Palestinian medical sources said early Friday that two members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee have tested positive for COVID-19.
The two senior PLO officials, Ahmad Majdalani and Azzam el-Ahmad, decided to stay in (...)
Iraqi President Barham Salih called on Thursday for easing tensions in the region, as well as cooperation to combat terrorism and extremism.
Salih made the comment during his meeting with Russian ambassador to Iraq Maxim Maximov in the presidential (...)
Ambassador of Switzerland to Iran Markus Leitner was summoned on Thursday to Iran's Foreign Ministry after the US issued claims about alleged attempts by Iran and Russia to influence American elections.
According to a report by official news agency (...)
The Palestinian Authority urged the European Union to impose sanctions against Israel in response to the settlement construction in the Palestinian territories, a senior official said on Wednesday.
"Meetings will be held with European officials this (...)
The Ethiopian Ministry of Health on Tuesday said the country's total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases hit 90,490, after 630 new cases were reported.
According to the ministry, the new cases were discovered out of 6,602 COVID-19 medical tests that (...)
Armenia announced on Wednesday to impose a temporary ban on the import of Turkish final goods from Dec. 31.
Armenia's news agency Armenpress quoted the office of Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan as saying that the ban of Turkish goods was mainly (...)
The Group of 20 (G20) finance ministers and central bankers agreed late on Wednesday at a meeting to extend debt suspension for poor countries to help them weather the COVID-19 crisis by a further six months until June 2021.
During the virtual (...)
Iran opposes the presence of foreign military forces, including the European navy, in the Gulf region, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi said, Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday.
The security of Gulf is of (...)
Japan on Wednesday unveiled its newest 3,000 ton submarine named Taigei which was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. amid no signs of the nation reining in its ever-increasing and constitutionally questionable "defense" spending.
The (...)
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases across the African continent has reached 1,592,549 as of Wednesday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The Africa CDC, a specialized healthcare agency of (...)
The Palestinian presidency on Wednesday condemned the new Israeli decision to build thousands of settlement units in the occupied West Bank.
It called on the international community to pressure Israel to stop its settlement activity in the (...)
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a new project to explore the moon and plans to land an unmanned spacecraft on it in 2024, Emirati Prime Minister and Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said Tuesday.
The aircraft will be (...)
Taliban militants' attacks on Aliabad district of the northern Kunduz province have been repulsed and the militants have retreated after suffering casualties, said an army statement released on Monday.
The militants, according to the statement, (...)
China has always opposed the United States' unreasonable action of bullying foreign enterprises by abusing state power and the concept of national security, foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Monday.
Wang made the remarks in response (...)
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein paid an official visit to neighboring Iran during the past two days for discussions over the situation in the Middle East region and bilateral relations.
A statement by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry issued on Monday (...)
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) late on Wednesday said that 17 African countries and regions are under full border closure due to concerns related to the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Africa.
The Africa CDC, a (...)
The navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday received 188 new combat drones and helicopters, Tasnim news agency reported.
Among the naval drones, there are new unmanned aircraft capable of taking aerial images of fixed and (...)
The chief of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Monday warned against increased tensions between Lebanon and Israel amid Israeli warplanes' continuous violations against Lebanon's airspace, the National News Agency reported.
"In recent (...)
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye on Monday accused the US administration of preventing Arab states from supporting the Palestinian Authority to force it to barter its national rights for money.
During the weekly meeting of the PA cabinet, (...)
The top UN envoy for South Sudan on Wednesday warned against the slow progress in the political process in the war-torn country.
On the positive side, the transitional government continues to function. State governors have been appointed with the (...)
The UN humanitarian agency said on Monday that an estimated 500,000 people have been affected by flooding across South Sudan.
The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that parts of the east African nation affected by the (...)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned Wednesday's attack in Kabul on the convoy of First Vice President Amrullah Saleh, which resulted in dozens of civilian casualties.
Guterres extended his deepest sympathy and condolences to the (...)
Saudi-led coalition involved in a war in Yemen on Thursday intercepted a bomb-laden drone launched by Houthis toward the kingdom's border city of Najran.
Turki Al Maliki, the coalition spokesperson, accused in a statement on the Saudi Press Agency (...)
The Arab League (AL) called Wednesday on the international community to take a firm stand against the Iranian activities that "shake the regional countries' stability."
The AL stressed rejection for the "Iranian hostile practices," calling on Tehran (...)
Egypt and China signed on Monday a cooperation protocol to teach the Chinese language in pre-university schools in Egypt as a second optional foreign language.
The protocol was signed by the Egyptian Minister of Education and Technical Education, (...)
