India has reported 6,767 new coronavirus cases, its highest daily jump, taking the overall total to 131,868. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr with millions under strict stay-at-home orders and many fearing

DUBAI: Jordan’s request for emergency financial assistance amounting to about $396 million has been approved by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Jordan Times has reported.The fund is under the organization’s Rapid Financial Instrument created

For the first time since they began reporting data in January, Chinese authorities registered zero new infections of coronavirus.  Brazil confirmed a total of 330,890 coronavirus cases on Friday, overtaking Russia to become the

DUBAI: Amid the coronavirus pandemic’s withering effect on economies including of behemoths such as China and Germany, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres is calling anew for peace in conflict areas to address the virus particularly

A passenger plane with nearly 100 people on board has crashed in a residential area in the Pakistani city of Karachi, the country's civil aviation agency said on Friday. The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

BEIRUT: Lebanon is at risk of a major food crisis and many Lebanese may soon find it hard to afford bread because of an acute financial crunch and the fall-out of COVID-19, the prime

US President Donald Trump blamed China for "mass incompetence" and singled out Beijin for "mass worldwide killing". The number of deaths in a single day reached a record in Brazil - which has the

Professional rugby players in New Zealand are back on the field. The Super Rugby club competition was suspended in mid-March because of the global coronavirus pandemic and now the country's teams are starting their

World leaders have spoken at the virtual meeting of the World Health Assembly, as many countries have called for an independent probe into the pandemic. Chinese President Xi Jinping says Beijing has always been transparent

DAMASCUS: Top Syria tycoon Rami Makhlouf on Sunday said the regime was piling pressure on him and threatening to arrest him and close his telecommunications empire unless he hands over profits.Makhlouf, a first cousin