CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

World / Europe

UK 'puts brakes' on reopening - imposes local rules as virus cases rise 31 Jul 2020 - 04:48 pm
 handout image released by 10 Downing Street, shows Britain's Prime Minister boris Johnson attending a remote press conference to update the nation on the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic inside 10 Downing Street in central London on July 31, 2020. Bri
Northern Ireland launches UK's first COVID-19 tracker app 31 Jul 2020 - 03:06 pm
The COVID Tracker Ireland app used for contact tracing the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is displayed on a mobile phone, as it is held up for an illustration photograph in Galway, Ireland, July 30, 2020. Picture taken July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Clo
French cities tighten virus rules as cases rise 30 Jul 2020 - 07:59 pm
French Health Minister Olivier Veran speaks to the press after visitng French postal service
Iceland tightens restrictions after surge in virus cases 30 Jul 2020 - 07:51 pm
People walk in Stockholm on July 27, 2020, during the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic.  / AFP / Jonathan NACKSTRAND
Heatwave adds to health alert as Europe masks up to prevent COVID 30 Jul 2020 - 07:24 pm
A man wearing a face mask stands outside a shop in Madrid on July 29, 2020. Madrid moved to make mask-wearing obligatory at all times in public as Spain grappled with the fallout from a spike in virus cases that has triggered several international travel
WHO chief says some COVID-19 spikes due to 'young letting down guard' 30 Jul 2020 - 06:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus (COVID-2019), in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
EU warns of risk of syringe shortages for possible COVID-19 vaccine 30 Jul 2020 - 01:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a
J&J vaccine protects monkeys from Covid with single shot 30 Jul 2020 - 01:38 pm
FILE PHOTO: The company logo for Johnson & Johnson is displayed on a screen to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the company's listing at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
UK to change self-isolation rules to prevent Covid spread 30 Jul 2020 - 11:21 am
People walk down a street following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ilford, London, Britain July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
UK worried about second wave in Europe, won't hesitate to act on quarantine 30 Jul 2020 - 09:25 am
FILE PHOTO Britain's Secretary of State of Health Matt Hancock arrives in Downing Street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 2, 2020. Reuters/Toby Melville/File Picture
Argentina starts trials on hyperimmune equine serum to treat COVID-19 30 Jul 2020 - 12:19 am
REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/File Photo
Dutch government will not advise public to wear masks - minister 29 Jul 2020 - 10:35 pm
Tourists walk at Kalverstraat, a shopping street in AMSTERDAM on July 25, 2020 as the municipality has stricter supervision over the weekend and one-way traffic was set up for pedestrians on a certain section of the street due to the increasing number of
London expects only half of bankers back at their desks this year 29 Jul 2020 - 07:53 pm
A pedestrian wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walks past a branch of a Barclays bank in central London on July 29, 2020./ AFP / Tolga AKMEN
Sweden to lift travel curbs to Norway and Denmark 29 Jul 2020 - 05:07 pm
Peninsula
COVID-style: French ministers keep their distance for group photo 29 Jul 2020 - 04:54 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (C) poses with members of the cabinet, on July 29, 2020 at the Elysee palace in Paris, prior to the weekly cabinet meeting. / AFP / Ludovic Marin
Britain secures 60 mln doses of Sanofi/GSK coronavirus vaccine 29 Jul 2020 - 04:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: General view outside GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) headquarters in Brentford, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo
Meghan fights to keep friends anonymous in newspaper lawsuit 29 Jul 2020 - 04:01 pm
In this file photo taken on November 27, 2017 Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancée US actress Meghan Markle pose for a photograph in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace in west London on November 27, 2017, following the announcement of their engageme
Russian COVID-19 vaccine approval imminent, source says 29 Jul 2020 - 03:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: Chief Executive of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev, attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia, June 7, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo