Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday called for boosting trade exchanges among the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states, particularly in the post-pandemic era, Tasnim News Agency reported.
Rouhani made the remarks when (...)
South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai will be among the favourites to advance to the knockout rounds of this year's Asian Champions League after the defending champions were drawn to face a pair of debutants in the competition's group phase on (...)
Fiji, the favourite of Western nations, won the presidency of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday, beating Bahrain and Uzbekistan in a secret ballot that resolved a tense deadlock over the selection.
The vote was called after an impasse that (...)
Egypt's Ministries of International Cooperation and of Tourism and Antiquities have signed a COVID-19 tourism recovery technical assistance cooperation package with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the the United (...)
Russia and China are opposed to a candidate from Fiji seen as a staunch human rights defender to lead the top U.N. rights body, diplomats and observers say, creating a deadlock just as the United States may seek to rejoin the forum it quit in 2018. (...)
A coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was found to be safe and triggered immune responses in early and mid-stage trials, researchers said on Tuesday.
A late-stage trial of the ZF2001 vaccine, which CAS is (...)
The World Health Organization's Europe director said Thursday that the 54-country region has again reached a new weekly record for confirmed cases, with more than 1.5 confirmed last week and more than 10 million since the start of the (...)
China and Russia were elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, but support for Beijing dropped by more than 20 percent compared with a 2016 vote and Saudi Arabia failed in its bid to win a seat on the Geneva-based body.
The (...)
Russia's sovereign wealth fund and its partner Chemrar will supply the COVID-19 drug Avifavir to 17 additional countries, the fund said in a statement on Thursday.
Avifavir gained approval from the Russian health ministry in May and is based on (...)
The defense ministers from India and China have met in the Russian capital as the two sides try to lower rising tensions along their disputed border in the eastern Ladakh region, where a June clash killed 20 Indian soldiers.
At the meeting Friday (...)
The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic exceeded 700,000 on Wednesday with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the rise according to a Reuters tally.
Nearly 5,900 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID-19 on average, (...)
Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week with a pick-up in the pandemic in every region of the world according to according to a Reuters tally.
A record 284,196 new cases were (...)
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 International Monetary Fund (IMF) has further downgraded its projections for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's economic growth to -5.7% in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
This represents a 2.4 percentage (...)
The Asian Champions League will resume in two regional hubs in September and October with a single match deciding the title in early December, the Asian Football Confederation said on Thursday.
The continent's elite club competition, which was (...)
Gold sales have continued to grow in Egypt for the second week despite high prices, according to Ragab Hamed, Associate Director at Sabayik al Kuwait for precious metals trading.
Prices for the precious metal have recently touched EGP 911,000 per (...)
Washington's envoy to Afghanistan stressed Saturday the economic benefits of the peace deal with the Taliban, forging ahead with an agreement that has run into new political obstacles both in the U.S. and regionally.
Zalmay Khalilzad was wrapping up (...)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) agreed to take immediate action to facilitate the recovery of tourism in a number of countries, including Egypt, Ahram Online (...)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) are joining forces to boost the tourism sector's recovery across the 38 economies where the Bank invests.
The rapid spread of the (...)
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €7.5bn of new financing for projects worldwide as part of its global coronavirus (COVID-19) response.
The financing will go towards investments to improve public health, hospital and elderly care (...)
Egypt's GDP is expected to grow by 2.5 percent in the current FY2019/2020 and by 3 percent in FY2020/2021, on the back of the weak outlook in the tourism sector, disruptions in global value chains, weaker demand from trading partners, and the (...)
Public debt in the Middle East region may reach almost 95% of GDP, as fiscal deficits deteriorate, Bloomberg announced in a recent report prepared by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The decline is projected to occur due to spending increases (...)
The Taliban's political chief has met with senior diplomats from countries including Russia, Indonesia and Norway, hours after signing a deal with Washington aimed at ending the Afghan war, the hardline Islamist group said in a statement on (...)
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani rejected on Sunday a Taliban demand for the release of 5,000 prisoners as a condition for talks with the Afghan government and civilians, included in a deal between the United States and the Islamist militants.
His (...)
A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from parts of China and a cruise ship in Japan hit by the new coronavirus.
Following are some countries' evacuation plans, and how (...)
