Middle East
‘Hunger pandemic’ fears as virus roils world economy
The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a hunger crisis in already vulnerable parts of the world, the UN warned ...Ramadan on collision course with virus for Asia’s Muslims
Across Asia, home to about half of the world’s Muslims, the coming Islamic holy month of Ramadan is on a collision course ...Oil prices tank, as Americans protest virus stay-at-home orders
Oil prices crashed into negative territory Monday after coronavirus lockdowns around the globe shrivelled demand, as US demonstrators once again took to ...WHO insists it hid nothing, sounded virus alarm from start
The World Health Organization insisted Monday that it sounded the alarm on the novel coronavirus right from the very start and had ...Global virus deaths top 150,000 as US braces for lockdown protests
Coronavirus deaths have surged past 150,000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the United States, where new rallies against lockdown ...121 new virus deaths in Turkey as infection rate slows
Turkey’s health minister said Saturday that 121 more people have died of COVID-19, with total deaths standing at 1,890. Fahrettin Koca shared ...Nations debate easing lockdown as economic hardship grows
Governments around the world are wrestling with when and how to lift economically painful virus-control measures as unemployment rises. Mandatory lockdowns to ...Dubai opens 3,000-bed field hospital for virus response
Dubai opened a 3,000-bed capacity field hospital on Saturday in its World Trade Centre to prepare for a potential surge in novel ...Global virus deaths pass 150,000 as Trump endorses lockdown protests
Coronavirus deaths have surged past 150,000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the United States, where President Donald Trump lent ...Iran says 89 virus deaths take total to 4,958
Iran said on Friday 89 more people have died from the novel coronavirus, as the country’s official fatalities remained in double figures ...














