The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has held the Israeli regime "fully responsible" for the consequences of any COVID-19 outbreak in the besieged Gaza Strip.
India has introduced a new law that would make its citizens eligible to become permanent residents of the Indian-administered Kashmir, raising fears of demographic change in the Muslim-majority, Himalayan region.
The United States is continuing threats against Iran even as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic despite Washington’s illegal sanctions.
Tehran:
Tehran has dismissed Bahrain’s legal action against the Manama-based Future Bank, a joint venture partly owned by two of Iran’s largest banks, its managers and some other Iranian banks as part of a fabricated case implicating the Islamic Republic.
The Palestinian Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, has strongly condemned the incessant Israeli arrest campaign against Palestinians, arguing that the move clearly shows the brutality and criminality of the Tel Aviv regime, especially as the cases of infection with a new coronavirus in the occupied territories are on the rise.
Yemen’s information minister has raised the possibility of the facemasks airdropped by Saudi-led warplanes in Sana’a and other cities being infected with the new coronavirus, urging media outlets and activists to spread awareness of the danger.
Iraqi resistance forces stated that they stand fully ready to confront any possible act of aggression by the US military, which is widely reported to be gearing up for operations against the positions of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) - an elite pro-government anti-terror force.
SANA:
The Syrian army says the country’s air defenses in the central province of Homs have intercepted a number of missiles fired by Israeli warplanes.
Syria:
Syria blasted “inhuman sanctions” imposed by the United States against a number of countries, raising the alarm that the restrictive measures are hampering global efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic.