Millions of Muslims across the world observe Ashura, which commemorates the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam and the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon Him). Ashura is the culmination of a 10-day annual mour...
Amid accelerating reports about new variants of the coronavirus, the Covid-19 has infected more than one hundred million persons with a total of 100,358,863 cases. As medical reports have indicated that the new coronavirus strains are more lethal, ...
Global coronavirus infections exceeded 50 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, with a second wave of the virus in the past 30 days accounting for a quarter of the total. October was the worst month for the pandemic so far, with the U...
China says the United States government has “abruptly” informed Beijing that it has to close its consulate in the Texan city of Houston, calling Washington’s decision “political provocation.” China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin s...
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus has now surpassed 16 million worldwide, while more than 644,000 have lost their lives due to the infection, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Since its emergence in Chin...
The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic crossed 190,000 on Friday, with nearly two-thirds of the fatalities in Europe, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources at 0740 GMT. A total of 190,089 people have died and 2,69...
The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 126,898 on Wednesday, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT from official sources. More than 2,001,200 declared cases have been registered in 193 countries and territor...
The worldwide number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus rose to 70,009 on Monday, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT from official sources. More than 1,277,580 declared cases have been registered in 191 countries and territories...
The novel coronavirus has spread rapidly outside of China since its first known case in December 2019, ravaging markets and establishing itself as a global threat. Various companies, governments, and health authorities have put into place sweeping ...