Sina Kalan, 36, walks out of the bathroom feeling like a new man. His beard is gone and drops of water trickle down his freshly-shaved skin. He has been waiting for this moment for 12 days.... Read more

Iran issued its most dire warning yet Tuesday about the new coronavirus ravaging the country, suggesting “millions” could die in the Islamic Republic if people keep traveling and ignore heal... Read more

Iran reported its single biggest jump in deaths from the new coronavirus on Wednesday, saying that another 147 had died in a nearly 15% spike that raises the death toll to 1,135 people natio... Read more

Since Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that Turkey will be opening its borders for refugees who want to cross into Greece and Europe, images depicting thousands of suf... Read more

French President Emmanuel Macron has further tightened restrictions on freedom of movement, suspended economic reforms and delayed the second round of local elections in the fight against co... Read more

A United Nations agency has voiced alarm after a migrant boat stranded in Maltese waters carrying 49 people was returned to Libya, where hundreds have gone missing since the start of the yea... Read more

A prominent Houthi commander vowed in a television interview to coerce all tribes in Yemen to fight alongside the Iran-backed militia, threatening to use them as human shields if they refuse... Read more

Dubai authorities shut down nine shisha cafes which reportedly violated new regulations banning the smoking of shisha at cafes in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, according to a s... Read more

A child has died in a fire in the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, according to the Hellenic Fire service. The fire broke out in one of the living containers situated inside the camp on Monday... Read more

The Qatar World Cup 2022 Supreme Committee announced that nine workers had died between February 2019 to December 2019 in its Workers’ Welfare Progress Report. One worker reportedly collapse... Read more

Apple has been fined a record €1.1bn (£990m) by antitrust regulators in France for engaging in anti-competitive agreements with two wholesalers. The penalty imposed on the US tech giant is t... Read more

Lothar Wieler, the president of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin, the National Public Health Institute in Germany, has said the risk to Germans was now ‘high,’ adding that is the hi... Read more

British American Tobacco (BAT) is marketing e-cigarettes and heated cigarettes with pictures of attractive models and using hashtags such as “I dare you to try it”, despite a crackdown last... Read more

  Robert el-Fares   The security fist used by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extends to his opponents especially after the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016.   A ne... Read more

Magdy Abdel Rasoul   The peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban has opened many political doors for the Afghan movement and its political future at the international... Read more