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China to allow banned foreign airlines to resume limited flights This file photo, taken on July 25, 2018, shows an American Airlines Boeing 787 (front) and a Delta Airlines Airbus A350 (behind) waiting to take off at Beijings airport, in Beijing, China, on June 4, 2020. (By AFP)
China has announced that the foreign airlines previously blocked from operating in the... |
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WRC: 2020 rally Finland cancelled due to coronavirus Rally Finland has become the latest major motorsport event to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, delaying the resumption of the 2020 WRC season even further.
Finland was set to host the next round of the World Rally Championship on August 6th to 9th, but organizers announced on Wednesday... |
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North Korea warns South of ending military pact over propaganda leaflets South Korean soldiers are seen at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas. (File photo)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-uns sister has warned South Korea of the possible scrapping of a recent inter-Korean military agreement if Seoul fails to stop North Korean defectors from sending propaganda... |
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US State Department inspector general fired while probing Saudi arms sales The then-US State Department Inspector General Steve Linick departs after briefing House and Senate Intelligence committees at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, the US, on October 2, 2019. (File photo by Reuters)
An inspector general at the US State Department who was fired last month has confirmed... |
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S Korea seeks arrest of Samsung heir in succession probe Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman, Jay Y. Lee (File photo)
South Korean prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant against Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee, they said on Thursday, in the investigation of a controversial 2015 merger and alleged accounting fraud in a suspected bid to aid his succession... |
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COVID-19 Cases Exceed 18,000 in Afghanistan The Ministry of Public Health on Thursday reported 787 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,296 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the total accumulated cases in the country to 18,054.
The ministry also reported six COVID-19 deaths and 63 recovered patients in the last 24 hours.
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New Acting Health Minister Introduced, Pledges Reforms Dr. Ahmad Jawad Osmani on Thursday was introduced as the acting minister of public health and he said in a press conference that he would bring reforms to the health sector.
Osmani at his first press conference said the coronavirus must be fought, but also reforms in hospitals and in other service... |
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Joe Biden wins 7 US states in Democratic presidential primaries Democratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at an event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US June 2, 2020. (Reuters photo)
Former Vice President Joe Biden has won Democratic presidential primaries in seven US states, gathering further momentum for the Democratic National Convention in August.
His... |
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Saudi-led coalition keeps pounding Yemen A man drives his motorcycle past a popular public square, which was destroyed late 2017 in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition, in the capital Sanaa on April 9, 2020. (Via AFP)
Fighting has once again erupted in Yemens port city of Hudaydah as the Ansarullah movement blames the Saudi-led coalition... |
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20,000 protest police brutality in Paris, echo anti-racism calls in US Protesters demonstrate in front of the Paris courthouse against police violence, in Paris, France, on June 2, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Nearly 20,000 protesters have defied a ban on public gatherings in the French capital of Paris to demonstrate against police brutality in France over the 2016 death of a... |
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EU says US cannot allow Russia back in G7 EU officials arrive to give a joint press conference after a G7 leaders videoconference on COVID-19, at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on March 16, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The European Union (EU) says the United States cannot change the rules of the Group of Seven (G7) on its own and allow... |
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Imam Khomeini shattered superpowers aura of invincibility: Irans Leader Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in Tehran on June 3, 2020 on the 31st anniversary of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeinis passing.
Leader of Irans Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has commemorated the founder of... |
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Protesters clash with police in New York City in latest demonstrations NYPD officers detain protesters for violating curfew during demonstrations in reaction to the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, US, June 2, 2020. (Reuters photo)
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of US cities on Tuesday for... |
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Effectively all Iraq war crime inquiries against British forces dropped in UK In November last year, news of the UK government and armed forces covering up the alleged killing of civilians by British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq grabbed the headlines.
The first allegations of abuse by British troops emerged in the years after the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. In 2006, when... |
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Coronavirus pandemic: Global cases pass 6.38mn mark, over 379K dead Local authorities interview residents at the Santa Cruz neighborhood, which has been put in quarantine, in Medellin, Colombia, on June 1, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
More than 6.38 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 around the world, and some 379,131 people have died of the disease, according... |
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In apparent signal to US: Russias Putin endorses strategy of using nukes against conventional strike Russias President Vladimir Putin (L) takes part in a video conference call with Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, on June 2, 2020. (Photo via Reuters)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has endorsed a strategy document outlining the countrys... |
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Pentagon moves about 1,600 Army troops into the Washington region Protestors march past DC National Guard troops as they march through the streets during demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody, on June 2, 2020 in Washington, DC.
The Pentagon has moved about 1,600 US Army troops into the Washington, D.C., region, the Pentagon said... |
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In 1919, the state failed to protect black Americans. A century later, its still failing Demonstrators gathered raise their fists at the Lincoln Memorial during a peaceful protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 2, 2020 in Washington, DC. Protests continue to be held in cities throughout the country over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed... |
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I want justice: Mother of Floyds daughter says he was a good man, father A painting of George Floyd stands behind a group of people gathered at a memorial on the block where he was killed by police on June 2, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The grieving mother of George Floyds daughter on Tuesday demanded justice for him, saying he was a good father who did not deserve... |
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Imam Khomeini legacy lives on as Iranians mourn 31st anniversary of passing Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic
Iranians are marking 31 years since the departure of the revered founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini, an eternal example of the defeat of the West in imposing its will on freedom-seeking nations.
Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Rouhollah Mousavi... |
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Democrats call Trump a dictator over suppression of protests US President Donald Trump walks away after making a statement in the Rose Garden about the ongoing unrest across the nation on June 1, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by AFP)
US Democratic lawmakers have lambasted President Donald Trump for his threats to use the military to suppress nationwide protests... |
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Senate Republicans block bill condemning Trump on protesters Protesters demonstrate at Lafayette Square in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 2, 2020. Protesters returned to the area after they were tear gassed on June 1, 2020, to open the way for US President Donald Trump to walk to the church for a photo-op.
US Senate Republicans blocked a... |
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Right-wing protesters in Italy demand resignation of government This photo, provided by the Italian news agency Ansa on May 30, 2020, shows former General Antonio Pappalardo (C), the founder of the protest movement "Orange Gilets," speaking during a demonstration in Milan, Italy. (Via AFP)
The voice of dissent keeps growing amid right-wing formations over the governments... |
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UN: Taliban have not cut ties with al-Qaeda According to the latest report by the Security Council of the United Nations, the Taliban have not cut ties with al-Qaeda, even after a peace deal with the United States.
The United Nations has said in a report that al-Qaeda in Afghanistan has been secretly conducting military operations in collusion... |
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Biden slams Trump for his response to protests over racism, police brutality Joe Biden speaks about the unrest across the US on June 2, 2020, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (AFP photo)
US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has blasted President Donald Trump response to protests over racism and police brutality, saying Trumps "narcissism has become more important than... |
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Ayaz Niazi killed in mosque explosion Kabul At least two people - including Mohammad Ayaz Niazi, imam of Wazir Akbar Khan mosque - were killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast inside a mosque in Kabul city, the Interior Ministry confirmed.
Tariq Arian, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said that the explosion took place at around... |
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Landslides kill 20 after pre-monsoon rains in India A man walks with an umbrella under the rain ahead of the expected landfall of cyclone Amphan in Midnapore, West Bengal, India, on May 20, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
At least 20 villagers, including 10 children, were killed in landslides Tuesday after three days of incessant pre-monsoon rains in northeastern... |
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Autopsy finds police suffocated black man as Trump threatens to deploy military A protester holds a tribute poster to George Floyd after a march through Center City in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 1, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
An autopsy shows George Floyd was suffocated by a US policeman, contradicting a preliminary ruling, which had said the African-American mans death was... |
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COVID-19 Cases Exceed 16,000 in Afghanistan The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 759 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,322 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the total cases in the country to 16,509.
The ministry also reported five COVID-19 deaths and 22 recovered patients in the last 24 hours.
Kabul is a hotspot... |
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Ghani, Pompeo discuss next steps in Afghan peace process Afghan President Ashraf Ghani spoke with US Secretary of United State Mike Pompeo via video conference on Monday and discussed the Afghan peace process, the presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said.
According to Sediqqi, in the video conference they also discussed the next steps towards peace, including... |
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