Category: Middle East

The coronavirus has infected more than 10,000 healthcare workers in hard-hit Iran, news outlets reported Thursday, as health officials in war-ravaged Yemen and Gaza expressed mounting concern about waves of new cases. Iran’s semiofficial news agencies cited Deputy Health Minister Qassem Janbabaei, who did not elaborate. Reports earlier in the week put the number of […]

The coronavirus has infected more than 10,000 healthcare workers in hard-hit Iran, reports said, as health officials in war-ravaged Yemen and Gaza expressed mounting concern about the waves of new cases. Iran’s semi-official news agencies on Thursday cited Deputy Health Minister Qassem Janbabaei, who did not elaborate. Reports earlier in the week put the number […]

RAMALLAH — Palestine on Thursday rejected an anti-coronavirus aid shipment from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that arrived in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv earlier this week. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye explained that the shipment was not coordinated with the Palestinian side. (Palestine-UAE-Aid Shipment) – – – – CAIRO — Egypt witnessed on […]

Nigeria, Lagos – May, 2020 – Technology is changing our lives at spectacular speed. Advances in medicine, education, communication, and productivity have increased life expectancy around the globe and lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. The ability to connect to people and information instantly is so commonplace that many people take it […]

Ali Khamenei isn’t having an easy time of it at the moment. The Islamic Republic of Iran, where he has been the supreme religious leader for 30 years, is not functioning very well. The country is almost completely isolated on the international front, and at home, the people are complaining ever more loudly. And the […]

If war is coming to outer space, then the United States is late to the battlefield. But, its recently unveiled Space Force is already changing the ground rules in the Middle East. Satellites have become the name of the game. As America continues its troop drawdown in Syria, Iraq and around the region – with […]

Communities across the Middle East and North Africa are exploring ways to counter the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic together, through social solidarity. Making a positive move in Egypt, is footballer Saad Samir. In March, in addition to stay-at-home orders from the government, many Egyptians faced storms and floods. As a result, many people lost […]

The crescent moon for the month of Shawwal on the Islamic calendar was not sighted in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and other countries in the region on Friday, hence the festival will be on Sunday, Middle East-based news publishers reported. Saudi and UAE officials called on the population to adhere to safety guidelines to avoid […]

TEHRAN — The Iranian health ministry on Friday reported 51 new deaths of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 7,300 since the outbreak of the disease in late February, state TV reported. Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health and Medical […]