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UNICEF revealed on Wednesday that 50000 cases of blood disorder, thalassemia, are on record in Yemen, while 700 new cases of thalassemia are diagnosed yearly. “In Yemen 700 new cases of thalassemia are diagnosed yearly," the…

Saudi Arabia has conducted its 800th execution under the five-year reign of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz last week, the UK-based human rights organisation Reprieve reported yesterday. This is double the amount of executions…

A lengthy report by the Middle East Eye website published, Monday, talks about the step taken by the United Nations to reduce food aid in Yemen and the negative effects of this decision on the besieged country, whose residents suffer from…

The United Kingdom’s death toll from COVID-19 in hospitals rose 861 to 13,729, as of 1600 GMT on April 15, the health ministry said. It was the biggest daily rise in five days. “327,608 people have been tested of…

The first of the UN’s “Solidarity Flights” carrying urgently needed medical equipment to Africa, has arrived in Addis Ababa, agencies said on Tuesday.  On board the World Food Programme (WFP) and the…

Self-isolation has driven more and more children to move online during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an unprecedented rise in screen time and raising safety risks for millions of young people, the UN said on Tuesday.…

Forecasting the “worst economic downturn since the Great Depression”, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that growth for the year was likely to end up at minus three per cent, with a dramatic change evident since…

Now is a time for unity in the global battle to push the COVID-19 pandemic into reverse, not a time to cut the resources of the World Health Organization (WHO), which is spearheading and coordinating the global body’s efforts, said…

Unreliable and false information is spreading around the world to such an extent, that some commentators are now referring to the new avalanche of misinformation that’s accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic as a ‘disinfodemic’.…