To some, Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman is guilty of a "catastrophic failure" of leadership for not urgently conveying the coronavirus threat to the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community that elected him. Milder critics have described Litzman as a "tragic" leader, whose limited authority...

Iran's new coronavirus death toll has climbed to 4,003 with 121 more deaths in the past 24 hours, a Health Ministry spokesman told state TV on Wednesday, adding that the total number of infections in the country has risen to 67,286. "We had 1,997 new infected cases in the past 24 hours .......

At the construction site in Tel Aviv, Jamal Salman and the other Palestinian workers wore gloves and masks, and their employer provided apartments for them to stay overnight. But his wife, alarmed by the news about the coronavirus outbreak in Israel, called him every night from the West...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday the International Monetary Fund would be guilty of "discriminatory behavior" unless it provides $5 billion in emergency funding to help Tehran fight the coronavirus outbreak. "I urge international organizations to fulfill their duties ... we...