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G77, China urge end to unilateral sanctions amid coronavirus pandemic The White House. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images
The Group of 77 (G-77) and China have called for an end to unilateral coercive economic measures against developing countries amid global efforts to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
In a statement released on Friday, the coalition of developing... |
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Congress lawmakers request investigation of Navys firing of captain This handout photo released by the US Navy shows Captain Brett Crozier addressing the crew for the first time as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a change of command ceremony on the ships flight deck in San Diego, California on November 1, 2019. (AFP... |
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Russia ready to cooperate, cut oil production Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on global energy markets via a video link at his residence outside Moscow, Russia, on April 3, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his countrys readiness to cooperate with Saudi Arabia and the United States to slash... |
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US using wild west methods to divert German medical orders: Berlins top security official Masks are displayed at a general store during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany, on April 3, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Berlins top security official has accused Washington of using "wild west methods" to divert and obtain a delivery of face masks originally... |
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Turkey sends another military convoy to de-escalation zone in Syrias Idlib Turkish military convoy drives on a highway linking Syrias northwestern city of Idlib to the Arab countrys Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey on March 31, 2020. (File photo by AFP)
Turkey has dispatched new reinforcements to Syrias northwestern province of Idlib, as Ankara beefs up its military... |
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Saudi-led airstrike, gunfire leave nearly dozen civilians dead in Yemen The file photo shows the aftermath of a Saudi-led airstrike against the Military College in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 30, 2020. (By the media bureau of Yemens Houthi Ansarullah movement)
Nearly a dozen people have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when warplanes operated by the Saudi-led... |
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Italy slams EU lack of unity as bloc offers apology over virus Covid-19 virus in action. (File image)
Global coronavirus cases reached 1, 015,709 on Friday, along with 53,069 deaths, according to data collated by John Hopkins University.
The following is the latest on how the epidemic has been affecting Europe over the past 24 hours.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe... |
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Israel, Saudi Arabia impose heavy-handed measures amid virus pandemic Israeli police patrol the street to enforce a partial lockdown against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of occupied Jerusalem al-Quds on March 30, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Israel and Saudi Arabia have launched crackdown on certain population centers as cases of COVID-19... |
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Iraqi resistance groups say on alert for false-flag US operations A patrol of the Saraya Al-Khurasani, one of the anti-terror resistance groups fighting Daesh in Iraq under the umbrella of the Hashd al-Shaabi. Photograph: Sebastian Backhaus
Iraqs anti-terror resistance groups have reiterated their readiness to counter any possible attack by US occupation forces,... |
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India mulling purchase of 3 refurbished submarines from Russia Russias Kilo-class Black Hole submarines (File photo)
India is considering a proposal by Russia to supply the Indian navy with three refurbished submarines, capable of launching cruise missiles.
The Indian Navy is considering the proposal made by a Russian shipbuilding company to provide India... |
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US has no moral duty to ease Iran sanctions amid coronavirus pandemic: Trump Screen grab shows US President Donald Trump speaking during a press briefing in the White House in Washington DC, on April 2, 2020. (Image via CSPAN)
President Donald Trump has said the US no "moral responsibility" to halt Iran sanctions if Tehran does not ask for it to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
"No,... |
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UN adopts resolution of global fight against COVID-19, fails to condemns US unilateral sanctions UN Secretary-General António Guterres is seen as briefing the media on the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 31, 2020.
The UN General Assembly has unanimously approved a resolution for the first time on the coronavirus pandemic, calling for "multilateralism" in the fight... |
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US death toll from COVID-19 rises by 1,000 in single day Healthcare workers wheel the bodies of deceased people outside the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on April 2, 2020. (Reuters photo)
The Trump administration on Thursday looked set to join local officials in advising Americans to wear masks when venturing out... |
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France warns of serious side effects of coronavirus miracle cures Frances drug agency warned self-medicating could induce a heart attack. - Copyright BERTRAND GUAY/AFP or licensors
A French medicine watchdog has warned of the dangerous side effects of malaria and HIV drugs being tested against the novel coronavirus after three peoples deaths were possibly linked... |
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Saudi Arabia launches massive arrest campaign against activists amid coronavirus pandemic Imprisoned Saudi dissident and PhD student Majid al-Ghamdi (Photo via Twitter)
Saudi authorities have launched a new round of massive arrest campaign against media activists and human rights campaigners, exploiting the worlds focus on the global coronavirus pandemic, a rights group says.
The rights... |
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Iran medical body writes to Guterres, slams UN inaction on cruel US bans A nurse feeds a patient infected with the new coronavirus at a hospital in Qom, Iran. (Photo by Fars)
The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran has written to the UN to complain about the worlds body failure to push for the lifting of cruel US sanctions at a critical time when the Islamic Republic is... |
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Australia to rule on cardinals sex offences appeal next week Australian police stand guard outside the court building during Cardinal George Pells appeal against convictions for child sex abuse decision in Melbourne, Australia, on August 21, 2019. (File photo by AFP)
Australias top court says it will hand down its judgment next week on the appeal made by Cardinal... |
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Pence blames heath officials for delayed virus response amid criticism over Trumps failure President Donald Trump listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on March 20, 2020.Evan Vucci / AP
US Vice President Mike Pence has blamed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) amid mounting criticism over White Houses delayed... |
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Venezuela government rejects US offer to hand over power In this file photo, taken on March 10, 2020, Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido is seen during a rally at Las Mercedes district, in eastern Caracas, Venezuela. (By AFP)
On Wednesday, the government of Venezuela categorically dismissed a "deal" proposed about a transitional government by the United... |
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Philippines Duterte orders police to shoot dead lockdown violators Philippine soldiers man a checkpoint on the border between Quezon City and Manila, in the Philippines, on March 18, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the countrys security forces to "shoot dead" individuals who defy restrictions in areas under lockdown over... |
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Ansurullah calls on Saudi-led alliance to consider Yemens mediation proposal IMAGE1This picture taken on September 03, 2019 shows Yemeni children in Taez listening to their teacher in a destroyed classroom at their schools compound which was targeted by Saudi warplanes last year. (By AFP)
Yemens popular Houthi Ansarullah movement has called on the Saudi-led coalition of aggressors... |
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Zarif rejects Trumps claim amid tensions in Iraq, says Iran wont initiate any war Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (Photo by IRNA)
Irans top diplomat has dismissed US President Donald Trumps claim that Tehran is about to launch an attack on American troops in Iraq, reaffirming the stance that the Islamic Republic will not initiate any war but it will decisively respond... |
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India introduces new Kashmir domicile law, raising fears of demographic manipulation An Indian policeman wearing a face mask stands guard in Dal Lake during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 disease, in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir, on March 31, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
India has introduced a new law that would... |
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Young Palestinian wounded by Israeli forces dies An Israeli soldier runs toward Palestinian demonstrators during clashes with them, following a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land, in the village of Kfar Qaddu, near the city of Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on March 6, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
A young Palestinian man... |
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Twenty trucks take US military equipment out of Iraq, into Syria: Report File photo of a US military convoy leaving Syria near the town of Tall Tamr on October 20, 2019. (Photo by AP)
The US has transferred its military equipment from Iraq to an area near the Syrian city of al-Hasakah, a report by Syrias official news agency says.
A convoy of 20 trucks, loaded with US... |
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Russian plane with coronavirus medical gear lands in US after Trump-Putin call A Russian Aerospace Forces plane carrying medical equipment lands at John F. Kennedy International Airport on April 1, 2020. (Photo by TASS)
Russia has sent the United States medical equipment to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, a public relations coup for Russian President Vladimir Putin after... |
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Leaked documents show US military knew years ago coronavirus was coming US Air Force airmen help build a makeshift morgue in New York City.
The Pentagon warned the administration of US President Donald Trump years ago about the threat of coronavirus and the subsequent shortage of medical equipment, according to a 2017 Pentagon plan obtained by The Nation.
"The most likely... |
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US threatens Iran by citing baseless allegations involving Iraq US President Donald Trump speaks, flanked by US Vice President Mike Pence (R) and Response coordinator for White House Coronavirus Task Force Deborah Birx (L), during a daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on March 31, 2020. (AFP photo)
The United States is continuing threats... |
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Guam to quarantine US forces in hotel rooms amid covid-19 spread The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Pacific Ocean on May 4, 2018.
The US island territory of Guam says it will provide American forces onboard an aircraft carrier battling a covid-19 outbreak with hotel rooms to quarantine as Washington scrambles with the coronavirus pandemic.
Rear Admiral... |
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Journalists skipping Trump increasingly less newsworthy briefings over covid-19 fears US President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters during a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 30, 2020.
White House veteran journalists are skipping US President Donald Trumps daily press conferences on the spread of the coronavirus... |
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