Browsing Category
International Reports
Mali: UN mission fulfills mandate, aids battle against coronavirus
As the COVID-19 pandemic plagues the world, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali told the Security Council on Tuesday that the mission continues to fulfill its mandate while doing whatever it can to prevent the…
China reports 62 new infected cases of coronavirus
China’s health authorities on Wednesday reported 62 new coronavirus cases, up from 32 the previous day and the number of people infected from abroad.
The National Health Commission said in a statement that the number of cases arriving in…
Trump attacks WHO over Coronavirus, Threatens to Withhold Funding
US President Donald Trump has blamed the World Health Organization for getting every aspect of the coronavirus "wrong," threatening to pull back funding from the international organization.
Speaking at a White House press…
WHO: Middle East Still Has Chance to Scale up Coronavirus Response
Most Middle Eastern countries are seeing worrying daily increases in cases of the new coronavirus but the region still has a chance to contain its spread, Rueters quoted a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official saying on Tuesday.…
Iraq: E-health clinic to provide health advice to citizens
Al-Ameed University opens its e-health clinic to provide health advice to citizens.
In order to provide community-based medical services at any time and under any circumstance, the al-Ameed University of the Al-Abbas’s (AS) Holy Shrine…
Iran: Unveiling of homegrown electro-optical system to monitor coronavirus patientsv
An Iranian-made electro-optical system for checking body temperature at crowded places to monitoring coronavirus patients was unveiled on Sunday at Baqiyatallah Hospital in Tehran.
About 200 Palestinian children are kept in inhumane conditions of Israeli prisons
Nearly 200 Palestinian children are kept behind bars in Israeli prisons in inhumane conditions, undergoing “very rough interrogation process and torture”, the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said.
The commission…
Refugees in Malaysia stay at home for fear of Coronavirus
According to the Malaysian government’s announcement that everyone should stay at home as part of a nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) on March 18, Mai Mai, who is originally from Myanmar’s Kachin State, did what she was told.…
Coronavirus pandemic is shaking up the world; life feels so surreal
This time is a public health emergency that’s shaking up the world. Much of the world is waking up to a strange new reality. In just a matter of weeks, people in many countries have become accustomed to wearing masks, stocking up on…
WFP: Yemenis Children Will Suffer from Hunger in The Future
The United Nations World Food Program warned that Yemen recorded the highest levels of child malnutrition worldwide. Nutrition experts affiliated with the program emphasized that children suffering from malnutrition in Yemen will face…