Iran allowed some businesses in the capital and nearby towns to re-open Saturday after weeks of lockdown aimed at containing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East. Iran was slow to respond to the pandemic and held off on imposing widespread restrictions even after other...

Syrian regime's health ministry on Wednesday has confirmed five Coronavirus cases as    medics and opposition activists suspect there are many more So far, 38 people tested positive for the Covid-19 with two confirmed deaths. The World Health Origination warned...

The U.N. Security Council Friday endorsed the secretary-general’s call for the warring parties in Yemen to immediately stop fighting and focus on reaching a peace agreement and countering the outbreak of the new coronavirus. In its first statement on recent developments in Yemen, the...

A surge in fighting between the Myanmar military and insurgents has killed at least 32 civilians, mostly women and children, in the restive Rakhine and Chin states, the U.N. human rights office said on Friday, adding the military had destroyed homes and schools. Myanmar’s military denies...