Spain decided Saturday to follow Italy in declaring a nationwide lockdown to slow the accelerating spread of the coronavirus epidemic, Spanish media reported. Spain's decision came as European countries took ever more severe, though widely varying, measures to reduce contact between their...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- After six years in forced disappearance, the family Fadi Al-Nakdali has confirmed his death due to torture in the Syrian regime security chambers. Al-Nakdali’s brother-in-law and the human rights activist Mohamed Hindawi, said Al-Nakdali, like all his peers from...

The Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi closed all tourist attractions, including its branch of famed Paris museum the Louvre, from Saturday until March 31 as a precaution against the coronavirus. "In line with precautionary measures to ensure the health and safety of visitors, #AbuDhabi's main...

Apple is closing all of its stores outside China until March 27 in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, CEO Tim Cook said. Cook said the firm had learned from steps taken in China, where the tech giant has just reopened its retail stores. "One of those lessons...