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Coronavirus updates: More than 5.4 million infected, over 345k dead Health workers move a COVID-19 patient from an ambulance to a C-130 Hercules, to be taken to the city of Concepcion, at a Chilean Air Force base in Santiago, Chile, on May 24, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The number of known coronavirus cases across the world has risen to 5,410,439, while 345,105 have lost... |
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591 New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Afghanistan The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 591 new cases of COVID-19 out of 1,095 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 11,582.
Over the past week, Kabul has reported the highest number of positive cases in the country.
The Kabul lockdown-- which was eased over the last... |
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Muslim American police officer sues department over Islamophobic comments A Muslim American police officer has taken legal action against his department over Islamophobic comments.
Kamil Warraich, a Pakistani-American police officer in Asbury Park, New Jersey, filed the lawsuit over being repeatedly called a "terrorist" and "Taliban" during his over 15-year tenure, NJ.com... |
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Lawmakers demand explanation for Trumps illegal withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty File photo of a modified Boeing 707 E-3 Sentry AWACS equipped with long-range radar and passive sensors capable of detecting and collecting air and surface data over large distances.
Two US House of Representatives committee lawmakers are demanding an explanation from the Trump administration over the... |
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PM adviser Dominic Cummings embroiled in coronavirus controversy Prime Minister Boris Johnsons chief strategist, Dominic Cummings, is back in the headlines for the wrong reasons, this time for allegedly breaking the UKs coronavirus-related lockdown rules.
Cummings has come under intense fire after it was revealed he had traveled 260 miles from London to Durham... |
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Far-right protests erupt in Spain against coronavirus lockdowns Supporters of Spains far-right party Vox wave flags during a drive-in protest against the governments handling of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Madrid, Spain, May 23, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Thousands of cars and motorbikes honking horns and waving Spanish flags drove in procession... |
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Police arrest 60 at anti-lockdown demonstrations in German capital: Report Police arrest a man who attended a protest against restrictions implemented in order to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic near the Chancellery (background) in Berlin, Germany, May 16, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Police arrested about 60 protesters on Saturday as part of city-wide demonstrations... |
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Johnson considers terminating Huawei role in UK 5G network Boris Johnson has been forced to reverse his earlier decision on Huawei by the force of the pressure from anti-China elements within his own party
Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is considering terminating the role of Chinese technology giant Huaweis role in the development of the UKs 5G network even... |
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Sudans push to normalize relations with Israel nothing but mirage: Hamas official Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and the head of Sudans sovereign council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (File photo by Reuters)
A high-ranking official with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has denounced Sudans decision to move toward forging normal relations with Israel,... |
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Egyptian police kill 21 suspected terrorists in North Sinai, foiling attack plots: Ministry Egyptian security forces have killed 21 suspected Takfiri terrorists in the restive North Sinai region, part of a terror group that the interior ministry says was planning to carry out attacks during Eid al-Fitr holiday.
According to a statement by the Ministry of Interior on Saturday, 14 Takfiri... |
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US discussed conducting its first nuclear test explosion since 1992: Report US Navy handout shows United States atomic bomb test conducted at Bikini Atoll in July 1946. (Photo via Reuters)
The United States is planning to conduct a nuclear test as the Trump administration backtracks on US treaties to reduce nuclear arms, reigniting a dangerous and new Cold War.
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Ayatollah Khamenei pardons, reduces sentences of 3,721 prisoners on Eid al-Fitr Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted the sentences of a number of Iranian prisoners on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
Ayatollah Khamenei on Saturday agreed to a request by Irans Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi to pardon or reduce the sentences of 3,721... |
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Khashoggis fiancee rejects family pardon offer to killers This file photo taken on October 25, 2018 shows a demonstrator holding a poster picturing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and a lightened candle during a gathering outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul. (Photo by AFP)
The fiancee of the slain Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi has... |
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Muslims pray in Berlin church to respect social distancing rules Muslims pray inside the evangelical church of St. Marthas parish, during their Friday prayers, as the community mosque cant fit everybody in due to social distancing rules, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Berlin, Germany, May 22, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
A Berlin church is hosting... |
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New polls paint bleak picture for Trumps re-electoral hopes US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2020. (AFP photo)
US President Donald Trump’s approval rating is dropping to dangerous territory as Americans increasingly disapprove his handling of the coronavirus outbreak, according to... |
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US to add 33 Chinese companies to economic blacklist The United States has decided to add 33 Chinese firms and institutions to an economic blacklist over alleged human rights violations or having ties with Chinas military.
The US Commerce Department announced the decision on Friday, citing national security concerns and Beijings treatment of its Uighur... |
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Brazil overtakes Russia as worlds 2nd coronavirus epicenter Covid-19 patients are treated inside a non-invasive ventilation system named the ‘Vanessa Capsule at the municipal field hospital Gilberto Novaes in Manaus, Brazil. (Photo by AP)
Brazil became the world No. 2 hotspot for coronavirus cases on Friday, second only to the United States, after it... |
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US manufactured emergency to sell arms to Saudi Arabia: Report US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks the press at the State Department in Washington, DC, on May 20, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered officials at the department under his watch to find a way to justify the use of an emergency declaration meant to expedite the $8 billion... |
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Afghans mark the International Quds Day Palestinians wave a national flag and flash the victory gesture in front of the Dome of the Rock in the al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem al-Quds. (File photo by AFP)
Afghans encounter too many difficulties in their life. Rising insecurity, unemployment, instability and war have been pressing... |
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San Francisco sanctions once-shunned homeless encampments Rectangles are painted on the ground to encourage homeless people to keep social distancing at a city-sanctioned homeless encampment in San Francisco, California, on May 22, 2020. (AFP photo)
San Francisco is joining other US cities in authorizing homeless tent encampments in response to the coronavirus... |
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Biden recants racist and dehumanizing remarks about black voters In this file photo taken on March 12, 2020 former US Vice President and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 during a press event in Wilmington, Delaware. (AFP photo)
The US Democratic Partys presumptive nominee Joe Biden has apologized for making what President Donald Trumps... |
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Drug touted by Trump as COVID-19 treatment tied to increased risk of death: study A pharmacy tech holds a bottle and a pill of Hydroxychloroquine at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, the United States, on May 20, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which US President Donald Trump says he has been taking and has urged others to use, was tied to increased risk... |
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146 Afghan Civilians Killed Since Ramadan Start: ONSC "146 civilians were killed and 430 others were wounded"in attacks "initiated by the Taliban" during the holy month of Ramadan," the Office of National Security Council (ONSC) said on Friday amid a surge in violence in several areas across the country.
"The Taliban showed zero respect for civilians... |
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782 New COVID-19 Cases in Afghanistan, Highest So Far The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday said 782 new positive cases of COVID-19 were registered over the past 24 hours, bringing the total positive cases to 9,998.
The number of total known active cases in Afghanistan is 8,742, said the MoPH.
According to the Health Ministry, 11 people reportedly... |
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British coronavirus vaccine: Human trials to include 10,000 Oxford University and AstraZeneca are recruiting around 10,000 adults and children in Britain for trials of an experimental coronavirus vaccine, a day after receiving U.S. backing worth up to $1.2 billion.
Institutions across Britain had begun enrolling up to 10,260 adults and children to see how well... |
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Quds Day: Unmasking Zionist collaborator in White House US President Donald Trump speaks, flanked by his son-in-law Jared Kushner (L), during a daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 2, 2020, in Washington, DC. (AFP photo)
By Yuram Abdullah Weiler
Quds Day is an internationally commemorated day instituted by Ayatollah Seyyed... |
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Passenger plane crashes in residential area near Karachi with 107 on board The plane crashed in a residential area of Karachi - Copyright Fareed Khan/Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
A Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying 99 passengers and eight crew has crashed in Karachi, according to officials.
There were no immediate reports on... |
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China proposes security law to restore calm to Hong Kong China has proposed new legislation to impose a national security law on Hong Kong as part of measures aimed at restoring calm to the semi-autonomous city after seven months of fierce anti-government protests last year.
The draft proposal, which was presented to Chinas parliament at the opening of its... |
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Israeli regime based on bloodshed, killing: Analyst Residents scuffle with Israeli troops following the demolition of a Palestinian home which Israeli authorities said was built without a permit in the village of Al-Dirat near the West Bank town of Hebron on January 16, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The foundation of the Quds-usurping regime of Israel has been... |
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Israels annexation of West Bank could spell trouble for Middle East: Russia Russia has warned against the negative repercussions of the Tel Aviv regimes controversial plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, stating that such a move could escalate violence in the Middle East region.
"Such expansionist moves by Israel may provoke a dangerous wave of violence across the... |
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