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Hospitals shut, villages isolated in Egypt to slow virus

A Cairo hospital was closed for sterilization late Saturday after two COVID-19 cases were confirmed. He said no date was yet set for re-opening the...

Turkey’s Coronavirus death toll rises to 2,805

Turkey's confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by 2,357 in the past 24 hours, and 99 more people have died, taking the death toll to...

Further aids to elderly as virus toll rises in Turkey

At the weekend, Turkey imposed a partial curfew on citizens aged over 65 or with chronic diseases and created groups to meet their needs...

Palestinian leaders stay the course as crises mount

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — In three decades of failed peace efforts, the Palestinians have never faced a more hostile U.S. administration, a more...

Latest global developments – Coronavirus

There have been 2,363,210 reported COVID-19 infections around the world, from which 164,016 people have died, based on official sources. The United States has the...

Warnings of a new spike in infections in Iran

The COVID-19 respiratory disease has killed 6,640 people in Iran since the first two fatalities were reported in the city of Qom on February...

Shortest sanctions waiver yet for Iran gas – Iraq

The United States imposed tough sanctions on the Iranian energy sector in late 2018 and has granted Iraq a series of waivers, usually for...

Five Kurdish mayors detained as crackdown continues in Turkey

As part of a widening government crackdown against the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Turkish authorities detained mayors of five municipalities in Kurdish-majority areas...

Arab and Jewish doctors together on frontline of virus fight

Jewish and Arab doctors have worked side by side on the frontlines of the novel Coronavirus fight. The Arab minority in Jerusalem make up around...

Life is carrying on in Sweden amid Virus

On Monday, Sweden's former state epidemiologist and current advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO), Johan Giesecke, encouraged Swedes to go out and enjoy...

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