President Donald Trump announced Sunday the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 patients, in a move he called “a breakthrough,” one of his top health officials called “promising,” and other health experts said needs more study before it’s celebrated. The announcement came after days of White House officials suggesting there were politically motivated delays […]

 In an effort to avoid yet another general election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday he would accept a compromise with his coalition partner to end a prolonged budget dispute. “This is a time for unity, not for elections,” Netanyahu said in an unscheduled press conference announcing the last-minute compromise, helping Israel avoid […]

Iran is ready to pay compensations pertaining to the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed in Iran’s airspace in January, head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation told official IRNA news agency on Saturday. Touraj Zangeneh made the remarks ahead of a new round of talks between the two countries’ aviation officials to be held in October […]

The president of Sicily has issued a decree ordering the mass expulsion of migrants from the island because of novel coronavirus contagion risks. “Sicily cannot be invaded, while Europe is turning a blind eye and the government is not enacting any pushbacks,” President Nello Musumeci wrote on Sunday on Facebook, publishing his decree. However, it […]

At least two people were killed in ethnic clashes in Ivory Coast following President Alassane Ouattara’s controversial announcement he would run for a third term, a hospital source and local residents said Sunday. Young opposition supporters on Saturday took to the streets to voice loud and violent protest in several major cities, especially the southern […]