Middle East and North Africa

Gaza (Reuters) – The first two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the densely-populated Gaza Strip, Palestinian health officials

Cairo (Reuters) – Egypt on Saturday ordered mosques and churches to shut their doors to worshippers in an effort to

Dubai (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that social distancing measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak in

Beirut (Reuters) – Syrian refugee Mohamed al-Bakhas is doing his best to protect his family from coronavirus by keeping their

Dubai (Reuters) – The new coronavirus is killing one person every 10 minutes in Iran, the health ministry spokesman tweeted

Dubai (Reuters) – Hundreds of Bahraini pilgrims are stranded in Iran, epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East,

Riyadh – King Salman of Saudi Arabia made a special address to the citizens and residents of the Kingdom on

Kolkata (AFP) – An activist with India’s ruling party has been arrested after a volunteer fell ill from drinking cow