Coronavirus

US lawmakers press Trump to lift Iran sanctions amid ‘borderless’ pandemic

Apr 01, 2020 02:50

Dozens of US legislators have written to top officials in the administration of President Donald Trump, calling for the suspension of economic sanctions against Iran, which is fighting, along with other world states, to contain a new coronavirus pandemic.
Hezbollah aims for frontline role in Lebanon's coronavirus fight

Apr 01, 2020 02:43

Lebanon's Hezbollah showed its preparedness on Tuesday (March 31) to combat the outbreak of coroanvirus in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut.
Curfewed Syrians cheer for health care workers fighting Coronavirus

Apr 01, 2020 02:36

Syrians cheered and whistled from inside their homes as darkness fell on Tuesday night (March 31) in support of the country's health care workers fighting against the Coronavirus outbreak.
More Corona cases confirmed in blockaded Gaza Strip

Apr 01, 2020 02:28

Gaza’s population is at a tremendous risk amid the Coronavirus pandemic as a result of Israel’s inhumane policies since 2007. The enclave’s health system has been experiencing severe shortages in medicines and hospital supplies.
Rights groups urge Turkey to free jailed activists amid pandemic

Apr 01, 2020 02:21

Human rights organizations have called for the urgent release of political activists jailed in Turkey, citing the risk they run of contracting the new coronavirus.
Under specter of coronavirus, Iranians celebrate ‘Nature Day’ at home

Apr 01, 2020 02:08

Unlike in previous years, when the parks and green countryside across Iran were packed with picnickers marking the ‘Nature Day’, people are celebrating this year’s ‘Sizdah-Bedar’ at home due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
UK, Germany and France use INSTEX to circumvent US sanctions on Iran

Apr 01, 2020 01:47

The UK, Germany and France have circumvented US-led sanctions imposed on Iran to send it medical equipment. The trio used a special purpose vehicle called INSTEX to achieve this.
Iran’s academics call for prosecution of top US, European officials over sanctions

Apr 01, 2020 01:37

A group of Iranian university lecturers has called for the prosecution of top US and European officials for committing crimes against humanity even as the Islamic country battles the new coronavirus pandemic despite Washington’s unilateral sanctions.
Tehran's Azadi Tower lit up with messages of solidarity

Apr 01, 2020 01:06

A video with messages urging solidarity and unity between cities and countries during the coronavirus crisis was projected on the walls of Tehran's Azadi Tower on Tuesday.
Internet curbs on Rohingya risk wider virus outbreak

Mar 31, 2020 11:42

Bangladeshi authorities through their official block on Internet access in the Cox’s Bazar camps have obstructed those Rohingya refugees’ right to information on how to protect themselves from contracting the coronavirus. Those restrictions also hobble the efforts of aid groups and government agencies effectively to communicate urgent health messaging to a Rohingya refugee community spread across 34 separate camps.