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Iranians, some wearing protective masks, gather inside the capital Tehrans grand bazaar, during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic crises. AFP Photo

Covid-19: Iran records lowest single-day death toll in last one month

Ninety-eight deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall toll to 4,683.

14 April 2020 5:22 PM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: AFP)

Turkey projects itself as humanitarian power amid Coronavirus pandemic

Turkey is hard hit itself by the virus outbreak which has killed nearly 1,300 people.

14 April 2020 4:05 PM IST

File image of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz. (AFP)

Israel prez rejects Gantz's request for more time to form government

Ex-military chief Gantz was given the mandate to form a government four weeks ago by President Reuven Rivlin.

12 April 2020 6:13 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani chairs a cabinet session in the capital Tehran. Rouhani urged the International Monetary Fund to provide the country with a requested $5 billion emergency loan to combat its novel coronavirus. AFP photo

Iran eases lockdown restrictions as country records 117 more deaths

Health ministry also confirmed that 1,657 new infections had been confirmed in the past 24 hours.

12 April 2020 5:23 PM IST

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Pray at home during Ramadan, says Khamenei to Iranians

Ramadan is set to start in the last week of April this year

9 April 2020 4:11 PM IST

Pakistan approached the IMF in August 2018 for a bailout package. (Photo- AFP)

Iran seeks $5 billion from IMF to battle coronavirus

Coronavirus has killed more than 3,800 people and infected more than 62,500.

8 April 2020 6:08 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani chairs a cabinet session in the capital Tehran. Rouhani urged the International Monetary Fund to provide the country with a requested $5 billion emergency loan to combat its novel coronavirus. AFP photo

Virus-hit Iran urges IMF to approve $5bn loan

Iran is battling one of the deadliest coronavirus outbreaks which it says has killed close to 4,000 people and infected...

8 April 2020 5:56 PM IST

In this Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban groups top political leader sign a peace agreement between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar. AP Photo

Taliban-US peace deal near breaking point

The Taliban's statement issued Sunday warned of more violence if the U.S. and the Afghan government continue alleged...

6 April 2020 11:18 AM IST

Workers disinfect the ground around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca,Saudi Arabia on March 7, 2020 (AP)

Coronavirus: Saudi asks Muslims to delay Haj plans

The kingdom's Al Saud ruling family stakes its legitimacy in this oil-rich nation on overseeing and protecting the hajj...

1 April 2020 1:46 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo- AP)

Iran's fight against coronavirus not hampered by US sanctions: Rouhani

Friction between Tehran and Washington has increased since 2018 when President Donald Trump pulled the US out of...

1 April 2020 1:18 PM IST

Benjamin Netanyahu (AP)

Israeli PM Netanyahu placed under quarantine after staffer tests...

The prime minister decided that he and his close staff would be in confinement until tests were completed

30 March 2020 6:17 PM IST

People wearing protective clothing carry the body of a victim who died after being infected with the new coronavirus at a cemetery just outside Tehran, Iran. AFP Photo

Virus cases in Iran rise to 40,000, toll climbs to 2,757

Iran has been scrambling to contain COVID-19's spread since it reported its first cases on February 19

30 March 2020 5:50 PM IST