Middle-East
Iran says virus deaths reach 107 amid 3,513 confirmed cases
Iran will set up checkpoints to limit travel between major cities and urged citizens on Thursday to reduce their use of paper money to fight a spreading outbreak of the new coronavirus, which has killed at least 107 people across the Islamic Republic.
Israel demolishes homes of 2 alleged Palestinian attackers
The Israeli military on Thursday said its forces demolished the homes of two Palestinians accused of being behind a deadly blast in the West Bank last year.
Israelis vote in 3rd election in a year focused on Netanyahu
Israelis voted Monday in an unprecedented third election in less than a year to decide whether longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stays in power despite his upcoming trial on corruption charges.
Virus ravaging Iran kills confidant of its supreme leader
A member of a council that advises Iran's supreme leader died Monday from the new coronavirus, becoming the highest-ranking official within the Islamic Republic's Shiite theocracy to be killed by the illness ravaging the country.
Iran raises death toll to 54 from new coronavirus
Iran's health ministry on Sunday raised the nationwide death toll from the new coronavirus to 54 as the number of confirmed infected cases jumped overnight by more than half to 978 people.
Israel advises against foreign travel over virus concerns
Israel on Wednesday advised its citizens to reconsider all foreign travel amid the global spread of the new coronavirus that was first reported in China.
Royal Jordanian Airlines suspends flights to Rome
Royal Jordanian Airlines on Wednesday said it has suspended its Amman-Rome flights, starting from Feb. 26, 2020, until further notice.
UAE bans Iran flights over virus; at least 15 dead in Iran
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday banned all flights to and from Iran over the outbreak of the new coronavirus, just a day after its spread from the Islamic Republic was announced across multiple Mideast nations. Iran meanwhile raised the official death toll from the virus to 15 killed amid 95 confirmed infections.
Iran official running anti-coronavirus task force has virus
A spokesman for Iran's Health Ministry says the head of the country's counter-coronavirus taskforce has tested positive for the virus.
UAE limits flights to Iran from Dubai over virus outbreak
Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel, said Tuesday that the United Arab Emirates is limiting flights to Iran over the outbreak of the new coronavirus, just a day after it spread across multiple Mideast nations from the Islamic Republic.