Japan will offer a cash payment of 100,000 yen ($930) to every resident, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday, as measures to contain the coronavirus decimate the world's third-top economy. "We are moving quickly to deliver cash to all people," Abe said in a televised news conference...

Germany said on Friday a month-long lockdown had brought the coronavirus pandemic under control, announcing plans to manufacture 50 million masks a week ahead of the first steps to loosen restrictions. Smaller shops will be allowed to reopen from Monday and some children could soon return...

Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus rose by 89 in the past 24 hours to reach 4,958 on Friday, health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV. The total number of cases of infection reached 79,494, of which 3,563 were in critical condition, he said. A parliamentary...

  (Photos)- Zaman al-Wasl has obtained photos of 24 Generals who were promoted by Bashar al-Assad since January in a reward for the crimes  they committed  against the Syrian people in nine years. Most of the promoted generals come from Bashar al-Assad's...