More than 20,000 Lebanese to be repatriated despite virus
In its first flights in weeks since it closed its international airport to stem the novel coronavirus, Lebanon on Sunday started repatriating nationals who...
Two camps quarantined in Greece over Coronavirus
After a 53-year-old man tested positive for Coronavirus, Greece has quarantined a second migrant facility this week, the migration ministry said on Sunday.
The infected,...
Iraqis take public health into their own hands.
Iraq, which relies on oil revenues for more than 90 percent of its state budget, is also facing the lowest crude prices in more...
Many struggle for food amid Coronavirus crisis in Lebanon
A suffocating economic crisis has left Lebanon's poor with little or no means to cope with extra hardship. Two weeks into Lebanon's lockdown, there...
Price crash in Iraq oil earnings
The second-biggest crude producer in the OPEC oil cartel, Iraq sold 105 million barrels in March, earning $2.99 billion, according to an oil ministry...
Lowest monthly death toll in 9 years in Syria
Marking the lowest monthly non-combatant death toll since the start of the conflict in 2011, the war in Syria killed 103 civilians in March,...
1,420 released prisoners in Tunis over Coronavirus
Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Tuesday ordered the release on 1,420 prisoners in an amnesty to combat the spread of the Coronavirus in prisons,...
Facebook offer grants of $100 mn to help virus-hit news media
Out of the need for reliable information about the crisis, Facebook said Monday it was donating $100 million to support news organizations globally hurting...
Over Coronavirus, Dubai Expo 2020 recommends postponing a year
The pandemic has grounded flights by Dubai's long-haul carrier Emirates, jeopardized global tourism and caused further panic in a real-estate market.
Local organizers recommended Monday...
Lockdown extended as cases near 100,000 in Italy
As the number of deaths in the country reached 10,779 and the number of infected neared 100,000, Italian authorities said Sunday they would extend...
