The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) has appealed to the UN to protect Palestinian refugees and support the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported yesterday. The appeal...

An Israeli jewellery company is creating what it claims will be the world’s most expensive coronavirus mask worth $1.5 million, reported the Jerusalem Post. The 18-karat white gold mask will...

The number of coronavirus cases in Israel has risen to 85,354 since March, the Health Ministry revealed on Tuesday. According to Israel Hayom, the ministry said that there were...

The outbreak of the coronavirus in the US and Europe has led to a surge in immigration applications to Israel, Israeli sources revealed yesterday. Nefesh B’Nefesh, an organisation which promotes,...

Adria and Ayman Arafat are finally heading home to Florida after being stranded for months in the Gaza Strip by coronavirus-related restrictions but fear they will now face a...

The Director of the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Badr Al-Din Al-Najjar, warned that the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the capital, Tripoli and...

Egypt’s isolation hospitals will reopen this week ahead of a predicted second wave of coronavirus. Mohamed Taleb, manager of Al-Nagila Hospital, Egypt’s first ever quarantine hospital, has said that...

With 3,484 new coronavirus cases, Iraq on Monday reported the highest-ever daily COVID-19 infections, according to the Health Ministry, reports Anadolu Agency. Meanwhile, the ministry reported 72 additional fatalities...

Iran shut down a newspaper on Monday after it quoted a former member of the national coronavirus taskforce as saying the country’s tolls from the epidemic could be 20...

Turkey on Saturday confirmed 1,172 additional cases of COVID-19, raising the tally to 239,622, according to the country’s health minister, Anadolu reports. “Pneumonia rates are down across Turkey. We...

Iraq announced the resumption of trade movement through the Shalamija crossing with Iran on Sunday, Reuters reports. “Around 250 trucks will cross the terminal from Sunday to Wednesday every...

The Iranian president said on Sunday that the application of tough measures in the country to stem the spread of coronavirus was “not possible.”, Anadolu reports. Speaking during a...

The Saudi ministry of health has announced the launch of clinical trials for a vaccine against the coronavirus (COVID-19), as part of cooperation with a Chinese company. According to...

Flights resumed at the Mitiga airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday after a 4-month hiatus as part of the country’s efforts to stem the spread of the...

Algeria will further ease its coronavirus lockdown on Sunday, shortening an overnight curfew and lifting some travel curbs, the government said, Reuters reports. The North African country has recorded...

Students in Gaza are back to schools which have been closed for 5 months due to the coronavirus pandemic

Thousands of Israelis rallied outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on Saturday as anger mounted over corruption allegations and his handling of the coronavirus crisis, Reuters reports....

EU countries decided to remove Morocco from its free travel list granting entry to non-EU nationals to the bloc’s territory, reports Anadolu Agency.  The decision came a week after...

Official data revealed on Thursday that the Moroccan economy has lost more than half a million jobs in the second quarter of this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic....

The Iraqi Health Ministry reported 75 additional fatalities from the novel coronavirus on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. As many as 3,461 infections were registered in the past 24 hours, bringing the...

More than 1,500 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia in the last 24 hours, bringing the case count to nearly 285,800, official data revealed on Friday, Anadolu Agency reported....

A Palestinian child prisoner in an Israeli jail has tested positive for coronavirus, according to Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P). The 15-year-old from Al-Jalazoun Refugee Camp in the West...

Egypt has said that travellers wishing to enter the country must present a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours of arriving in the country. Foreign tourists arriving by direct...

Hamouti hopes his inventions will prevent the spread of COVID-19

Foreign direct investments in the United Arab Emirates’ Dubai fell by a whopping 74 per cent in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period last year...

This year’s Istanbul Music Festival, which will mark the 250th birthday of classical music maestro Ludwig van Beethoven, will be held online, the organizers announced on Wednesday, Anadolu reports....

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday extended the state of emergency for 30 days to prevent the spread of coronavirus infections, Wafa news agency reported. At the same time, the Palestinian government declared easing...

The health authorities in Morocco have suspended the annual holidays of doctors and other medical staff in public hospitals due to the coronavirus pandemic. The suspension takes effect as...

Members of Parliament in Kuwait have criticised the government for allowing foreigners to enter the country, even from countries struggling to cope with Covid-19, the New Khalij news website...

A group of investors is raising concerns about the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf, warning that labour practices risk leading to abuses such as modern slavery. The...

Turkey’s new coronavirus cases jumped above 1,000 for the first time in three weeks on Tuesday in what the government called a troubling rise during peak holiday season, raising...

Jordan on Tuesday postponed a resumption of international flight services that was planned for Wednesday almost five months after they were suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, officials said....