Yemen's government has announced reopening a main airport for domestic flights in the country's southeastern province of Hadramout after being suspended for nearly six years.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Yemen said in a brief press statement on (...)
A total of 60 militants of the Islamic State (IS) group were killed in earlier airstrikes in a mountainous area in Salahudin province, north of Iraq's capital Baghdad, the Iraqi military said on Wednesday.
The Iraqi aircraft, in coordination with (...)
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,291,017 as of Wednesday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said the (...)
Iran's health ministry on Monday reported 13,890 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours amid the spread of the mutated strain, raising the total number in the country to 1,945,964.
Earlier in the day, the Iranian health minister announced that (...)
Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) will seek over $1bn in compensation for the losses caused by the container ship Ever Given that was stuck in the waterway and blocking navigation for six days, SCA chairperson Osama Rabie has said.
The compensation (...)
Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, passed a bill on Wednesday enabling incumbent President Vladimir Putin to run for two more terms starting in 2024.
The bill was approved by the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, a (...)
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,195,068 as of Tuesday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the (...)
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday refuted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's accusations regarding the WHO COVID-19 origin tracing report, and said that China will never accept groundless accusations and wanton slander on issues (...)
Exploring China's biodiversity hotspot: If you're told that a "Skywalker" has been spotted in the forests of southwest China, there's no need to feel confused. It's not the Jedi of the "Star Wars" series, but refers to a gibbon species named by (...)
About 1,500 rice seeds that returned from a journey to the moon last year have been transplanted to the rice fields from a greenhouse in south China.
The seeds were planted in the greenhouse of the National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space (...)
A batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, donated by the Chinese government to Sudan, arrived here on Friday.
The batch was received at the Khartoum International Airport by Chinese Ambassador to Sudan Ma Xinmin, Chairman of Sudan's Higher (...)
A United Nations envoy late on Wednesday hailed the endorsement of a national government in Libya after years of "paralysis and internal divisions," and urged the Security Council to provide fresh support by deploying UN ceasefire monitors.
"The (...)
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said on Wednesday that it needs 170 million US dollars to respond to the food security situation in Ethiopia's northern Tigray regional state.
In a press statement, the WFP said it urgently needs 170 (...)
Morocco on Wednesday suspended all flights to and from Mali, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea and Libya, to curb the spread of the new COVID-19 variants, the Moroccan National Airport Office (ONDA) said in a statement posted on (...)
At least 27 militants of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group were killed in an offensive targeting IS positions in a mountainous area in northern Iraq, the Iraqi military said on Wednesday.
Iraqi security forces, backed by US-led coalition and (...)
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reported 30 Ebola virus cases and 15 related deaths so far.
The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the (...)
The Ethiopian government is set to embark on community-wide COVID-19 testing in conflict-affected Tigray regional state as situation becomes normal, the country's Ministry of Peace announced Monday.
The statement came after a review meeting by (...)
More than 8,200 candidates have registered for the upcoming sixth Ethiopia general elections, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced on Thursday.
The NEBE disclosed that 8,209 candidates and 47 political parties have registered to (...)
Iran's UN envoy urged the United States to remove its "illegal, inhumane and immoral" sanctions against the Islamic republic, official IRNA news agency reported on Friday.
Majid Takht Ravanchi said that sanctions are as destructive as "terrorism and (...)
Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian army Onik Gasparyan was considered as removed from office, the Armenian Prime Minister's Office said late on Wednesday.
Gasparyan is considered dismissed because Armenian President Armen Sarkissian did (...)
Ethiopia on Wednesday evening reported 1,543 new COVID-19 cases over the previous 24 hours, taking the national count to 169,878.
The COVID-19 death toll stood at 2,466, including 15 new fatalities recorded over the same period, the Ethiopian (...)
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his counterpart of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi on Thursday discussed over the phone the Nile dam dispute between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
During the conversation, Sisi (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held talks on Thursday with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in Cairo, where they agreed to intensify coordination over the issue of the Ethiopian Nile dam, said the Egyptian side.
The meeting also (...)
Head of United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes, on Monday said the mission would work to mobilize international support and resources to support the transitional period in Sudan.
Perthes made the (...)
Uruguayan Vice President Beatriz Argimon and Minister of Public Health Daniel Salinas received the first dose of China's CoronaVac vaccine on Monday.
Uruguay's government on March 1 began its immunization campaign against COVID-19 with vaccines (...)
