07 May 2020 (daily hindustan times - CNN) A gas leak at a polymer plant in Visakhapatnam has killed 11 people and forced the evacuation of thousands of people in the 3-kilometre radius. The leakage of styrene gas,  which causes nausea and dizziness, took place early on Thursday when the plant was preparing to resume...

07 May 2020 (AlJazeera News) The United States is reportedly removing Patriot anti-missile systems, along with other military assets, from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia as it winds down a military build-up that began when tensions with Iran flared up last year. The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous US officials, reported on Thursday that four...

Doha, 07 May 2020 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui Qatar Foundation Research, Development and Innovation (QF RDI) and the Italian Universities of Rome Tor Vergata and Trieste have established cooperation to collect and analyse genomic information to study the different impacts of COVID-19 among the population, Italian Ambassador to Qatar HE Alessandro Prunas has said....

Doha, 06 May 2020 (NHRC-QNA) National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) of Qatar  in coordination with representatives of its expat bodies, has launched an awareness campaign targeting corporate workers, including workers in recruiting companies and domestic workers. The campaign included field visits to workers in Industrial Area, Umm Salal, Al Wakrah, Al Duhail, and Al Thumama....

06 May 2020 (Qatar Tribune-DPA) Tens of thousands of Indians stranded abroad because of the COVID-19 crisis will be repatriated starting on Thursday in what could become one of the world’s largest evacuation missions. A total of 190,000 Indians will be repatriated in the coming weeks from several countries, including those in the Middle East...

Doha, 26 April 2020 (QNA) The State of Qatar confirmed the failure of the blockading countries to subjugate or control its sovereign decision, demanding the Security Council to end the illegal and unjust blockade of Qatar and the closure of the airspace of blockading countries for Qatar aircraft. Daily Arabic Al-Raya said in its editorial...

Sialkot (Pakistan), 26 April 2020 (APP) Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said the forensic audit report of the inquiry into the wheat flour and sugar crisis would be made public, apprising the people of all the facts and figures. She rejected the allegations levelled...

Ankara, 25 April 2020 (Anadolu News) All corona-virus patients have been discharged from hospitals in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected last December, the country's health authority said Sunday. Mi Feng, spokesman of the National Health Commission, said the number of hospitalized patients in the city was down to zero....

25 April 2020 (Misc Media/AlJazeera) Rumours have  swirled surrounding the health of North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un's health following his noticeable absence from state media, official statements and public events in recent days. The third-generation hereditary leader who came to power after his father's death in 2011 has no clear successor and it is...

Ankara/Srinagar, 25 April 2020 (Anadolou) The corona-virus death toll in the US moved close to 52,000 and number of cases passed 905,000 on Saturday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The Maryland-based university's running counter showed 51,956 deaths, 905,364 cases, and 99,079 recoveries across the world’s hardest-hit country. New York is the worst-hit...