Washington, 15 March 2020 (NPR) The U.S. and countries around the world continued to adapt to the spreading corona-virus pandemic by imposing new restrictions Saturday, as the virus upended travel plans, pushed back elections and forced major companies to adapt. In Washington, the Trump administration said Saturday that the U.S. would extend the current ban...

Doha, 15 March 2020  (Govt Communication) Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al -Thani has directed the State's officials to provide the necessary services to citizens and residents, foremost to provide safety and protection from the new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and to ensure continuing their normal life. Amir of Qatar presided this...

Doha, 14 March 2020 The exit permit (travel notification) for government and semi-government sectors that are not subject to the Labour Law exempting a category (5%) of the employees in the establishment that are determined by the employer in the relevant sectors, will be abolished, with effect from 19 March 2020. Maj.  Abdullah Khalifa Al-Muhannadi...

Olympia (Greece) 12 March 2020, Anadolu News Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou in the role of the High Priestess lights the torch of the Olympic Flame during the Lighting Ceremony​ of the Olympic Flame for the Tokyo Summer Olympics, at the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on 12 March 2020....

Kabul, 14 March 2020 (AlJazeera News) The Afghan government has postponed its plan to release Taliban prisoners, a senior official said, a decision that could sabotage a peace deal signed last month between the armed group and the United States. Javid Faisal, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said on Saturday the releases were being delayed because...

Hague, 06 March 2020 (AlJazeera News) The International Criminal Court (ICC) has authorised an investigation into possible war crimes committed in Afghanistan, which would include allegations against United States Afghan and Taliban armed fighters. "The Appeals chamber considers it appropriate to authorise the investigation," said presiding Judge Piotr Hofmanski on Thursday. The decision, which comes...

Kabul, 06 March 2020. AlJazeera News At least 27 people have been killed in an attack, claimed by the ISIL (ISIS) group, at a ceremony in the Afghan capital where a top Afghan political leader, Abdullah Abdullah, was present but escaped unharmed. While a health ministry spokesman confirmed the death of 27 people, a NATO source told Reuters...

Doha, 06 March 2020 (Anadolu News) Qatar confirmed three more cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, taking the number of total cases to 11. "The infected are in quarantine; two of the cases are Qatari citizens and one with another nationality who recently returned from Iran," the country's health ministry said in a statement....

Dhaka, 06 March 2020 (Anadolu News) Large numbers of protesters in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka gathered after weekly Friday prayers demanding the cancellation of an upcoming visit by India's premier. Accusing India's Narendra Modi of "killing Muslims" and "patronizing communal violence" in his country, the demonstrators demanded their government cancel an earlier invitation to Modi for...

04 March 2020 (AlJazeera News) Governments around the world are scrambling to contain the spread of COVID-19, which is growing globally even as transmission in China, where the virus originated at the end of last year, continues to show signs of slowing. There are more than 93,000 cases around the world - the overwhelming majority...