Saudi G20 presidency urges more donations to fund pandemic response

REYADH: Saudi presidency of the Group of 20 major economies called for further immediate donations to fund the emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic...

Trump reaffirms COVID-19 support to Pakistan in White House briefing

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Thursday reaffirmed US support to Pakistan in its efforts to combat Covid-19, including by providing ventilators as well as...

Saudi Arabia opens two holy mosques for Taraweeh during Ramadan 2020

JEDDAH: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Wednesday approved offering Taraweeh, the special prayer of Ramadan, in the two holy mosques but...

China to start consultation on debt standstill with poor borrowers

BEIJING: Chinese Ministry of Finance said that China will carry out specific work through bilateral consultations at the request of relevant poor borrowers in...

Six killed in Canada’s worst-ever Mass shooting rampage

NOVASCOTIA: A gunman who drove a mock-up police car killed at least 16 people in an Atlantic Canada shooting rampage, federal police said Sunday,...

China mandates tests for key public workers leaving Wuhan

BEIJING: China ordered on Saturday that anyone in Wuhan working in certain service-related jobs must take a coronavirus test if they want to leave...

United States death toll crosses 36,773; confirmed cases surpass 700,000 mark

WASHINGTON: United States Coronavirus epidemic death toll crossed 36,773 on Friday and the country surpassed 700,000 mark of confirmed COVID-19 cases, said a report...

London mayor Sadiq Khan calls for ‘compulsory’ face masks

LONDON: London mayor Sadiq Khan has called wearing face mask compulsory for travelers as Londoners have been wearing masks for several weeks. "Wearing face masks...

Another Pakistani taxi driver loses his life to COVID-19

LONDON: Another Pakistani taxi driver has breathed last due to novel coronavirus in South London, becoming the second Pakistani taxi driver died of deadly...

COVID-19 claims 2,600 lives in US in last 24 hours, total deaths rise to...

WASHINGTON: COVID-19 claims about 2,600 lives in the United States of America during last 24 hours, a new record and the heaviest daily toll...