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KUWAIT, June 5 (KUNA) -- Health authorities in several countries on Friday reported new coronavirus infections and deaths in the last 24 hours. In Bahrain, the health ministry confirmed 437 new COVID-19 infections and one death. According to a statement i...

Qatar, the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts, has put no limit to their sporting ambitions. Despite an illegal blockade imposed on Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt since June 5, 2017, the Gulf state continues to create its own sporting legacy, ho...

The United Nations' atomic watchdog agency says Iran has continued to increase its stockpiles of enriched uranium and remains in violation of its deal with...

The UK embassy in Washington has raised concerns with the US administration over British journalists who were subject to police action while covering protests over the death of George Floyd, Downing Street has said....

Daraa, SANA-Fire Brigade in Daraa has extinguished 9 fires which erupted in several areas in the province on Thursday. Daraa Fire Brigade Commander, colonel Mohammad Mahamid told SANA correspondent that the fires, erupted in cultivated areas with wheat in...

Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government said Friday they had entered Tarhouna, the last major stronghold of eastern commander Khalifa Haftar near Tripoli, capping the sudden collapse of his 14-month offensive....

Tottenham Hotspur have secured a 175 million pounds loan from the Bank of England....

Israel has been asked to assist Diaspora Jews, but is it prepared for an aliyah wave or will it lose olim who find no homes and jobs? Op-ed....

Former US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey has slammed Trump for his handling of nationwide protests against police violence and systemic racism....

Rafi Peretz says settlement construction freezes, recognition of Palestinian state out of the question after Netanyahu defended Middle East plan from settlement leaders' criticism...

BRUSSELS, June 5 (KUNA) -- The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Norway on Friday increased to 8,504, of which 27 cases were reported yesterday. These figures were released by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. No additional death from...

Tehran, June 5, IRNA - Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani in a message referred to President Donald Trump's disastrous situation inside and outside the US, saying the prisoner swap is not the result of negot...

Iran has imprisoned a French-Iranian citizen on an espionage charge....

KUWAIT, June 5 (KUNA) -- The Health Ministry's official spokesperson Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said Friday that the new cases included 262 Kuwaiti nationals, 139 Indians, 101 Bengali, 94 Egyptians and the others related to different nationalities. Al-Sana...

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KUWAIT, June 5 (KUNA) - The Kuwaiti Health Ministry on Friday reported 723 new coronavirus infections, bringing the tally to 30,644, while deaths reached 244 after recording 8 cases. In a statement to KUNA, the ministry's spokesperson Dr. Abdullah Al-...

European Union and British negotiators say there had been very little progress in their latest round of talks about a Brexit free trade agreement....

Russian embassy in Prague says expulsion of its employees was 'provocation'; based on 'ungrounded accusations'....

US President Donald Trump says the country will be working towards reopening the economy during a live news conference.-Developing...

It remains unclear why it has taken the government more than two months to make face coverings compulsory on public transport and called for the policy to be extended to all places where social distancing is not possible....

And are they still worshipping the Father of Jesus, or the god of Mohammed?...

The COVID-19 pandemic is now "under control" in France, the head of the government's scientific advisory council said Friday, as the country cautiously lifts the lockdown imposed in March to contain the outbreak....

The head of Iran's semiofficial ISNA news agency has been convicted over publishing an article that quotes a former ambassador criticizing Tehran's "arbitrary" intelligence operations in Europe, a journalism watchdog group said Friday....

TEHRAN, Jun. 05 (MNA) Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said that the Islamic Republic always welcomes humanitarian efforts to release Iranian prisoners in foreign countries....

DOHA, June 5 (KUNA) -- Qatari Health Ministry confirmed four deaths from coronavirus and new infections reached 1,754 on Friday. In a statement, the ministry said the fatalities were to people aged, 90yrs, 80yrs, 70yrs, and 62yrs old and that they were re...

Inside the sixth century church in southeastern Turkey, dozens of Assyrian Christian women, men and children in their Sunday best attend a service, one of only a few held in their ancient homeland....

The two assaults took place since a rare ceasefire between the armed group and Afghan forces ended more than a week ago....

A major British trial of hydroxychloroquine has found it has "no benefit" for patients hospitalized with COVID-19, researchers said Friday, announcing they...

New Yorkers stayed on the streets of New York City Thursday for another day of protests spurred by the death of George Floyd, including at a memorial service at the site where police used batons against demonstrators who were out past the city-imposed cur...

Israeli invention, Aura Air launches what it describes as 'the world's smartest and most intensive air filtration system for under 500.'...

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KUWAIT: The health ministry on Friday reported 723 new coronavirus infections, bringing the tally to 30,644 cases, while deaths reached 244 after recording eight new cases.In a statement to KUNA, the ministry's spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said t...

Tehran, June 5, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Friday said that French officials must end interference in Iran's internal affairs....

Tehran, June 5, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Friday said that French officials must end interference in Iran's internal affairs....

Tehran, June 5, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Friday said that French officials must end interference in Iran's internal affairs....

North Korea denounces foreign interference in the affairs of the Chinese city of Hong Kong, expressing support for Beijing's decisions regarding the city....

The Ministry of Public Health Friday announces 1754 confirmed new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19), with 1467 people having recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours....

A Syrian court has ordered that Syriatel, owned by prominent businessman Rami Makhlouf, be placed under judicial custody amid a high-profile dispute over arrears, according to a document posted on the court's Facebook page....

Tehran, June 5, IRNA Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Friday confirmed the meeting between Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and former US ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson....

Black Lives Matter protesters take a knee on Trafalgar Square after the killing of George Floyd by US police....

Baghdad, June 5, IRNA- Iran's charge d'affaires in Baghdad Mousa Alizadeh-Tabatabaei on Friday said that the storm and harsh weather conditions could be the cause of the sinking of an Iranian vessel in Iraqi waters....