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Yemen reports 21 new coronavirus cases including 3 deaths

Yemen's Saudi-backed government reported 21 new coronavirus cases Friday, including three deaths, the coronavirus committee said on Twitter. The committee added that 13 of the new cases were in Aden, and eight in Hadramout, including the three deaths. The Aden-based government committee...

Iraqi doctor's fight with virus lays bare a battered system

Dr. Marwa al-Khafaji’s homecoming after 20 days in a hospital isolation ward was met by spite. Someone had barricaded her family home’s gate with a concrete block. The message from the neighbors was clear: She had survived coronavirus, but the stigma surrounding the disease would be a...

UN won't vote electronically in Security Council election

The UN General Assembly will cast ballots in-person for five new non-permanent Security Council seats, its president said Thursday, effectively ruling out electronic voting despite the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to UN members obtained by AFP, President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande said...