The novel coronavirus pandemic is still accelerating and its effects will be felt for decades, the World Health Organization's director-general told an online conference Monday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual health forum organized by Dubai authorities that the greatest threat...

Iran’s currency Monday dropped to its lowest value ever against the dollar and officials warned Iranian exporters to bring their foreign earnings home from abroad. Money exchange shops briefly traded the Iranian rial 200,000 for a dollar and later in the day, the currency was valued at...

The World Health Organization sent out a fresh warning on Monday over the dangers of the new coronavirus even as France returned to life by staging an annual music festival and sending millions of children back to school. In spite of numerous European countries further easing their lockdown...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A crop fire destroyed about 40 hectares in southern Sweida province late on Friday, local activists said. The massive fire flared up in the Dafn area in the southern countryside.  Firefighters backed by farmers and residents were able to extinguish the fire...