An American senator has called on the US administration to ease economic sanctions against Iran and Venezuela as the restrictive measures are hindering the humanitarian response to the coronavirus pandemic in the countries.

The daughter of former US President Ronald Reagan has lashed out at President Donald Trump for what she describes as a disregard for the country’s democracy and the violation of US constitution.

The United States government is creating a climate of fear in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, according to Michael Springmann, a Washington-based author and former US diplomat.

Up to 40,000 people may lose their lives due to COVID-19 in Israel, the regime’s health ministry predicted, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted that Israelis were fully protected against the pandemic.

Hamas has praised an offer by the leader of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement to free several Saudi captives in exchange for the release of members of the Palestinian resistance movement currently being held in the kingdom.

The leader of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement warned Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates against continuation of their military aggression against Yemen, saying the United States is simply blackmailing and humiliating the Riyadh and Abu Dhabi regimes to pursue its own agenda.

The US has once again extended a waiver allowing Iraq to import Iranian electricity and natural gas, but at the same time intensified its sanctions against Iran despite the coronavirus pandemic which is infecting more and more Iranians.

The anti-terror Iraqi resistance group Kata’ib Hezbollah has held a military drill, dubbed ‘Hunting the Crow’, to prepare itself for battling occupying US troops after suspicious American activities recently.

Decades of conflict in Indian-controlled Kashmir has taken a heavy toll on the region, including its healthcare sector. With poor healthcare facilities and services, the residents here are facing a state of utmost chaos. The region reported its first death of the coronavirus on March 26th. Nearly a dozen people have tested positive for the pandemic so far.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his fellow Republican neocons are “bloodthirsty” people that view sanctions as a “wonderful opportunity” to create suffering for Iran and various countries, says an American political commentator.