Lubna Hussain and Reuters Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body, the Council of Senior Scholars, urged Muslims worldwide to pray at home during Ramadan if their countries require social distancing, to …
Coronavirus Spreads to Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace: Live Updates
A plane with 84 tons of urgently needed protective medical gear that was to arrive from Turkey in Britain on Sunday was delayed, the U.K. government says.
‘My Last Stand’: In South Korea, a Protester’s Lone Fight Against Samsung
Kim Yong-hee has been staging sit-ins and hunger strikes at the top of an 82-foot-tall traffic camera tower overlooking the busiest intersection in Seoul — for more than 300 days and counting.
China, South Korea report fewest new coronavirus cases in weeks
China and South Korea reported their fewest new coronavirus cases in weeks Sunday, after the countries had been hit with the earliest spreads of the coronavirus. China reported 16 new cases of the …
South Korea Sees Smallest Daily Rise in Coronavirus Cases in 2 Months
South Korea reported just eight more cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, the first time a daily increase has dropped to single digits in about two months. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and …
Israel and South Korea to ease coronavirus lockdowns
Germany and New Zealand also relaxing controls while protests continue in Brazil and US …
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards send warning to US, say they are increasing military patrols in the Gulf
The U.S. military said on Wednesday that 11 vessels from the Revolutionary Guards navy had come dangerously close to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf.
‘Hollywood tale’: Iran hits back at US account of Gulf encounter
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have rejected the US account of an encounter between the two sides’ navy in the Gulf, calling it a “Hollywood tale” after the US Department of Defence accused Tehran of …
Iran’s Guard acknowledges encounter with US during a drill
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is acknowledging it had a tense encounter with U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf last week, but alleged without offering evidence that American forces sparked t …
Iran’s Guard Acknowledges Tense Encounter With U.S. Navy Ships in Persian Gulf
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard acknowledged Sunday it had a tense encounter with U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf last week, but alleged without offering evidence that American forces …