Jordan will cancel Friday curfews starting this week and allow the reopening of schools starting from the next semester.
Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh made the remarks in an address at the Lower House, where he said all necessary measures and (...)
The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 90 million, reaching 90,054,813 as of Wednesday, according to the latest numbers from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Globally, as of 9:47 am CET (0847 GMT) on Wednesday, there have been (...)
The Afghan government has been demanding a halt in fighting and observing truce as peace talks continue in Doha amid increasing militancy and conflict in Afghanistan.
Faridon Khwazoon, the spokesman for High Council of National Reconciliation, who (...)
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,021,769 as of Sunday morning, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
According to the continental disease control and prevention agency's (...)
China on Sunday issued a white paper on the country's international development cooperation.
The white paper, titled "China's International Development Cooperation in the New Era," was released by the State Council Information Office.
Consisting of (...)
The Ethiopian Ministry of Health on Saturday said the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the East African country rose to 127,792 after new 220 cases were reported.
The ministry said that the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country (...)
The Ethiopian government late on Monday said that humanitarian assistance is being provided as planned in Ethiopia's conflict-hit northern Tigray regional state.
The remark was made by Demeke Mekonnen, Ethiopia's deputy prime minister and foreign (...)
The new director of Beirut's port said there are still 52 containers of dangerous acids at the port and a German company is working to ship them away, the pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat reported Sunday.
The German company Combi Lift is properly (...)
Indonesia has signed agreements on 100 million vaccine procurements with US biotechnology company Novavax and British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, a government minister said on Wednesday.
Health Minister Budi Gunadi (...)
China will tighten its epidemic control measures for the forthcoming New Year and Spring Festival holidays, said the National Health Commission on Wednesday.
The country is facing an increased risk of COVID-19 transmission, with 104 new locally (...)
Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit on Wednesday condemned in the attack that rocked the airport in Yemen's port city of Aden soon after a plane carrying the new government arrived from Saudi Arabia.
In a statement, Aboul-Gheit (...)
Scores of internally displaced families returned to their homes in the country's southern province of Abyan on Monday, while other families are still seeking refuge in other areas of the war-torn Arab country, a military official told (...)
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday that the authorities will "officially" release the report about the Ukrainian passenger plane crashed over the Iranian space earlier this year.
"The Civil Aviation Organization (of Iran), as the (...)
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 2,570,886 as of Thursday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday.
The continental disease control and prevention (...)
COVID-19 took a huge toll on South Africa's education system as 1,493 teachers succumbed to the virus this year, said Basic Education Minister Angie Motshega late on Thursday.
The minister said the 2020 academic year was most challenging due to the (...)
As COVID-19 infections grow across Europe, holiday season etiquette and the rising mental health crisis were the major takeaways from a press statement from the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge on (...)
US Democratic House lawmaker Cedric Richmond, a close adviser to President-elect Joe Biden, has tested positive for coronavirus, the Biden transition team said Thursday night.
Biden is not considered a close contact of Richmond based on the Centers (...)
A spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday reiterated that China is committed to the principle of non-interference, noting that claims about China influencing US presidential elections are "completely fabricated."
Spokesperson Wang (...)
Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Libya Stephanie Williams on Thursday night condemned the "dangerous social media campaigns" against the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF).
Williams made her (...)
Another 11,533 people in France tested positive for COVID-19 in a 24-hour span, the lowest daily tally this week, while more patients were admitted to hospital, ending a week-long decline in coronavirus-related hospitalization, official data (...)
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Sunday warned that 5 million Yemenis "will likely be living just one step away from famine in the upcoming year."
The UN organization said in a brief statement posted on its official Twitter account (...)
One in four health centers in the world lacks water services, putting around 1.8 billion people at increasing risk of contracting COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said here on Monday.
This result was concluded from a study based on 165 (...)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) late on Wednesday called for orderly release of refugees and asylum-seekers from detention centers in Libya.
"UNHCR teams distributed today blankets and mattresses to some 100 refugees and (...)
The global forced displacement has surpassed 80 million by mid-2020, although the full picture for the year is yet to be established, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said in a report released Wednesday in Geneva.
According to the latest Mid-Year Trends (...)
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 2,284,907 as of Wednesday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Wednesday.
The continental disease control and prevention (...)
