The UAE reported on Tuesday 779 new coronavirus infections and five deaths, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 31,086 and the death toll to 253, according to the count... Read more

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman exchanged Eid al-Fitr greetings with senior officials from the Ministry of Defense through a video call on Sunday. The Prince said: “What pain... Read more

Oman reported 463 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the total to 7,527. The death toll remains at 34. The ministry added that 1,848 people had recovered from the virus. Oman has... Read more

Iran on Saturday moved to open businesses, religious and cultural sites as it eases restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Museums and historical sites are to reopen on Su... Read more

Oman has recorded 424 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number in the sultanate to 6,794, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health on Friday. Earlier in the day, the mini... Read more

Health officials in the United Arab Emirates have launched a nationwide campaign to encourage citizens and residents to download and begin using the country’s official COVID-19 testing and c... Read more

Residents of Saudi Arabia who violate the coronavirus-related precautionary measures and gather in large groups inside or outside shops in the Kingdom will be deported and forbidden from re-... Read more

A man convicted of drug-trafficking offences has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call, the city-state’s first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely.... Read more

Enforced quarantine measures at the UK border expected to be unveiled this week are to cover arrivals by sea, car and international rail, as well as air, the Guardian understands. The UK pri... Read more

Donald Trump traveled to a medical equipment distribution facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, to tout a plan to replenish and upgrade the vital federal stockpile. According to... Read more

It is regularly cited as the most hated word in the English language and even Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has visibly struggled while using it. But now the word “moist” is being d... Read more

Tui plans to cut up to 8,000 jobs in response to the coronavirus chaos engulfing the tourism industry. Europe’s largest travel group said it needed to reduce costs permanently to tackle “unq... Read more

Parisians have been banned from drinking alcohol on the banks of the Saint-Martin canal and the Seine river after police were forced to disperse crowds just hours after an eight-week coronav... Read more