After a spirited fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, lasting more than two years, the new virus map released by Iran’s health ministry on Friday has brought a big cheer to people across the country.

Israel killed 355 Palestinians and injured more than 16,500 others during the year 2021, according to a new report .

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip warns of Israel's continued ban on entry of medical equipment into the besieged enclave.

Sudanese security forces shoot dead a protester during a brutal crackdown on anti-coup demonstrators in the African country.

France reports its first case of the new Omicron coronavirus variant near Paris in a person who returned from Nigeria.

Iranian authorities say they will enforce a COVID vaccine mandate in mid-October.

Iran hopes to end the fifth wave of coronavirus with flat hospitalization rates reported in 14 provinces.