TEHRAN (defapress) – Wuhan began allowing people to leave on Wednesday for the first time since the central Chinese city was sealed off 76 days ago to contain the coronavirus that first emerged there late last year.
News ID: 80744 Publish Date : 2020/04/08
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the conclusion of the first transaction via INSTEX – a payment channel that the three EU signatories to the JCPOA have set up to maintain trade with Iran – was a positive, but insufficient measure.
News ID: 80743 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (defapress) – As COVID-19 captures global headlines, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday that the world needs nearly six million nurses.
News ID: 80742 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (defapress) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei gave permission for withdrawing €1 billion from the National Development Fund of Iran to battle against the novel coronavirus and handle the consequences of the disease.
News ID: 80741 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (defapress) – African Americans make up a higher percentage of the novel coronavirus victims in the US as the death toll climbs, new data shows.
News ID: 80740 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (defapress) – The UN condemned the shelling of the women’s section of the Central Prison in a district of Yemen’s Taiz southern province, which left at least five women and one child dead.
News ID: 80739 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (defapress) – Americans were put on notice Monday not to let up in the fight against the coronavirus, as a grim milestone of 10,000 deaths cast a pall over the first signs of optimism about the outbreak's trajectory.
News ID: 80738 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (defapress) – The Iranian Armed Forces are prepared to share their experiences in the battle with the novel coronavirus with the military forces of Turkey, Iran’s highest-ranking military commander said.
News ID: 80737 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (defapress) – Mainland China reported on Tuesday a drop in new coronavirus cases after closing its borders to virtually all foreigners to curb imported infections, while the central city of Wuhan, epicenter of the outbreak, saw no new deaths for the first time.
News ID: 80736 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (defapress) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent the night in intensive care at a central London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened.
News ID: 80735 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (defapress) – China has demanded an explanation from Brazil after the far-right government’s education minister linked the coronavirus pandemic to Beijing’s “plan for world domination”, in a tweet imitating a Chinese accent.
News ID: 80734 Publish Date : 2020/04/07
TEHRAN (defapress) – President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani appointed Karim Hemmati as the new president of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS).
News ID: 80733 Publish Date : 2020/04/06
TEHRAN (defapress) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to declare a state of emergency within days, after COVID-19 cases in Tokyo jumped over the weekend to top 1,000 for the first time and raised worries of a more explosive surge, media reports said.
News ID: 80732 Publish Date : 2020/04/06
TEHRAN (defapress) – US military troops were deployed in New York City on Sunday to help the city manage the coronavirus pandemic.
News ID: 80731 Publish Date : 2020/04/06
TEHRAN (defapress) – Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged, as Beijing continued to struggle to extinguish the outbreak despite drastic containment efforts.
News ID: 80730 Publish Date : 2020/04/06
TEHRAN (defapress) – A member of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah was assassinated by unknown gunmen in southern Lebanon.
News ID: 80729 Publish Date : 2020/04/06
TEHRAN (defapress) – Russia has registered almost 100 new cases of COVID-19, the largest one-day increase of reported infections to date.
News ID: 80728 Publish Date : 2020/04/06
TEHRAN (defapress) – The Pentagon ordered the US military personnel to wear face coverings made from ‘clean t-shirts’ and other household items due to severe shortage of personal protective equipment.
News ID: 80727 Publish Date : 2020/04/06
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian people do not need any assistance from the US amid the outbreak of the coronavirus, but expect Washington to stop obstructing the flow of humanitarian aid from international organizations, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
News ID: 80726 Publish Date : 2020/04/06
TEHRAN (defapress) – Saudi warplanes on Monday targeted residential areas in several Yemeni provinces, including Sa’ada, Hajjah, Ma’rib, Jawf, and al-Bayda.
News ID: 80725 Publish Date : 2020/04/06