Month: April 2021

Iran’s daily new Covid-19 infections reached a four-month high on Monday, said the health ministry, as the capital Tehran was put on the highest virus risk level.

Pope Francis in his traditional Easter Sunday address denounced as “scandalous” how armed conflicts continue to rage even as the coronavirus pandemic has triggered severe social and economic suffering and … Read More

Tribal clashes in Sudan’s restive Darfur region have killed at least 18 people and wounded 54, a doctors’ committee said Monday.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was Monday headed to Germany for “medical tests”, sources within his office told AFP, less than two months before the first Palestinian polls in 15 years.

Turkey has detained 10 retired admirals for signing a statement in support of an 85-year-old maritime accord, accusing them of conspiring against the constitutional order, the state-owned Anadolu news agency … Read More

Lebanon will be receiving 50,000 doses of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine donated from China Tuesday, Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hasan announced Monday, giving a needed boost to the government’s six-week … Read More