The leader of the Western Saharan independence movement has landed in the Algerian capital, Algiers, amid a diplomatic row between Morocco and Spain over his reception for medical treatment by the latter.

US sanctions imposed on Iran by the Trump administration have led to children with cancer needlessly dying in Iran from lack of medicine; thousands of adults are also dying each month from COVID-19.

Kuwait's crown prince has stepped in as partial ruler after the hospitalization of the 91-year-old emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah.

Syria’s ambassador to Russia slams as medical terrorism US sanctions against his country amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Yemen asks the international community to pressure the Saudi-led coalition, which has been attacking the impoverished country since 2015, into letting in medical supplies.

The case was diagnosed in the oil-producing Hadhramaut province.

US Vice President Mike Pence blames the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) amid mounting criticism over White House’s delayed coronavirus response and President Donald Trump’s initial failure to understanding the enormity of the pandemic