Tuesday, 10 November 2020_Senior Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official and veteran Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has died of COVID-19. He was 65.
The United States’ separating of Iran from the global financial system has hindered the Islamic Republic’s ability to secure supplies of food and drugs as it struggles to rein in a resurgence of the coronavirus outbreak.
Thursday, 29 October 2020_Italian police fired teargas at demonstrators protesting virus restrictions on Tuesday for the second night running, as dire figures on global tourism and investment highlighted the devastating economic impact of the pandemic.
Monday, 26 October 2020_Iran says it will never forget how the United States’ outgoing regime acted as a “cruel collaborator” of the new coronavirus by retaining its illegal and unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic at a time when the country is battling the hugely deadly phenomenon.
Sunday, 25 October 2020_Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran at the current critical time requires “cooperation, unity and solidarity” more than ever.
Saturday, 24 October 2020_The number of daily coronavirus cases in Europe has doubled in the space of 10 days and crossed 200,000 for the first time on Thursday with many countries setting new records.
Wednesday, 21 October 2020_A federal judge in the US city of Atlanta is weighing a challenge to a Trump administration directive that halts the eviction of certain renters through the end of the year in an effort to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus.
Sunday, 18 October 2020_Over 1,000 current and former staff members at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have criticized President Donald Trump over his administration’s handling of the coronavirus.
Saturday, 17 October 2020_The US government has announced a record $3.1 trillion budget deficit as the coronavirus continues to batter the world’s largest economy.
Friday, 16 October 2020_More than 4,600 new coronavirus cases have been detected in Iran over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.
Tuesday, 13 October 2020_Chief Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami says the military force will employ the full range of its capacities to help the health sector combat a sharp surge in coronavirus cases in the capital, Tehran, and across the country.
Thursday, 08 October 2020_The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to impose additional sanctions on Iran’s financial sector that would block the few remaining avenue of legal financial exchange with Tehran, according to three administration officials.
Tuesday, 06 October 2020_US President Donald Trump has left the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after spending three days there for treatment of the coronavirus.
Friday, 02 October 2020_Hope Hicks, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, has tested positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing symptoms, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Thursday, 01 October 2020_Israelis have taken to streets in Tel Aviv to express their anger at a controversial law that limits protests during the coronavirus-related lockdown, a measure widely believed to be aimed at taking advantage of the health crisis and heading off mass demonstrations against scandal-hit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Wednesday, 30 September 2020_More than 380,000 coronavirus positive cases have recovered from the infectious disease in Iran as of Wednesday, the Health Ministry said.
Wednesday, 30 September 2020_More than 60 million people in India — 10 times the official figure — could have contracted the novel coronavirus, the country's lead pandemic agency said Tuesday, citing a nationwide study measuring antibodies.
Saturday, 26 September 2020_Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has lashed out at the US administration over the imposition of inhumane sanctions and the so-called maximum pressure on the country, saying the White House is responsible for all the hostile measures and crimes against the Iranian nation.
Friday, 25 September 2020_The number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States topped 7 million on Thursday - more than 20% of the world's total - as Midwest states reported spikes in COVID-19 infections in September, according to a Reuters tally.