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A policeman and pedestrians wear masks to help guard against the Coronavirus, in downtown Tehran, Iran. AP Photo

Following virus outbreak, UAE restricts flights to Iran

The airportâ€™s announcement came after Bahrain said it would suspend all flights from Dubai and Sharjah for 48 hours

25 Feb 2020 1:12 PM IST

A public bus driver, right, and a pedestrian wear masks to help guard against the Coronavirus in downtown Tehran, Iran. AP Photo

50 people have died so far due to COVID-19, Iranian news agency says

The new death toll is significantly higher than the latest number of confirmed cases

24 Feb 2020 3:33 PM IST

Kuwait, Bahrain confirm first COVID-19 cases

It said the cases were of a 53-year-old Kuwaiti man, a 61-year-old Saudi citizen and a 21-year-old stateless Arab

24 Feb 2020 2:12 PM IST

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Move to arrest Saudi female rapper draws online backlash

Many called the move hypocritical as the kingdom invites Western women to perform

24 Feb 2020 2:03 PM IST

Pedestrians wear masks to help guard against the Coronavirus, in downtown Tehran, Iran. AP Photo

COVID-19: Death toll jumps to 12 in Iran

Earlier on Sunday, Iranâ€™s health minister acknowledged that travel from China brought the new virus to the country

24 Feb 2020 1:40 PM IST

Iraqi authorities are taking precautions at Najaf and other Iraqi airports, as well as at the border gates with Iran, after the discovery of the new virus that emerged in China in Iran. AP Photo

COVID-19: Death toll in Iran rises to 8

The health ministry spokesman said that there were now 43 confirmed cases of the illness in Iran.

23 Feb 2020 4:25 PM IST

Paramedics treat an injured Palestinian at a hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 23, 2020, after being wounded while reportedly trying to rescue bodies of people killed during a confrontation along the border with Israel. AFP Photo

Israeli forces gun down Palestinian near Gaza fence, Army says

The Gaza health ministry said that two civilians were wounded by Israeli gunfire at the scene

23 Feb 2020 4:00 PM IST

A man carries a wounded boy to an ambulance after an earthquake hit villages in Baskale town in Van province, Turkey, at the border with Iran. AP Photo

Earthquarke strikes northwestern Iran, kills 8 in neighbouring Turkey

The earthquake had a depth of six kilometres, according to Tehran University-'s Seismological Centre

23 Feb 2020 3:45 PM IST

Peace activists gather in Kandahar to celebrate the partial truce, a potentially historic turning point in the war. AFP Photo

Week-long partial truce comes into effect in Afghanistan amid isolated...

If the truce holds, it will be the only second lull in fighting since 2001

22 Feb 2020 4:45 PM IST

More than 100,000 casualties in Afghanistan in 10 years, UN says

While the number was down five percent from 2018, it was nonetheless the sixth year that the war caused high number of...

22 Feb 2020 1:22 PM IST

Vince Reffet, known as Jetman, takes part in a flight in the Emirati city of Dubai. AFP Photo

-'Jetman-' stuns Dubai by scaling new heights, literally

Vince Reffet and his collaborators, known as -"Jetmen-", staged a series of aerial displays that send them tearing...

18 Feb 2020 3:37 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news conference in the capital Tehran. AFP photo

Iran will never yield to US pressure for talks: Rouhani

Relations between Tehran and Washington reached crisis point in 2018 after US President Donald Trump abandoned a 2015...

17 Feb 2020 11:42 AM IST