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Khalilzad Optimistic About Start of Intra-Afghan Negotiations The US peace envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday during a press briefing said: "Were optimistic that finally we are moving forward to the start of the intra-Afghan negotiations."
Khalilzad is hopeful that the violence will stay low and the intra-Afghan negotiations will begin with the... |
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Afghanistan Faces COVID-19 Humanitarian Disaster: IRC The International Rescue Committee (IRC) on Monday has warned that Afghanistan faces a "humanitarian disaster" as COVID-19 spreads in the country and confirmed cases have risen by 684% in May.
It said that Afghanistans Ministry of Health has said they only have the capacity to test 2,000 cases per... |
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US must be prosecuted at intl. courts for human rights abuses: Irans Judiciary chief Seattle Police stand guard after dispersing a protest outside a precinct against the death of George Floyd in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington on June 1, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Amid a global outcry over the brutal death of a black man at the hands of US police, Irans Judiciary Chief... |
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Hong Kongs leader slams double standards on national security, cites US unrest A protester holds up an umbrella and others flee as tear gas, pepper spray, and flash-bang devices are deployed by Seattle police during a protest against police brutality, in Seattle, Washington, the US, on June 1, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Hong Kongs leader Carrie Lam has accused Western governments... |
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Protests against US police killing of George Floyd go global Protesters rally against the United States police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on June 1, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Protesters in cities across the world have staged rallies in solidarity with tens of thousands of Americans in the United States against rampant... |
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Israeli, American officials talk annexation bid amid reports of US intention to slow process US President Donald Trump (2nd L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside US Vice President Mike Pence (C), US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (2nd R) and White House adviser Jared Kushner (R) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on January 27, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
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Factbox: UN aid programs in Yemen at risk of going broke A displaced Yemeni teenager sits by food aid items distributed by employees of the World Food Program (WFP) amid the new coronavirus outbreak, in Sanaa on April 18, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The United Nations said ahead of a pledging conference for Yemen on Tuesday that 30 of 41 major aid programs in the... |
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FM Zarif: Iranian scientist on his way back home after release from US jail A file photo of Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari - who was recently freed after over two years of imprisonment in the US on baseless charges - is currently on a flight back home.
"Good news, a plane carrying Dr. Sirous Asgari... |
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Worlds coronavirus cases at 6.27mn, life returning to normal in many countries A man wearing a facemask walks past a mural on a garbage dump reading "A Big Salute to Corona Warriors," after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 disease, in New Delhi, India, on May 31, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The number of COVID-19 cases across... |
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UK government eases COVID-19 lockdown restrictions A child carries his food during lunch break at St. Dunstans College junior school, as some schools re-open following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, on June 1, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
The day millions of Britons had been waiting for is finally here, months after... |
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Trump lags in polls as US anti-racism protests spread US President Donald Trump walks with US Attorney General William Barr (L), Pentagon chief Mark T. Esper (C), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark A. Milley (R), to visit St. Johns Church in Washington, DC after the area was cleared of people protesting the death of George Floyd, on June 1, 2020.... |
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Fifth Iranian tanker carrying fuel sails into Venezuelas territorial waters The file photo taken from Marine Traffic shows Iran-flagged Clavel tanker.
The fifth and last tanker in a flotilla of ships carrying Iranian fuel has entered Venezuelas territorial waters, with the Latin American states president announcing a plan to visit Tehran for even more cooperation deals between... |
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Iran health minister warns of 2nd wave of coronavirus outbreak An Iranian official checks the temperature of visitors at the Shah Abdol-Azim shrine in the capital Tehran on May 25, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Iran eased its coronavirus lockdown back in April, but since then, the country has seen a rise in the number of infections across the country in the southern provinces... |
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Bundesliga: FC Koln 2-4 RB Leipzig Colognes German defender Ismail Jakobs (L) and Leipzigs French midfielder Christopher Nkunku vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Cologne vs RB Leipzig, in Cologne on June 1, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
German Bundesliga RB Leipzig have returned to winning-ways with... |
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UN chief urges investigation into police violence against US protesters UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged restraint by US authorities toward protesters and called for probe into allegations of police violence, his spokesperson said Monday.
Protests should remain peaceful, while "authorities must show restraint in responding... |
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Take back your streets, Trump urges governors amid protests US President Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump has called on the nations governors to crack down on protesters further, cheering police for more brutality against demonstrators seeking justice for George Floyd.
"Dominate" and "take back your streets," a source reportedly said Trump told governors,... |
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Trumps move to hide from protesters in bunker proves US democracy is big lie: Iran Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council
Irans top security official says US President Donald Trumps move to hide from American protesters in an underground bunker proves that democracy in the United States is a big lie.
"The big lie of democracy and freedom was revealed... |
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New York mayor declares 11pm city curfew amid protests New York’s mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday declared a city curfew from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am, as anti-racism protests grip the United States with regular outbreaks of violence and looting.
Saying that "we support peaceful protest," De Blasio said he made the decision in consultation with the state’s... |
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We have to do both, Obama offers path to change again Former US President Barack Obama has offered Americans the path to "real change," calling for participation both in politics and protests, seeking racial justice in America.
"The bottom line is this: if we want to bring about real change, then the choice isnt between protest and politics. We have to... |
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PM Johnson mulling state investment into domestic telecoms companies Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is planning to extend significant support to the UKs domestic telecommunications companies as part of a more muscular foreign policy.
The Times is reporting that the PM is "examining options" to boost "state investment" into British telecoms companies to help them "compete... |
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Iran contributes medical equipment to Afghanistan to fight virus Afghanistan is grappling with the COVID-19 crisis as the pandemic has reached its peak in the country.
Lack of appropriate equipment as well as other logistic problems have hampered the Afghan government efforts to properly contain the pandemic.
So far a number of regional states have rushed to help... |
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US knee-on-neck technique failed with Iran, will fail with African-Americans: FM Zarif Police fires rubber bullets and tear gas towards the demonstrators during a protest over the death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by AFP)
Irans foreign minister says the US administration is using the same repression technique against its African-American population,... |
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UK set to harden approach towards China in the wake of pandemic After several months of intense lobbying it appears that the hardline anti-China faction in the ruling Tory party has finally managed to significantly influence British policy on China.
According to Sky News, the UK is set to "rethink" its policy on China following the "hardening" of attitudes in the... |
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NSIA Estimates Afghanistan Population at 32.9M The Afghanistan Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) has estimated the countrys population to be 32.9 million in 2019-20, a slight increase from 2018s estimated 31.6 million.
According to the statistics, 51 percent (16.8 million) of the population is male and 49 percent (16.1 million) of... |
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COVID-19 Crisis Affects Nearly 7M Afghan Children, Says Watchdog A childrens rights organization says that the coronavirus crisis has left more than seven million children in the country prone to poverty, barring them from their basic rights in a country where half the population is under 15 years of age.
The positive cases of COVID-19 in the country are close... |
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Arrogant US used to lecturing others: Iran A protestor tries to put a traffic cone over a teargas canister in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 31, 2020 during a faceoff with the police during demonstrations against the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. (Photo by AFP)
Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman... |
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US protesters in southern cities deface Confederate monuments The 1903 Confederate monument at the south entrance to the Capitol grounds claims that Confederate soldiers died for states’ rights. (File photo)
US protesters demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed his knee... |
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US blames foreign adversaries for racial unrest after Floyds murder US President Donald Trump (L) and national security adviser Robert OBrien
The United States appears to be pointing the finger at "foreign adversaries" over the social unrest that has gripped the country over the murder of another black man by a white police officer.
US national security adviser Robert... |
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Trump taken to underground bunker during White House protests Protesters rally at the White House against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, D.C., US May 31, 2020. (Reuters photo)
As demonstrators clashed with police and Secret Service agents outside the White House on Friday, President Donald Trump was taken to the underground... |
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Long lines as Iranian fuel arrives at Venezuelas gasoline stations Workers of the state-oil company Pdvsa holding Iranian and Venezuelan flags greet during the arrival of the Iranian tanker ship "Fortune" at El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela May 25, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Fuel shipped from Iran has begun arriving at Venezuela’s gasoline stations... |
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