Relatives of 19 soldiers killed in Gulf of Oman naval exercise accident attend ceremony in Chahbahar. Iran has held a funeral service for 19 sailors killed during a military training exercise when a support vessel was mistakenly hit by a missile from another Iranian ship. Mourning relatives of the killed soldiers, along with military and […]

TEHERAN (REUTERS) – A county in south-western Iran has been placed under lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday (May 10), also quoting the provincial governor as saying there had been a sharp rise in new cases across the province. Tasnim quoted Gholamreza Shariati, governor of Khuzestan province, […]

After more than 100 rockets hit Tripoli’s airport and residential areas, government forces move on key Haftar base. Libya’s UN-supported government launched a counterattack on Sunday against a strategic military base used by renegade commander Khalifa Haftar to pound the capital Tripoli with rocket fire. The response came after a missile barrage damaged Tripoli’s main […]

DOHA – Low-wage migrant workers are forced to beg for food in Qatar as the devastating economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic left many sick and unemployed. In interviews with more than 20 workers, British daily The Guardian reported on Thursday (May 7) that many of these wage-earners expressed worries and fears of being suddenly […]

At least one person was reported killed in capital Tehran while seven others injured, according to health ministry. At least one person was reported killed and seven others were injured, when a magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit northern Iran early on Friday (20:18 GMT on Thursday), according to the country’s health ministry. Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur wrote […]

Volunteers’ delivery of food to quarantined neighbourhoods has become formidable challenge, but it may be not enough. Karachi, Pakistan – Twenty-three-year-old Iqra Nazeer Ahmed discards her gloves and gingerly sprays a diluted solution of disinfectant on her mask, careful to avoid touching anything around her lest she expose her younger siblings and elderly parents to […]

No immediate claim of responsibility for firing rockets that landed in the perimeter of Baghdad’s airport. Three Katyusha-type rockets have struck a military complex near Baghdad’s international airport that is used by US troops and diplomats, Iraq’s military said without reporting casualties. Security officials said it was not immediately clear whether a military base hosting […]

Volunteer collective using a network of 3D printers to produce much-needed protective equipment during COVID-19 crisis. Istanbul, Turkey – Various sounds of whirring and beeping lead the way into a converted office in Istanbul. Now filled with 3D printing machines and a packaging line, the space has been taken over by 3 Boyutlu Destek – […]

CAIRO (REUTERS) – Yemen has reported three new coronavirus cases, two in Aden city and one in Taiz province, the national emergency coronavirus committee said on Saturday (May 2), raising the number of diagnosed infections in the war-town country to 10 with two deaths. The United Nations says it fears the coronavirus could be spreading […]

CAIRO (REUTERS) – Saudi Arabia will take strict and painful measures to deal with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, finance minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said in an interview with Al Arabiya TV, adding that “all options for dealing with the crisis are open”. “We must reduce budget expenditures sharply”, Jadaan said in comments published […]