Top Palestinian Official Saeb Erekat Dies at 65 After Contracting COVID-19, Reports Say

The entirety of France will be placed under a 6pm-6am curfew for at least 15 days from Saturday in a bid to ease the pressure of Covid-19 on the country’s health system, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday. The 12-hour curfews are currently already in place for 25 of mainland France’s 95 administrative areas…

The Syrian government has accused the US of “stealing” the country’s oil reserves, which Washington claimed to be protecting from terrorists. American lawmakers admitted that a deal has been signed with Kurdish rebels. When President Donald Trump pulled US troops out of Syria last October, it was not the full withdrawal promised in his anti-interventionist…

Around 400 ships have been temporarily mothballed around the world as a result of the coronavirus. Many companies are resuming limited operations, but it will be years before the industry returns to anything resembling normality.

Beijing is firmly opposed to a bill passed by the US Congress that reaffirms certain rights for Tibetans, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday, while urging Washington to stop meddling in its internal affairs. The ministry warned the US against signing the legislation into law, spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters. “We urge the US…

A driver has gone on the rampage and repeatedly crashed his truck into a hospital, forcing staff to run for their lives. The attack was reportedly prompted by an argument over the treatment of the perpetrator’s relatives. The incident took place on Friday. Security camera footage, published by ANI. shows a white truck nearly mowing…

Former investment banker David Marsh is critical of the European Central Bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve for having transformed themselves into political instruments. Inflation, he says, isn’t dead – and it will come back.