People enjoy sunset by Adriatic Sea in Zadar

People enjoy the view of sunset by the Adriatic Sea in Zadar, Croatia, May 24, 2020. (Dino Stanin/Pixsell via Xinhua)

Eid al-Fitr marked in Tehran, Iran

Aftermath of cyclone Amphan landfall in Kolkata, India

Aftermath of Cyclone Amphan in Kolkata, India

An Indian soldier chops a tree branch fallen on a road following the landfall of cyclone Amphan in Kolkata, India, on May 24, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)

Algeria tightens restriction measures to contain COVID-19 spread during holiday

Ecuador’s COVID-19 death toll hits 3,108, infections reach 36,756

Ecuador on Sunday said it has 36,756 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and a death toll of 3,108 since the start of the outbreak...

News Analysis: Israeli PM strives to use new gov’t as protection in court trial

With newly appointed ministers behind him, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his trial opened on Sunday is “an effort to bring him down” and his...

Chile confirms 69,102 cases of COVID-19, 718 deaths

Chile on Sunday said a total of 69,102 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the death toll has reached 718. The Health...

Roundup: Egyptians stay indoors on fast-breaking day under anti-coronavirus measures

Egypt celebrated on Sunday the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which comes after the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid tight anti-COVID-19 restrictions. Unlike...

U.S. imposes travel restrictions on Brazil due to COVID-19

The White House announced Sunday that the United States has imposed travel restriction on Brazil, which has become the nation with the second-highest number of COVID-19...

Ghana close to easing COVID-19 restrictions: president

Ghana is close to announcing a roadmap toward easing of COVID-19 restrictions, Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said Sunday. Akufo-Addo said consultations are ongoing with...

Tunisian PM vows to exit COVID-19 outbreak with slightest damage

Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh said on Sunday that his country is preparing to exit the stage of COVID-19 outbreak with the slightest damage. The official...

Turkey, Iran presidents discuss cooperation against COVID-19 pandemic

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani discussed cooperation possibilities in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic on the phone, local media reported...

Roundup: Turkey’s COVID-19 cases surpass 156,000; Chinese experts in Algeria hold video conference on virus prevention

Turkey’s COVID-19 cases on Sunday exceeded 156,000. Meanwhile, Chinese medical experts in Algeria shared with Chinese people in Tunisia the experience in the prevention of the...

Argentine capital steps up restrictions as COVID-19 outbreak nears peak

Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires on Sunday said it was stepping up social distancing measures in the lead up to an expected spike in cases of the...

5.8-magnitude quake jolts Wellington, New Zealand

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted north of Levin, a suburb town of Wellington, capital of New Zealand, GeoNet reported Monday. The quake hit 30 km northwest of...

Egypt sees daily record of 29 COVID-19 fatalities, death toll hits 764

Egypt reported on Sunday a new single-day record of 29 COVID-19 deaths, raising the death toll to 764 in the country. The ministry’s spokesman Khaled Megahed...

5.6-magnitude quake hits 29 km WNW of Foxton, New Zealand — USGS

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted 29 km WNW of Foxton, New Zealand at 19:53:32 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth...

Italy’s daily COVID-19 death toll continues to fall

Italy recorded just 50 deaths from COVID-19 Sunday, its lowest daily death toll since the COVID-19 outbreak’s earliest days, though the hard-hit northern region of Lombardy...

Iraq to maintain partial curfew after fast-breaking feast to curb COVID-19 spread

The Iraqi Health Ministry on Sunday said that further health preventive measures will be taken next week after the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, including maintaining the...

Israel reports no COVID-19 death cases for 4 consecutive days

Israel’s Ministry of Health reported no death from novel coronavirus on Sunday, for four days in a row. According to the ministry, the number of victims...

Defiant Netanyahu goes on trial in Israel charged with corruption

Defiant Netanyahu goes on trial in Israel charged with corruption Jerusalem, May 24, 2020   Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday became the first serving Israeli Prime Minister...

COVID-19: Curfew now 8p.m. to 5a.m. in Oyo — State task force

The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force said it has relaxed the existing curfew imposed on the state to between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. Mr Taiwo...

Gov. Okowa salutes Clark at 93

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Sunday congratulated the Ijaw national leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, as he clocks 93, on Monday, May 25....