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Iran, Iraq consult on Mehran border reopening
May 15, 2020 11:45The director-general of customs in Ilam province, western Iran, announced consultations with Iraqi officials to reopen the Mehran trade border.
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Trump administration threatens Veto of $3 trillion relief bill
May 15, 2020 08:13Democrats are gearing up to push a $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill through the House on Friday. But the White House has threatened to veto the legislation.
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Iran sends 1'st medical shipment to Tajikistan
May 14, 2020 22:39IP -Iran has sent the first shipment of medical supplies to Tajikistan amid Coronavirus pandemic.
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India Bans American Agency for Financing Bio Weapons Research
May 14, 2020 21:06The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is under the watch list of the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs for funding a laboratory in Manipal for work on the Nipah virus, which has been considered a “potential bio-weapon” since December 2019.
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Coronavirus case at Rohingya refugee camps raises fears of outbreak
May 14, 2020 20:40Officials have confirmed the first coronavirus infection of a Rohingya refugee in the sprawling camps in southern Bangladesh, where over 1 million members of the persecuted Muslim ethnic group live.
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China hits out at US claims of coronavirus research hacking as tensions flare
May 14, 2020 19:21Tensions escalated between China and the United States on Thursday, with Beijing hitting back at a reference to COVID-19 as the “plague from China” and Washington’s allegation that Chinese hackers were targeting coronavirus research.
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Iran-made coronavirus diagnostic kits exported to Turkey, Germany
May 14, 2020 17:42Tehran (IP) - Iranian Health Ministry Spokesman reported the export of the home-made coronavirus diagnostic kits to Turkey and Germany.
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Nearly 3 million jobless claims in US last week
May 14, 2020 17:22More than 2.9 million workers have applied for unemployment benefits during the last week, bringing the total applications in two months of the coronavirus impact to 36.5 million.
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ISIS builds-up amid COVID-19 crisis, Norwegian forces in Iraq warn
May 14, 2020 16:28The Norwegian military forces in Iraq have warned that ISIS terrorists are taking advantage of the challenges posed by the novel coronavirus and the group is in the process of rebuilding.
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Americans deprived of health coverage following rising unemployment
May 14, 2020 15:30Millions of Americans have been hit with a double blow during the coronavirus pandemic because they're out of work and without health insurance if they get sick. In this country, most working-age people depend on their job to have health insurance, meaning that they have insurance when they are working.