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Spain touts mass vaccine plan, sees light at tunnel's end

After months of turmoil and over 42,000 deaths, Spain appeared to see light at the end of the tunnel Friday, announcing ambitious plans to vaccinate much of the population by mid-2021. "Our forecasts, under almost any reasonable scenario, show that a very substantial part of the Spanish...

Turkey registers over 5,100 coronavirus cases

Turkey reported 5,103 more coronavirus patients over the past 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data released on Friday. The country's overall tally now stands at 435,273, the ministry announced. A total of 3,019 more patients recovered over the past day, bringing the tally to...

WHO advises against remdesivir for coronavirus treatment

The anti-viral drug remdesivir should not be used to treat Covid-19 patients no matter how severe their illness as it has "no important effect" on survival chances, the World Health Organization said Friday. Denting hopes in one of the few treatments that had shown some initial promise in...

Israel accuses Lebanon of changing stance on maritime border

Israel has accused Lebanon of changing its position in talks on their disputed maritime border and warned it could lead to a "dead end" that would be damaging for the whole region. The two countries, which remain technically at war, opened negotiations on the border dispute under US and UN...