns to normal life amid strict COVID-19 measures
DUBAI: Efforts to return life gradually back to some kind of normality in parts of the Middle East continue, as governments get ready to reopen borders and airlines take bookings ... -
Egypt sanitizes prisons, examines inmates in fight against coronavirus spread
DUBAI: Efforts to return life gradually back to some kind of normality in parts of the Middle East continue, as governments get ready to reopen borders and airlines take bookings ... -
UK to trial 5 new drugs in coronavirus fight
ROME: Muslims in Italy are calling for the establishment of more Islamic cemeteries in the country.As national and international travel was banned at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, the bodies ... -
Italy’s Muslims call for more Islamic cemeteries in wake of virus
ROME: Muslims in Italy are calling for the establishment of more Islamic cemeteries in the country. As national and international travel was banned at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, the ... -
Lebanon earmarks June 21 to reopen airport if coronavirus decline remains stable
DUBAI: Children under the age of the six, the disabled, and those who have respiratory problems are exempt from wearing face masks in public areas, Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis ... -
Dubai clarifies rules on wearing face masks in public
Dubai clarifies rules on wearing face masks in public /node/1683026/middle-east Updated 25 sec ago June 01, 2020 11:36 Dubai clarifies rules on wearing face masks in public The clarification comes ... -
Sri Lanka gears up to send its workers abroad as virus threat eases
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will soon begin sending its workers back overseas as it further eases its COVID-19 measures and host countries start reopening their borders. The estimated number of overseas ... -
UK university SOAS to cut costs over COVID-19 and financial problems
Defying lockdown, Londoners protest against George Floyd's death outside US embassy LONDON: Hundreds of Londoners defied coronavirus restrictions and rallied outside the US embassy on Sunday in solidarity with protests ...
