RIYADH: Muslims around the world began marking a sombre Eid al-Fitr Sunday, many under coronavirus lockdown, but lax restrictions offered respite to worshippers in some countries...
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under increased pressure on Sunday to sack top aide Dominic Cummings (pix) who was facing allegations that he had breached coronavirus...
JURUSALEM: Israel’s veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (pix) was set Sunday to become the country’s first sitting premier to face criminal charges over a string of corruption...
MLEETA, Lebanon: Jalal was barely three years old when Israeli troops withdrew from Lebanon two decades ago, but he speaks fondly of the Hezbollah “victory” that shaped his allegiance...
BEIJING: China said Sunday that relations with the United States were “on the brink of a new Cold War”, fuelled in part by tensions over the coronavirus pandemic, as Muslims around...
HONG KONG: Police fired tear gas and pepper spray at hundreds of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters who gathered Sunday in opposition to a controversial security law proposed by...
DUBAI: From smart police helmets to research labs, the novel coronavirus has given Dubai an opportunity to test its technological and scientific clout as it shapes its approach...
NEW YORK: Faced with the calamitous fallout from the coronavirus on airline customers and the broader economy, Boeing found itself in an unfamiliar and uncomfortable position in...
BEIJING: The Chinese virology institute in the city where Covid-19 first emerged has three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, but none match the new contagion wreaking chaos...
WASHINGTON: The number of deaths in New York state caused by the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours was 84, the lowest one-day total since late March, Governor Andrew Cuomo...
WASHINGTON: While apps for video-conferencing and online courses have flourished during the Covid-19 pandemic, so have something rather more contentious: lawsuits.
MADRID: Spain said on Saturday it would let in foreign tourists and restart top league football in the coming weeks, accelerating Europe’s exit from strict coronavirus lockdowns,...
