Kuwait has banned until further notice commercial flights to 31 countries it said that it regarded as high risk due to the spread of the coronavirus, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Saturday.
The countries include Egypt, India, (...)
As Joe Biden nears the announcement of his vice presidential choice, the top contenders and their advocates are making final appeals.
The campaign hasn't finalized a date for naming a running mate, but three people who spoke on condition of (...)
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden's search for a running mate for the Nov. 3 election is drawing to a close.
Biden has vowed to choose a woman as his potential vice president. Here are the contenders likely under final consideration, (...)
Hurricane Hanna's trail of devastation on the south Texas coast on Sunday was marked by overturned tractor-trailer trucks, downed powerlines and roofless houses still threatened by flash flooding in an area already badly hit by COVID-19 (...)
Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week, around double the number that did so the previous week, according to a Reuters tally showing a pick-up in the pandemic in every region of the (...)
The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by 284,196 in 24 hours.
Deaths rose by 9,753, the biggest one-day increase since a record high of 9,797 deaths on April 30.
The (...)
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that federal law enforcement agents will be dispatched to cities facing challenges with violent crime, including Chicago, Illinois and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Speaking at the White House, Trump blamed the (...)
The U.S. and Canada are poised to extend their agreement to keep their shared border closed to non-essential travel to Aug. 21, but a final confirmation has not been given, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
The agreement would likely (...)
U.S. President Donald Trump's planned executive order on immigration will not include amnesty for migrants who are in the United States illegally but arrived in the country as children, a White House spokesman said on Friday.
"This does not include (...)
President Donald Trump insists that schools reopen this fall. Many parents, educators, doctors and economists want the same thing. But getting children back to school safely could mean keeping high-risk spots like bars and gyms closed.
A growing (...)
أكد الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب، اليوم، على استمرار أعمال البناء بشكل سريع للجدار الفاصل مع المكسيك.
وكتب ترامب في تغريدة على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي تويتر: "يتم إنشاء الجدار بشكل سريع في تكساس وأريزونا، ونيومكسيكو، وكاليفورنيا".
واضاف ترامب: (...)
Foreign students must leave the United States if their school's classes this fall will be taught completely online or transfer to another school with in-person instruction, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency announced on (...)
A final decision on the venues for the 2026 World Cup being jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico has been significantly delayed by the COVID-19 outbreak, global soccer's governing body FIFA said on Monday.
FIFA's chief tournaments (...)
تداول نشطاء في مواقع التواصل الاجتماعى، لقطات تظهر طائرة مدنية كبيرة سقطت على طريق للسيارات فى ولاية كينتانا رو المكسيكية.
وتظهر مقاطع الفيديو التى تم تصويرها من قبل أحد السيارات، طائرة مدنية كبيرة تقف فى وسط طريق للسيارات، وتخرج منها النيران، وذلك (...)
Residents of the town of Sonoyta, across from Lukeville, Arizona, briefly blocked the main road leading south from the U.S. border over the weekend over fears of coronavirus outbreaks.
Arizona has seen a major upsurge in infections and there were (...)
Rudolfo Anaya, a writer who helped launch the 1970s Chicano Literature Movement with his novel ``Bless Me, Ultima,'' a book celebrated by Latinos, has died at 82.
Anaya's niece, Belinda Henry, said the celebrated author died Sunday at his (...)
Social media site Reddit said it had shut down r/The_Donald, a forum for supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, on Monday as it announced an overhaul of its content policies.
The site's new content policy said communities and users that promoted (...)
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced on Saturday plans for its 45th edition which is set to take place on 10-19 September.
The festival will be tailored to fit the moment, with physical screenings and drive-ins, digital (...)
Egypt is expected to witness a real GDP growth slowdown through 2024 to reach approximately 4.5 percent, down from five percent in 2015-2019, due to coronavirus, said Cedric Chehab, global head of country risk at Fitch Solutions.
Chehab said that (...)
Being an emerging market, Egypt is expected to witness a real GDP growth slowdown from 2020 to 2024 to reach approximately 4.5 percent, down from five percent in 2015-2019, due to the COVID-19 repercussions, said Cedric Chehab, global head of (...)
ضرب زلزال بقوة 7.5 درجات ريختر جنوب دولة المكسيك، بينها أصدر المركز الأمريكي للتحذير من تسونامي تحذيرا من موجات مد تسونامي بأمريكا الوسطى بعد زلزال المكسيك.
وتقع المكسيك في المنطقة النشطة زلزاليا. في أواخر مايو، ضرب زلزالان بقوة 6.1 و 5.5 درجة (...)
A powerful earthquake hit the coast of southern Mexico on Tuesday, shaking buildings in Mexico City hundreds of miles away, sending people fleeing their homes into the streets, and triggering a tsunami warning.
There were no immediate reports of (...)
Egyptian fintech platform MoneyFellows has secured $4 million in Series A investment from venture capital companies Partech and Sawari Ventures, Ahram Online reported on Monday.
MoneyFellows is a financial enabler that digitises money circles (known (...)
Kenya was elected to the U.N. Security Council on Thursday, defeating Djibouti in a second-round of voting by the 193-member General Assembly after an initial ballot failed to produce a clear winner.
Mexico, India, Ireland, Norway - who were elected (...)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday it would extend existing restrictions on non-essential travel at land ports of entry with Canada and Mexico due to continued risks from the novel coronavirus pandemic.
"This extension protects (...)
