Tue, 2020-04-14 00:14 ANKARA: The shocking resignation of Turkey’s contentious Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu on late Sunday has revealed the ongoing rifts within the Turkish government regarding measures taken against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). But his resignation, … read more
Author: Mon, 2020-04-13 21:47 DUBAI: Bahrain said on Monday that state-owned Gulf Air has begun flying to Iran to repatriate Bahrainis stranded there due to the coronavirus crisis, the first direct flights between the two countries in four years. More … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1586795244291093000 Mon, 2020-04-13 16:15 RAFAH: Gaza’s Hamas-run government on Monday temporarily re-opened the border crossing with Egypt, shut due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, to allow hundreds of Palestinians to return. One-way traffic into the coastal enclave … read more
Author: Sun, 2020-04-12 23:07 BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun abided by the government’s decision to enforce social distancing on Easter and did not attend the traditional mass held in Bkerke, the episcopal see of the Maronite Church in Lebanon. Maronite Patriarch … read more
Author: Zaynab Khojji ID: 1586720445266505100 Sun, 2020-04-12 22:55 DUBAI: Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced on Sunday that it will start using blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients to treat critical COVID-19 cases after the UAE announced that it will adopt … read more