Qatar on Saturday recorded its first death from the coronavirus, a Bangladeshi resident, and 28 more cases to take its total to 590 infections, the health ministry said.
The 57-year-old Bangladeshi national was suffering from a previous chronic (...)
The United Arab Emirates on Saturday extended to April 5 a nightly curfew to sterilise public places to combat the spread of coronavirus as neighbouring Qatar reported its first death from the disease.
The UAE's deep clean campaign, being (...)
The state security prosecution decided on 19 March to release 15 members of a mix of leftist and liberal political parties pending trial.
Sources said the release comes in response to the coronavirus. Khaled Ali, a lawyer defending political (...)
The first two cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday by the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Two Palestinian men — aged 79 and 63 — who had travelled from Pakistan and entered Gaza through Egypt tested positive for the (...)
It is the Sacred House of God.
For the nearly 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide, the images of shutting down Islam's most holy mosque in the city of Mecca, the standard-bearer of the ultra-orthodox Islam of Saudi Arabia, in order to stem the spread of (...)
A hurricane is a complex storm system that spells natural disaster. It combines tempestuous winds, torrential rains, floods, whirlwinds and whirlpools into an extremely powerful and destructive package. Developed countries are generally prepared for (...)
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday reported its first death from the coronavirus, a 51-year-old Afghani resident, while the United Arab Emirates' main airports in Dubai and Abu Dhabi said they would temporarily suspend all passenger flights from (...)
The future of soccer could be fewer games and fewer top competitions to help avoid a financial crisis, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a newspaper interview published Monday.
With soccer around the world in near-total shutdown and no end in (...)
Air raid sirens echoed across Jordan's capital early Saturday to mark the start of a three-day curfew, the latest mass lockdown in the region aimed at containing the new coronavirus.
In one of the strictest measures yet, Jordan has ordered all shops (...)
تداول مستخدمو وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي تسجيلا صوتيا يتناول الأوضاع السيئة للعمال الأجانب في قطر، ويتهم التسجيل الصوتي قطر باستغلال العمال الأجانب والتعامل معهم باعتبارهم لا يعدو بشرا وأنهم قابلون للاستبدال.
والتسجيل الصوتي لصحفي رصد هذه القضية على (...)
Australia and Taiwan joined governments offering financial aid to airlines as coronavirus and stricter travel controls forced carriers to deepen cuts to capacity and staffing.
U.S. airlines have asked Washington for $50 billion in grants and loans, (...)
قرر اتحاد أمريكا الجنوبية لكرة القدم "كونميبول" تأجيل بطولة كوبا أمريكا 2020 لتقام في العام التالي 2021 بسبب تفشي فيروس كورونا المستجد "كوفيد 19". وذلك وفقا لمارتين فيرنانديز صحفي "جلوب سبورت" البرازيلية.
وكتب الصحفي عبر حسابه على موقع التواصل (...)
UEFA has begun a day of consultations with European soccer leaders with the postponement of the 2020 European Championship a possibility because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The UEFA executive committee will make decisions after hosting back-to-back (...)
Egypt last week presented its response to the 372 recommendations it received from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on 13 November 2019.
In the report it submitted on 14 March, the Egyptian government stressed the care it took to (...)
Bahrain reported the Gulf's first death from the coronavirus on Monday and the energy-producing region broadened measures to shield populations and economies from the outbreak.
Nearly 1,000 people have now tested positive for the virus in Gulf Arab (...)
The Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX) has decided to roll out its 2020 edition in a digital version for the first time, moving the planned +700 screenings of 220 films into digital form.
The festival said it has partnered with Festival (...)
Analysts say the decision was expected, and it will support economic growth, reduce the budget deficit, and improve stock market activity
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) cut its basic interest rates by 3%, bringing the overnight deposit rate to (...)
Major sports events around the world that have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak:
Olympics
* The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia was held without spectators.
* The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) suspended the (...)
Qatar said on Sunday it would provide 75 billion riyals ($20.5 billion) in financial incentives to the private sector and instruct state funds to increase their investment in the local bourse by 10 billion riyals.
Government spokeswoman Lulwa Rashed (...)
وفقا لوزارة الخارجية الأمريكية في تقريرها السنوي حول ظاهرة الاتجار بالبشر لعام 2018، على مدار السنوات الخمس الماضية، فإن قطر هي بلد المقصد للرجال والنساء الذين يتعرضون للعمل القسري، وبدرجة أقل بكثير، الاستغلال الجسدي القسري .
يهاجر رجال ونساء من (...)
دفع تحقيق سري حول ظروف العمل في قطر، الفيفا إلى الاعتراف للمرة الأولى، بانتهاك معايير العمال في مشاريع كأس العالم.
وجد التحقيق الذي أجرته محطة WDR الألمانية، أن الأجور المتأخرة موضوع متكرر لآلاف العمال المهاجرين في مشاريع في قطر، ويضم التحقيق مع (...)
منذ عام 2010، عندما مُنحت الدولة حق استضافة كأس العالم 2022 ، ازداد عدد العمال المهاجرين في قطر بسرعة، مدفوعا جزئيا بطفرة البناء اللاحقة، وقفز عدد سكان البلاد من 1.6 مليون شخص في ديسمبر 2010 إلى 2.7 مليون شخص في أكتوبر 2018، قادمين من بعض أفقر دول (...)
The new coronavirus outbreak can now be characterised as a pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was alarmed by the spread and severity of the outbreak, along with a lack of (...)
The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Wednesday he has received an apology from an executive board member who said the 2020 Games should be delayed a year to two because of the coronavirus.
Yoshiro Mori called a quick news (...)
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly decided on Monday to suspend all events and large public gatherings until further notice, as part of the state's preventive measures against Coronavirus (COVID-19).
This shall include events that accept large numbers (...)
