President has been confiscating the assets of billionaire Rami Makhlouf - who is also his cousin.
About 1,000 migrants have attempted the Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya this month, United Nations says.
While business owners welcomed back local customers, many of them say their shops depend on the tourism industry to survive.
Citing lack of testing kits, protective gear and beds, medical union warns of health system's 'complete collapse'.
Santiago Baten-Oxlag, 34, died from COVID-19 complications at a hospital in the US state of Georgia.
The WHO also warned that the world is still in the middle of the pandemic's first wave, and a second peak is possible.
The government's support for the prime minister's top aide is undermining public health advice, say experts.
The world's second-most visited nation closed its doors and beaches in March to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
The charismatic president stands a fair chance of holding onto power as the country elects a new National Assembly.
The vote is meant to usher in the first democratic transfer of power in 58 years of independence.
State TV showed worshippers crying and running towards Imam Reza's shrine as they were guided by attendants.
India's domestic flights take off again, but infections are still on the rise, with the biggest one-day increase yet.
Presumptive Democratic nominee and his wife, Jill, appeared in public for the first time in two months.
Cyclone Amphan destroyed homes, uprooted trees and flooded hundreds of villages in West Bengal and Odisha states.
Al Jazeera meets the woman who took it upon herself to fill the gap of much needed personal protective equipment in New York.
Cody Two Bears, who is behind North Dakota's first 300-kilowatt solar farm, is bringing power to Standing Rock.
Party officials are adamant that the convention will be held in-person despite the health risks from coronavirus.
Millions of Muslims in the two nations celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan under the shadow of the pandemic.
Community searches for answers after sheriff's deputy killed Yassin Mohamed in US state of Georgia earlier this month.
Why President Trump loves his role, hates his job, and what this means for the November elections.
Many formerly imprisoned women of colour return to neighbourhoods transformed beyond recognition. What awaits them?
Moscow wraps up trial of Paul Whelan, who is accused of receiving state secrets, with verdict expected on June 15.
Palestinian Authority says time for 'gradual return to normal' as it announces reopening of shops and places of worship.
'No other story has had as much of an impact on me as this one has.'
The idea that billionaires deserve their vast fortunes is a ridiculous and destructive myth.
