Editor's note: Freddie Reidy is a freelance writer based in London. He studied history and history of art at the University of Kent, Canterbury, specializing in Russian history and international p
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Iran climbed to 53,183 on Friday, as the total of confirmed cases in Turkey rose to 20,921. Iran, the worst-hit country
Palestinian engineer Tariq Al-Najjar (R) works on making a mobile sterilization chamber which sprays disinfectant, at his workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, April 2, 2020. /Xinhua Edito
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that the international community should focus only on the battle against its common enemy of the COVID-19
Yemeni women work to manufacture protective face masks at a textile factory in Sanaa, Yemen, March 17, 2020. /AP A UN-mandated group of experts has urged warring parties in Yemen to release de
Editor's note: HRH Prince Hasan bin Talal is the president and founder of the Arab Thought Forum, a non-governmental organization that studies current situation and problems in the Arab world. The
Smoke billows up following an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition targeting ballistic missile and drone depots in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, February 23, 2020. /AFP Saudi air defenses interce
Yemen's internationally-recognized government strongly condemned on Sunday the Houthis firing two ballistic missiles against Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh and Jizan city, according to its state-ru
Iran announced another 144 deaths from the coronavirus on Friday and said thousands more were in critical condition as the military completed work on a 2,000-bed field
Photo taken on March, 25, 2020 at the United Nations headquarters in New York shows that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaking at the launch of the COVID-19 global humanitarian response pla
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched a 2-billion-U.S.-dollar Humanitarian Response Plan on Wednesday aimed at fighting the coronavirus in the poorest and mos
A woman wearing a mask walks in Tajrish bazaar in Tehran, Iran, on March 2, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington,
A woman wearing a mask walks in Tajrish bazaar in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Iram Khan is a Pakistan-based commentator on international and commercial affairs. The ar
Iran's death toll from COVID-19 climbed to 1,812 on Monday, after 127 new deaths were reported. Meanwhile, more countries in the Middle East decided to impose curfew to curb the spread of the nove
The World Health Organization (WHO) airlifted COVID-19 testing kits and personal protective items for health workers to the war-ravaged Yemen, the UN aid agency said M
Beijing, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from XinhuaSerbian President Aleksandar Vucic (front) speaks at th
The death toll from COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, in Iran soared to 1,685 on Sunday, as Syria reported the first case of infection. A total of 21,638 people have bee