US succumbs to virus: Trump calls Xi for help
China and the United States should "unite to fight" the deadly coronavirus pandemic, President Xi Jinping said in a call with Donald Trump on...
US virus cases mount to 85,000: 3.5M unemployed despite $2T package
The United States was quickly becoming a new epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic Thursday as new infections soared and unemployment claims skyrocketed to...
US puts NEW sanctions on Iran, despite calls for relief
The US Treasury Department has slapped fresh sanctions on Iran, accusing several Iranian firms of aiding terrorism. Meanwhile, Tehran and the UN have called...
COVID-19 transmission among new-born babies rare but possible
Chinese scientists reported Thursday it is possible, although rare, for pregnant mothers with the COVID-19 illness to pass the infection down to their babies. The...
Can Covid-19 bring US and Iran closer?
The ongoing Covid-19 has exposed not only public health facilities in many countries, but also revealed complex manifestations of international politics. For the last three...
What percentage is the chance of survival if you get coronavirus?
In a rare piece of good news about Covid-19, a team of infectious disease experts calculates that the fatality rate in people who have...
A new Great Depression in the offing: World leaders will hold crisis talks
World leaders are to hold online crisis talks Thursday on the coronavirus pandemic that has forced three billion people into lockdown and claimed more...
Iran is dying under US sanctions and China virus
Saadi Shirazi, one of the prominent Iranian poets of the medieval period, once wrote, “Extending a hand in the hour of need is the...
Coronavirus Crisis brings robots to medical frontline
Robots are expected to demonstrate their value for “dirty and dangerous” medical tasks in the fight to quell the coronavirus pandemic, researchers said Wednesday....
Jamal Khashoggi murder: Turkey charges 20 Saudis
Turkish prosecutors on Wednesday charged 20 suspects including two former top aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the brutal 2018 murder of...
Coronavirus could repeat itself in cycles: Claims a top US scientist
There is a strong chance the new coronavirus could return in seasonal cycles, a senior US scientist said Wednesday, underscoring the urgent need to...
Coronavirus: One third of humanity under lockdown
India's billion-plus population went into a three-week lockdown on Wednesday, with a third of the world now under orders to stay indoors, as US...