Newly published government documents say social distancing measures in UK could remain in place until autumn Over 375 mosques across the U.K. have suspended congregations, including traditional Friday prayers, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Muslim Council of Britain said Friday. The news came as government documents revealed that social distancing might need to be

Violent clashes have erupted between allies of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the temporary Yemeni capital of Aden in the south of the country, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday. Eyewitnesses informed Anadolu Agency that different weapons were used in the clashes which erupted after an attempt by the Storm Brigades, affiliate

Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad, who read the statement to the media, said he disagreed with some of the statements in the Garowe Conference that made serious allegations against federal government officials, and laughed off words. other states in this Declaration. According to a press release issued by the President of Puntland

A woman wearing a face mask watches her smartphone in Seoul, South Korea, on March 21, 2020. (AP Photo) Hundreds of millions of people worldwide kicked off the weekend under a coronavirus lockdown, as the global death toll accelerated sharply, and the World Health Organization warned young people they were “not invincible”. The pandemic has

Traders at the Muthurwa market in Nairobi counting money on March 19, 2020 after the day’s sale By PAUL WAFULA The Kenyan shilling has taken a major hit from the coronavirus pandemic. In Thursday’s trading, it exchanged at a record low of Sh109.3 against the dollar, sliding past the worst record of October 2011. A

Oil tanker at a port [REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo] The United States believes Saudi Arabia’s flooding of oil markets compounds the coronavirus-caused global economic crash and intends to send a senior official to Riyadh for months to boost efforts to stabilize energy markets, senior US officials said on Friday, reports Reuters. The Energy Department official will work

Indonesia’s red cross member wearing a protective suit sits before spraying disinfectant to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a prison complex in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Wahyuwidi Cinthya Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus today: California issues “stay at home” order California’s governor issued an unprecedented statewide “stay

In this photograph taken Thursday March 19, 2020, residents of Abidjan, Ivory coast, wear masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus as they walk along a street. Some countries around the world lack the equipment and trained health workers to respond to the threat of COVID-19 virus. For most people the virus causes mild or

Medical personnel at work in the intensive care unit of the hospital of Brescia, Italy, Thursday, March 19, 2020. Italy has become the country with the most coronavirus-related deaths, surpassing China by registering 3,405 dead. Italy reached the gruesome milestone on the same day the epicenter of the pandemic, Wuhan, China, recorded no new infections.

Photo/Somali Times Outbreak be could worse in Somalia than anywhere else if nothing is done before it spreads, medical experts warn. The coronavirus pandemic could kill more people in Somalia than anywhere else if preventive measures are not put in place urgently, medical experts and analysts have warned. The East African country confirmed its first