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Lebanon summons German envoy to protest blacklisting of Hezbollah German special police enter the El-Irschad (Al-Iraschad e.V.) center in Berlin April 30, 2020, after Germany has banned Lebanons Hezbollah on its soil. (Photo by Reuters)
Lebanon has summoned German ambassador to protest Berlins recent decision to blacklist the Hezbollah resistance movement, a highly... |
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Russia decries Pulitzer Prize board for awarding anti-Moscow articles The New York Times building in New York City, the US (File photo)
The Russian Embassy in the United States has rebuked the Pulitzer Prize Board for awarding articles that contained allegations that have been repeatedly dismissed by Moscow as fake.
"The Prize Board is taking great responsibility, highlighting... |
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Fate of Israels scandal-hit PM at stake as coalition deal faces legal challenge Judges and personnel of the Israeli Supreme Court attend a session on May 4, 2020 at the Supreme Court in occupied Jerusalem al-Quds. (Photo by AFP)
The stakes are high for Israels embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a Supreme Court ruling is expected later this week on the question of whether... |
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Sudan appoints first ambassador to US in over 25 years Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (R) meets with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (L), D-NY, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, the US, on December 4, 2019. (File photo by AFP)
Sudan has appointed its first ambassador to the United States in over 25 years, amid warming ties... |
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Researchers double US coronavirus death forecast, citing eased restrictions A body sits on the street outside the Andrew Cleckley Funeral Home in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US. April 30, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August, almost double previous projections, as... |
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WHO, intel reject Trump, Pompeos claim COVID-19 originated from Wuhan laboratory US President Donald Trump gestures during a brake of a Fox News virtual town hall "America Together: Returning to Work," event from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on May 3, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The World Health Organization says the US has provided no evidence to support US President Donald... |
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Daesh used gorge near ex-bastion in Syria to dump corpses: HRW An aerial view of al-Hota gorge near Raqqah, Syria, released by Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Daesh terror group used a gorge in Syrias northern city of Raqqah - the Takfiri outfits former stronghold in the country - as a dumping ground and mass grave for bodies of the people... |
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Russia raps US for obstructing IMFs loan to Iran, Syria amid COVID-19 pandemic In this file photo taken on March 27, 2020 An exterior view of the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC. The growing use of export restrictions by governments can be "dangerously counterproductive" as the world deals with the coronavirus pandemic, the IMF and WTO warned on... |
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Palestine to cancel all Israel, US deals if annexation plot goes ahead: Abbas A view of the Ramat Givat Zeev settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank March 19, 2020 (Photo by Reuters)
President Mahmoud Abbas says Palestine will nullify all agreements with the United States and Israel if Tel Aviv annexes any part of the occupied West Bank, urging the international community... |
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Venezuela arrests 2 US citizens linked to incursion attempt +Videos Venezuelan soldiers in balaclavas are seen moving a suspect from a helicopter after a mercenary incursion, at an unknown location, in this still frame obtained from Venezuelan government TV, on May 4, 2020. (Via Reuters)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says two US citizens working with an American... |
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Syrias air defenses thwart aerial missile attack in skies of Aleppo: SANA An image grab on November 20, 2019 shows Syrian air defense batteries responding to Israeli missiles targeting the southern outskirts of Damascus.
The Syrian armys air defense units have foiled an aerial missile attack in the skies of the northern province of Aleppo, Syrias official news agency reports.
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US planning to give 40k unused green cards to doctors, nurses amid covid-19 pandemic The United States is planning to give 40,000 unused, previously authorized immigrant visas to doctors and nurses amid the covid-19 pandemic.
The Senate is set to introduce the bipartisan bill once the lawmakers return to the upper chamber of US Congress, Senator David Perdue announced Monday.
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Nasrallah: Germany bowing to US will in blacklisting Hezbollah as terrorist org. The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, delivers a televised speech broadcast live from Beirut, Lebanon, on May 4, 2020.
The secretary general of Lebanons Hezbollah resistance movement has roundly denounced Germanys banning of his group and its... |
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Israel demolishes Palestinian agricultural structures in Jordan Valley Israeli soldiers take aim as Palestinian demonstrators take part in a protest against the annexation of the Jordan Valley, in the village of Tammun, east of the West Bank village of Tubas, near the Jordan Valley, February 29, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Israel has demolished four Palestinian agricultural facilities... |
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Assad: Syria facing unjust embargo in its fight against pandemic Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says unjust sanctions imposed by Western countries against Damascus constitute a major obstacle on the way of fighting the ongoing deadly pandemic of the new coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.
Assad made the remarks in an official meeting on Monday with Syrias government... |
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PM Johnson urged to intervene by Harrys brother Niall Dunn Niall Dunn has made an emotional plea to the PM to intervene for the sake of justice
The tragic story of Northamptonshire teenager, Harry Dunn, refuses to go away no matter how hard the government tries to sweep it under the carpet.
In the latest development, Harrys twin brother, Niall Dunn, has told... |
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China slams Pompeos insane remarks about coronavirus lab origin Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State (file photo)
Upbraiding Mike Pompeo for his recent remarks, China says what the US secretary of state has said about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic is "insane and evasive."
On Sunday, the American top diplomat claimed there was "enormous evidence" that the... |
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Rouhani: US cutting WHO funding hampers global fight against pandemic Irans President Hassan Rouhani addresses a virtual meeting of the leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group in Tehran on May 4, 2020. (Photo by president.ir)
Irans President Hassan Rouhani says a recent decision by the administration of US President Donald Trump to stop funding the World Health... |
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Trade minister and Johnson ally avoids harsh punishment in corruption case Conor Burns (L) is a close ally of Prime Minister Boris Johnson
A leading Tory minister and a former assistant to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been forced to resign after he was found guilty of misusing public office for personal gain.
In a case that is set to draw a strong reaction from anti-corruption... |
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Unknown terrorists murder nine policemen in Syrias Daraa A Syrian army soldier stands overlooking a motorway in the town of Saraqib in the northwestern province of Idlib on March 6, 2020, as government forces assumed control over it. (Photo by AFP)
At least nine Syrian policemen have been killed after a group of unidentified armed men launched an attack on... |
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US forces transport imprisoned Daesh terrorists from Syria to Iraq: SANA US forces patrol on Syrias M4 road linking the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli to the city of Hasaka in northern Syria on March 17, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
US forces have reportedly transported an unspecified number of imprisoned members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the northeastern province... |
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Two North Korea defectors apologize for rumor about Kims death The photo, taken on April 15, 2020, shows defector and former North Korean diplomat Thae Yong-ho (C) prepares to speak to the media before securing a majority vote in his Gangnam constituency on behalf of the conservative United Future Party (UFP) during South Koreas parliamentary elections, at his... |
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Venezuela on high alert after abortive US-backed military raid Members of the Venezuelan special forces unit watch an empty boat at a shore after a failed mercenary incursion, in Macuto, Venezuela, on May 3, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
The Venezuelan military has been placed on heightened alert after foiling a raid by US-backed mercenaries.
Venezuelan Interior Minister... |
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OPCW insiders slam hyper-politicized report on Syria chemical attack This file photo taken on April 18, 2018 shows the logo of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) pictured outside the headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands. (By AFP)
Current and former staff members of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have... |
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Iran to export coronavirus test kits to Germany, Turkey An Iranian member of the medical staff works on the production of COVID-19 test kits at a medical center in the city of Karaj, the capital of the northern Alborz Province, on April 11, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The vice president for science and technology says Iran is to export diagnostic kits that it has... |
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PMU repels several Daesh attacks as report warns of US-Saudi scheme to revive group Smoke billows from a burning building as an Iraqi forces humvee advances through a street in the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, after the Iraqi government announced the launch of the operation to retake it from Daesh control, on August 26, 2017. (Photo by AFP)
The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has... |
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Chinas state news agency ridicules slow US response to outbreak in Lego-like animation Chinese and US national flags flutter at the entrance of a company office building in Beijing on January 19, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Chinas official news agency has published a short animation that mocks the US response to the new coronavirus pandemic as the two countries remain locked in a dispute over... |
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Protesters condemn rising violence against journos in Pakistan Journalists stand maintaining social distancing in a demonstration to mark the World Press Freedom Day during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad on May 3, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
This is Islamabad, the federal capital of Pakistan.... |
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US House war hawks write to Pompeo over UN arms embargo on Iran US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, on April 22, 2020. (AFP photo)
US lawmakers have written a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging him to take "increased diplomatic action" not to allow a United Nations arms embargo on... |
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Washington bashes Beijing again with Wuhan lab claims US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pauses while speaking at a news conference at the State Department on April 29, 2020, in Washington,DC. (Photo by AFP)
The US administration has once again pointed the finger of blame at China over the new coronavirus outbreak, claiming that the flu-like pathogen originated... |
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