The United States is preparing for the possibility that a booster shot will be needed between nine to 12 months after people are initially vaccinated against COVID-19, a White House official said on Thursday.While the duration of immunity a...

President Joe Biden said Thursday after announcing sanctions against Russia that for both countries 'now is the time to deescalate.'Biden described the sanctions, which are aimed at the Russian economy and dozens of individuals, as a 'measu...

“It is time to end America’s longest war. It is time for American troops to come home,” President Joe Biden said, CNBC reported.The U.S. invaded Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade...

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip on Thursday recorded five new fatalities and 1,162 new cases from the coronavirus during the last 24 hours.In a daily brief on COVID-19 in the coastal enclave, the ministry said that some...

A total of 40 million doses of anti-Coronavirus vaccines have been given in the United Kingdom to date, the British Ministry of Health data showed on Wednesday.A total of 32,326,604 million single doses of the vaccine were given, and 8,170,...

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Following Denmark's decision to ban the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal Wednesday said the AstraZeneca vaccine is an 'essential tool' to combat COVID-19.The Euronews network cited Attal...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called Iran's announcement of an intent to begin enriching uranium at 60 percent purity “provocative,” saying the step raised questions about the seriousness of Tehran over the nuclear talks...

An explosion has been heard in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdish autonomous region, a result of a rocket attack near Erbil’s airport, according to an Al Arabiya correspondent.The US consulate had also sounded its emergency alarms followi...

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday announced that 10 new coronavirus fatalities and 1,425 new infections were recorded during the last 24 hours.In a daily brief on COVID-19 in the coastal enclave, the ministry said that s...

Sudan provisionally plans to send a first official delegation to Israel next week to firm up bilateral ties that were established last year under US mediation, two sources said on Tuesday.One of the sources, who could not be identified by n...

Iraq said Monday it recorded over 51,000 coronavirus cases in a week amid a new surge in infections and urged strict adherence to health and safety measures.Public Health Director Riyadh Abdul Amir said that Iraqi health facilities were rep...

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday announced that 8 new coronavirus fatalities and 1,292 new cases were recorded during the last 24 hours.In a daily brief on COVID-19 in the coastal enclave, the ministry said that some 857...

Tehran urged Seoul on Sunday to release billions of dollars of Iranian funds frozen in South Korea under US sanctions over its nuclear programme, during a visit by the South Korean premier.'We call on the (South) Korean government to releas...

Israeli public radio cited intelligence sources as saying that Israel’s Mossad spy agency carried out a cyber-attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility.Kan Radio’s report, which cited unnamed sources, said the attack on Nat...

Saudi Arabia Ministry of Defense on Saturday announced that three soldiers who worked for the Saudi Ministry of Defense were executed after convicted of high treason, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.Ministry Of Defense stated that the...

The head of the World Health Organization said that over 87 per cent of the more than 700 million doses of coronavirus vaccine that have been administered worldwide have been given in wealthier countries.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom...

President Joe Biden will set up Friday an expert commission on reform of the powerful US Supreme Court, the White House announced.The move follows months of debate over whether Democrats should seek to expand the court, from its current nin...

Europe’s drug regulator on Wednesday said it had found a possible link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in adults who received the shot. Britain recommended people under 30 get an alternative COVID-19 vaccine...

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip on Thursday announced that 8 fatalities and 1,932 new cases from the coronavirus were recorded during the last 24 hours.In a daily COVID-19 report, the ministry said the total caseload reached 77,307...

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto Wednesday held talks on regional developments and means to mobilize international support for the Palestinian Authorities (PA), and the Midea...

US troops and Coalition forces will “transition” and redeploy their combat forces from Iraq, a joint statement from Washington and Baghdad stated Wednesday.The announcement came after the third Strategic dialog meeting between US and Iraqi...

An earthquake measuring 3.8 degrees on the Richter scale was recoded on Wednesday at 4:30am in the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Egyptian city of Marsa Matruh, the Jordanian Seismological Observatory (JSO) said.In a statement, JSO directo...

Arab Businessmen Federation (ABF) on Tuesday called for drawing strategic plans and programmes for cooperation between Arab countries and China. ABF President Hamdi Tabbaa, during the 9th session of the China-Arab Businessmen Conference and...

US prosecutors said on Tuesday they charged the president of a New York cosmetics company for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to violate US economic sanctions on Iran.Michael Rose, president of Forsythe Cosmetics Group LLC, is accus...