One person dies every ten minutes in Iran as a result of the coronavirus, a presidential adviser said on Sunday, warning that the Islamic Republic may be left unable to...

The usually grand Baalbek Music Festival, set among 3,000-year-old Roman ruins in Lebanon, was reduced to just a single concert this year by the COVID-19 pandemic. For maestro Harout...

Israel reimposed on Monday a series of restrictions to fight a spike in coronavirus infections, including the immediate closure of bars, gyms, and event halls. In public remarks at...

Saudi Arabia announced health protocols to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in the 2020 hajj season, banning gatherings and meetings between pilgrims, the state news agency said...

Hundreds of Yazidi families driven from their hometown of Sinjar in northern Iraq years ago are now returning as the impact of coronavirus lockdown measures makes their lives in...

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh has urged Israel to close all crossings into the occupied West Bank to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The move comes as the Palestinian...

Saudi Arabia has set aside 3.5 billion riyals ($933 million) to support 480,000 of its citizens working in the private sector and who are struggling as a result of uncertainty stemming...

El Al’s fate is expected to be decided in the coming days, with the Israeli airline looking to reach a deal with workers on job and spending cuts to...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday extended a state of emergency for 30 days to stem the spread of coronavirus pandemic, Anadolu reports. The move comes as the Palestinian...

Iran on Sunday confirmed 163 more fatalities from coronavirus, the largest daily spike in the country since the outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, bringing the nationwide death toll...

Saudi Arabia’s coronavirus infections have passed 200,000 and neighbouring United Arab Emirates 50,000, with the number of new cases climbing after the Arab world’s two largest economies fully lifted...

Moroccan civil activists are seeking to sue the Spanish government for its discrimination between Spanish natives and Moroccans in the evacuation of its citizens and residents stranded in Morocco,...

Health authorities on Friday in Oman, Bahrain, Sudan and Kuwait reported new infections and deaths from coronavirus, Anadolu Agency reports. The Omani Health Ministry said that within the past 24 hours,...

A special social distancing Egyptian robot hands out exams to students

Two Israeli defence contractors and a United Arab Emirates (UAE) company will partner to research and develop technology to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Executives from each company, Group 42...

The Ministry of Interior decided to cancel the deportation for residents who overstayed from 2 Jan to 29 Feb due to the closure of government ministries as a result...

The US State Department and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia have reportedly failed to take the necessary steps to protect the health of diplomats and staff at the embassy in...

Saudi Arabia is going ahead with a tourism and culture project in the capital Riyadh worth $20 billion, despite the Kingdom’s growing financial crisis. According to its CEO, the...

The Jordanian Ministry of Health has announced plans to ban all forms of smoking in closed public places in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. “In order to protect...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a stark warning about the spread of the coronavirus in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. “We are at a...

A five-day lockdown throughout the occupied West Bank is to return tomorrow following an increase in coronavirus infections there, reported Wafa news agency. Government spokesman, Ibrahim Milhem, announced yesterday in a...

Some 180 workers at Israel’s Dimona nuclear plant have been put in isolation after being suspected of having coronavirus infections, Israel Hayom reported yesterday. The national newspaper quoted sources at...

More than 100 additional coronavirus fatalities pushed Iraq’s virus-linked death toll to over 2,000 on Wednesday amid a shortage of medical supplies, Anadolu reports. According to the Health Ministry,...

Egypt restarted international flights and reopened major tourist attractions including the Great Pyramids of Giza on Wednesday after over three months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters...

Turkey said on Wednesday it is disappointed by the European Union’s decision to exclude it from a list of countries recommended for non-essential travel and called on the bloc...

A Qatar-based animal rescue and shelter has warned that there could be a surge in abandoned pets in the emirate as an economic downturn as a result of the...

The United Nations raised $7.7 billion in humanitarian aid on Tuesday for Syria, where nine years of war have displaced millions in a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by soaring food...

The Ministry of Health said new discoveries have been made which link the coronavirus to blood clots which could affect the placenta and the nutrition of the foetus

"COVID cone" anyone?

Food prices have increased by 35 per cent in some areas of Yemen since the start of the coronavirus crisis on 10 April, the UN warned yesterday. In a statement, the United...

“Anything that is not related to the coronavirus will wait,” stressed Benny Gantz

At least seven people have died after a fire broke out in an intensive care unit in an Egyptian hospital. The fire was in the coronavirus ward of a...