Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa Etienne said on Tuesday that the disruption of essential health services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the region of the Americas hinders efforts to control other infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis

Israel intends to initiate talks with Russia on purchasing its new COVID-19 vaccine if it proves to be effective in treating the disease, Yuli Edelstein, the country's health minister said on Tuesday

US shipments of liquefied natural gas to overseas customers plunged more than 60 percent in the first six months of 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic with liquefaction plants operating at one-third capacity, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a report on Tuesday

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias warned on Tuesday that Greece was ready to defend its sovereignty amid the maritime feud with Turkey and called on Ankara to immediately withdraw from the Greek continental shelf

The leader of Syria's Popular Front for Change and Liberation opposition coalition, and the head of the Syrian opposition's Moscow Platform, Qadri Jamil, expressed on Tuesday hopes that the upcoming meeting of the Constitutional Committee will be held in a timely and uninterrupted manner

The proceedings of the Syrian Constitutional Committee (SCC), which is scheduled to convene later in August, should be moved from the Swiss city of Geneva to Damascus, Qadri Jamil, the leader of the Syrian opposition's Popular Front for Change and Liberation and head of the Moscow Platform, said at an online press conference on Tuesday