In Bahrain, Shia Muslims have not been cautioned but banned from holding Muharram mourning rituals, on the surface, for the pandemic but critics say the truth is far beneath of the surface.

In Indian administered Kashmir, New Delhi has lifted a three decades-old ban on the Muharram processions at a time when all other social and religious activities have been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic, raising concerns among the people.

A joint report by the United Nations says the number of people unable to access adequate food in the world is on the rise.

Here is the latest top stories from Press TV on July 21, 2021.

The COVID pandemic has caused an estimated 18 percent increase in the number of people facing hunger, a UN report says.

The US economic sanctions against Iran during the pandemic helped Iranians to grow self-reliant and creative, one analyst says.

Australian virologist Danielle Anderson, a foreign scientist who worked at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China ahead of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, dismisses Western media reports about the facility being the source of the outbreak.

Here is the latest top stories from Press TV on June 28.

A new UN report says water scarcity and drought resulting from it could cause global damage equivalent to that caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Campaigners say the world's nine nuclear-armed states have continued to swell their spending on nuclear weapons amid the pandemic.