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

The UAE reported on Monday new cases of coronavirus infections among four families which did not adhere to precautionary measures and social distancing, and gathered for Taraweeh prayers, sp... Read more

The UAE has no plans for a value added tax (VAT) rate hike, following the news that Saudi Arabia would be tripling its rate from 5 percent to 15 percent, the UAE Ministry of Finance told Al... Read more

South Korea has reported 34 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily number in a month, after a small outbreak emerged around a slew of nightclubs that a confirmed patient had visited. Of th... Read more

A newborn baby and his mother, who had both tested positive for the deadly coronavirus just one day after the child’s birth, have recovered from the virus in the United Arab Emirates, the Ab... Read more

The coronavirus lockdown in Oman’s capital city Muscat will be extended until May 29 as the country ramps up its efforts to curb the outbreak, the Supreme Committee for dealing with CODIV-19... Read more

The UAE’s newly developed stem-cell treatment for the coronavirus is not curative, as it doesn’t kill the virus; it helps COVID-19 patients overcome the symptoms of the disease, Fatima al-Ka... Read more

Boris Johnson has spoken of his dramatic stay in intensive care as doctors faced a “50-50” decision on whether to put him on a ventilator and plans were drawn up on how to announce his death... Read more