A second wave of coronavirus infections sweeping the Israeli-occupied West Bank is fuelling fears of a surge in overcrowded Palestinian refugee camps where social distancing is next to impossible. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, the Palestinian Authority quickly imposed a...

Many hospitals need urgent reconstruction, but sanctions are preventing them from importing critical equipment It has been a month since US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Caesar Act sanctions coming into play as policy on 17 June.  There has been a clear mismatch in US...

Coronavirus cases reached 871,970 in Africa on Wednesday, according to a daily update by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). At least 18,475 people have died of the virus across 54 countries on the continent, the latest figures showed, while 523,475 patients...

A researcher claimed Tuesday to have discovered the exact spot where Vincent Van Gogh painted his last canvas before his mysterious death from a gunshot wound. The tortured Dutch artist had been working on "Tree Roots", a jumble of brightly-colored tree trunks, roots and stumps near...