Coronavirus

Family of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat, who was murdered last year, yesterday called on international donors to stop funding the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s institutions, a statement said. Nizar Banat...

Global airlines hit out at governments on Monday for what the industry's leading ambassador termed their "shambolic" handling of the COVID-19 crisis, and urged nations to rip up the...

With a mandate to expand trade and economic interactions, New Zealand's new ambassador to Turkiye says she draws inspiration from "historical foundations" laid in Gallipoli to promote bilateral relations....

A new political action committee (PAC) plans to unseat Palestinian American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib over her clear support for the people of occupied Palestine, the Intercept revealed on Friday....

Morocco jails 162 people for publishing fake news

Saudi Arabia's flag carrier, Saudia, has restarted flights to the Turkish city of Istanbul, after being halted for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. On Saturday, the first...

OPEC+ will likely stick to modest oil output increases on Thursday, arguing it is not responsible for geopolitics and supply disruptions while stressing its worries over the demand outlook...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday the problem of global food security could not be solved without restoring Ukrainian agricultural production and Russian food and fertilizer output to...

Turkey registered 1,480 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, according to official data released Sunday, reports Anadolu Agency. The Health Ministry said 12 virus-related fatalities and 2,113...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine clearly reveals that the world is witnessing a Cold War. The rivalry between the US and China is also following the pattern of a Cold War. In...

While the world endured global supply chain issues and delays for over two years throughout the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, markets suffered, economies buckled, and there were real...

Communal meals, in which hundreds of people packs around long tables to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan, have returned to Egypt's streets after being widely...

The European Parliament (EP) is monitoring the deterioration of the political, economic and social situation in Tunisia as a result of President Kais Saied taking all powers in his...

Symptoms of the EX coronavirus mutant are similar to the symptoms of original Covid-19, the Egyptian health ministry announced yesterday. According to ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, Egypt is...

Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that it will permit up to 1 million people to perform the annual Hajj this year, amid the lifting of two years of COVID restrictions,...

From early morning, residents of cities such as Bethlehem and Ramallah in the occupied West Bank lined up at Israeli checkpoints to visit Al-Aqsa.

More than 300,000 workers have lost their jobs in the Sultanate of Oman over the past two years mostly due to the pandemic, said the Minister of Economy, Dr...

Turkiye registered 13,849 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the Health Ministry said, Anadolu Agency reports. The ministry said 70 virus-related fatalities and 17,673 recoveries were also recorded in the...

Jordan, on Monday, relaxed coronavirus restrictions ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, due to start early April, Anadolu News Agency reports. Minister of State for Media Affairs,...

The coronavirus pandemic has, once again, exposed the injustices and flaws in the global system, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said on Thursday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "We hope...

The Israeli Ministry of Health yesterday revealed that it had discovered a new "unidentified" variant of Covid, with two travellers infected by it at Ben Gurion airport in Tel...

The Turkish German couple who developed the first coronavirus vaccine are the latest recipients of Germany's most prestigious medical prize, DPA reports. According to the report, the two scientists,...

Israeli prison services used the COVID-19 restrictions as a tool against the Palestinian inmates, with many of them reporting deliberate medical negligence and no serious measures to stem the...

Prayers held without social distancing in Makkah

Lenders in the United Arab Emirates are expected to return to pre-pandemic levels of profitability in the next 12-18 months amid stronger net income, S&P Global reports. According to...

The United Arab Emirates, the Middle East tourism and commercial hub, over the weekend ended a requirement to wear face masks outdoors and obligatory quarantine for COVID-19 contact cases,...

Tunisia's President, Kais Saied, said on Thursday he will outlaw foreign funding for civil society organisations as he tries to remake the country's politics after establishing one-man rule. Civil...

Israel will begin allowing entry to all tourists, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated against COVID-19, from March 1, a statement from the prime minister's office said on...

The Egyptian Interior Ministry yesterday denied reports that the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badei, has caught the coronavirus, Rai Al-Youm reported. In a statement, the ministry said that...

After leaving Istanbul late last month to do scientific research as part of the country's 6th Antarctic expedition, a Turkish research team set foot in the world's coldest continent...

Fifty Iranian lawmakers have contracted the coronavirus, amid a widespread of the omicron variant across the country, according to a local parliamentarian on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported. MP Alireza Salimi...

More than half of the Palestinian prisoners held in Israel's Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank are infected with Covid-19, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club has revealed. The organisation...