Donald Trump has announced details of a “warp-speed” effort to create a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year, even as experts warn that such a breakthrough could take longer than 18 mo... Read more

Downing Street has rolled back on the idea of exempting travellers from France from incoming quarantine rules, with only freight drivers and experts working on anti-Covid-19 efforts being ab... Read more

Brazil’s health minister has abruptly resigned after less than a month on the job – and a day after the country announced it had recorded nearly 14,000 deaths. The sudden resignation of Nels... Read more

For the past five days, millions of people in Spain have once again been able to indulge in moments of luxury that would have been mundane routines just two months ago. Across half the count... Read more

The US House of Representatives has narrowly approved a $3tn bill pushed for by Democrats to battle the coronavirus and stimulating a faltering economy. But Republicans who control the Senat... Read more

As continuing lockdowns until a coronavirus vaccine is developed is proving unsustainable because of the enormous economic and social costs, many countries in the world are now emulating the... Read more

Qatari state-owned Al-Jazeera has released a new film titled ‘Western Thrace, Contested Space: The Turks of northeast Greece’. It is little surprise that Qatar, a Salafi dictatorship that pr... Read more

Half of Spain has advanced to phase one of a four-phase plan to ease lockdown restrictions by July. Hoteliers can open their properties – though none of the common areas – and bars and resta... Read more

Aid groups have warned of a looming humanitarian disaster after coronavirus was detected for the first time in the sprawling camps that host about one million Rohingya refugees. The camps in... Read more

Chinese health authorities have begun testing millions of people in Wuhan, after the city that was once the centre of the coronavirus outbreak reported a small cluster of infections. Officia... Read more

An escalation of rhetoric between Donald Trump and China over the coronavirus pandemic has sparked concerns that a trade deal between the nations is in peril, as Chinese state media dismisse... Read more

When I booked my flight home after spending more than two-and-a-half months in Europe, I knew what my journey would entail. With no more direct flights between Paris and Hong Kong, I would h... Read more

Shaimaa Yahya   In the Egyptian drama series “El-Ekhteyar” (The Choice), Egyptian actor Ahmed El-Rafei features a calm personality, nice beard and hair, and a luxurious cloak as he port... Read more

Mustafa Kamel   With instructions from Tehran, Iran’s militias have begun to reposition in Syria, withdrawing from their forward station points to the main centers, in addition to repla... Read more

Muazz Mohamed The Movement of Society for Peace, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Algeria, has stepped up criticism of a fresh package of constitutional amendments declared by... Read more