In Yemen's Taiz, cemetery supervisor Dabwan al-Makhlaafi had to hire mechanical diggers to keep up with demand for new graves at a cemetery originally built for fallen government fighters, as coronavirus spreads through the war-torn country. "Workers were not able to keep up with the...

 By Michael Shammas  (Zaman Al Wasl)- The ambiguous position of the German channel Deutsche Welle in regards to the Syrian revolution, reveals a bias toward the Syrian regime and its regional allies, such as Lebanese Hezbollah militia, despite what some channel operators say...

Oil prices drifted lower on Thursday as concerns about renewed COVID-19 lockdowns in the United States outweighed signs of a recovery in U.S. gasoline demand. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 futures fell 14 cents, or 0.3%, to $40.76 a barrel by 0229 GMT, after rising 0.7% on...

Global coronavirus cases exceeded 12 million late Wednesday, according to a running tally by US-based Johns Hopkins University.    The number of deaths from the virus has reached 548,822, with recoveries topping 6.5 million.  The US remains the worst-hit country with over...