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UN gathering of world leaders unlikely to be business as usual A worker erects a sign informing people that the United Nations Headquarters will be temporarily closed for tours due to the spread of coronavirus in the Manhattan borough of New York City, March 10, 2020. (Reuters file photo)
The United Nations is looking at different ways to hold its 75th annual gathering... |
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US Senate votes to extend government surveillance tools The US Senate comfortably approved a 2-1/2-year extension of parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) on Thursday, two months after the divisive provisions allowing government data collection expired.
The Senate backed the reauthorization by 80-16, far more than the 60 votes needed... |
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Kashmiris marking Ramadan as never before A Muslim official prays alone inside a closed mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar on May 1, 2020. (AFP photo)
Muslims in Indian-controlled Kashmir are marking Ramadan amid a global pandemic that has changed lives across the world. The pandemic has also changed how Kashmiris observe... |
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Trump says uninterested in talking to Xi, could sever China ties Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and US President Donald Trump attend their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
US President Donald Trump says he is not interested in talking with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in what seems to be a further... |
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Daesh Behind Attacks, Targeting Peace: Khalilzad The US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, in the early hours of Friday, tweeted that the US has assessed that Daesh is the perpetrator of the recent attacks in Kabul and Nangarhar, and that the group opposes a peace deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban. He called on Afghans... |
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Afghanistan: COVID-19 Cases Reach 6,053 The Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 414 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the second highest number of cases reported in a day after the government increased testing capacity to more than 1,100 samples.
The total cases are now 6,053, according to data provided by the Ministry... |
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3 Police, 5 Taliban Killed in Kunduz Clashes At least three police and five Taliban were killed in clashes in the northern province of Kunduz on Thursday night, local police officials said.
The Taliban attack occurred in parts of Khanabad district, said Hijratullah Akbari, a spokesman for the provincial police chief.
"The clashes ended after... |
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Irans FM Zarif compares US disinfectant advice to Iran deal comments File photo shows US President Donald Trump speaking during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at his side. (Photo by AFP)
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the very US administration... |
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France rejects US should get coronavirus vaccine first Sanofi Pasteur vaccine production center at Neuville-sur-Saone, France
France says equal access to any COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Paris-based multinational pharmaceutical company, Sanofi, is non-negotiable, stressing that no country, particularly the United States, should have priority because... |
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Many confined to their rooms and forbidden visits in effort to contain coronavirus outbreak Kate Holt at home in Kentmere, Cumbria, with her mother Shirley who she removed from a care home after becoming concerned for her health. May 14, 2020. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
Having been confined to their rooms and forbidden visits from loved ones, care home residents seem to be... |
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Iran: US sponsors terrorists, not qualified to assess other countries anti-terror efforts File photo of terrorist US forces in Iraq (Photo by AFP)
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has reacted to the United States naming of Iran as one of the countries "not cooperating with the US counterterrorism efforts," saying as a state sponsor of terrorism, Washington is barely qualified to... |
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So far so good, says Sir John Bell, regius professor of medicine at Oxford University (FILES) In this file photo taken on December 12, 2002 (FILES) This file photo taken in January 1943 shows US Office of War Information (OWI) employees receiving free inoculations against smallpox, as well as diptheria and typhoid, in Washington, DC.
A member of the governments coronavirus taskforce... |
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36.5 million Americans file for unemployment benefits Miguel Diaz, who works for the City of Hialeah, hands out unemployment applications to people in their vehicles in front of the John F. Kennedy Library in Hialeah, Florida, on April 08, 2020. (Getty Images)
A total of 36.5 million Americans have filed unemployment claims since mid-March following the... |
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Iran says test kits sent to Turkey, though with delay, despite Turkish denial of delivery Iran reiterates that a consignment of 40,000 Iranian-made COVID-19 test kits has been sent to Turkey, although with a delay caused by transportation restrictions amid the pandemic, days after Turkish sources denied that the delivery had been made.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in... |
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Mixed reactions as Venezuela extends coronavirus lockdown Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday extended the nationwide lockdown for another month with the aim of curbing the spread of the new coronavirus.
Maduro said the measure was necessary to protect the nation from the virus, which has already infected millions of people and taken some 300,000... |
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Trump ramps up expulsion of child migrants, citing coronavirus An immigration worker in an orange jacket and wearing a mask carries a young Guatemalan migrant who was deported from the US, followed by another deportee, at La Aurora International airport in Guatemala City, on March 12, 2020. (Photo by AP)
The administration of US President Donald Trump has ramped... |
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Brazil passes France in recorded coronavirus cases to become worlds 6th country Brazilian Vito Soares mourns his Grandmother, Enedina Soares, 71, a victim of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Nossa Senhora cemetery in Manaus, Amazon State, Brazil, on May 6, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Brazil registered a record number of new cases of the new coronavirus on Wednesday, surpassing... |
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Iran urges world to take action against Israeli occupation of Palestine The file photo shows a Palestinian demonstrator holds a sling during an anti-Israel protest marking a Nakba Day anniversary near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. (By Reuters)
Iran has reiterated full support for Palestinians against the Tel Aviv regimes atrocities, calling on Muslim nations and... |
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European shares drop as Powell fans recovery fears The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, May 13, 2020. (Reuters photo)
European shares retreated on Thursday as comments from US officials fanned concerns of a prolonged economic downturn due to the coronavirus outbreak, while investors eyed the... |
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Trump deepens rift with Fauci on US reopening amid Fed warning Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during the daily press briefing on the Coronavirus pandemic situation at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
US President Donald Trump says he "totally" disagrees with his top health advisor, Anthony Fauci,... |
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Venezuelan prison director, 5 soldiers to be charged over prison riot deaths Healthcare workers and members of the Bolivarian national police watch as an ambulance arrives with prisoners outside a hospital after a riot inside a prison in Guanare, Venezuela, on May 1, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Venezuelas chief prosecutor says a prison director and five soldiers will be charged... |
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Report reveals UK attempt to turn Syria Alawites against Assad A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency on 29 May,2014 showing supporters of President Bashar al-Assad in Latakia.
A new report sheds light on Britains role in the formation of a so-called protest campaign online against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad... |
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Libya rebels attack Tripolis main hospital A burnt-out car is seen at the parking lot of Khadra General Hospital, which is dedicated to treating people infected with the coronavirus, after it was targeted by rebel forces, in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on April 8, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Libyan rebels loyal to military strongman Khalifa Haftar... |
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Saudi-led coalition continues attacks on Yemen despite epidemic Children walk past tents at a displaced persons camp in the Khokha district of Yemens western province of Hudaydah, on May 6, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The Saudi-led coalition continues to launch airstrikes on various areas across Yemen at a time when the war-ravaged county is grappling with the new coronavirus... |
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Resistance should be given freedom to counter Israeli annexation plot: Palestines Hamas Palestinian protesters burn pictures depicting US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and representations of US and Israeli flags during an anti-occupation rally in southern Gaza, Jan. 29, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
A high-ranking Hamas official stresses the Palestinian... |
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Cuba dismisses US labeling as country not cooperating in counterterrorism Police investigate the scene at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, DC, the US, after a shooting attack on the diplomatic parameters, on April 30, 2020. (Photo by AP)
Cuba has dismissed a move by the United States to list the country among the states not cooperating with Washington in counterterrorism,... |
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Oil prices could go negative again: US commodities regulator warns Oil prices could again drop below zero amid the upcoming West Texas Intermediate (WTI) June futures contract expiry on May 19 and the ensuing risks, the US commodities regulator said in a warning to brokers, exchanges and clearing houses.
The rare warning by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission... |
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US threatens to trigger return of UN Iran sanctions as Russia reaffirms opposition File photo shows US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US special representative on Iran Brian Hook (background) arrive to al-Bateen Air Base in Abu Dhabi, on September 19, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
The United States has threatened to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran if the UN Security... |
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UN warns of global mental health crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic A health worker reacts before the burial of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, on April 29, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death... |
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325K households could be evicted over COVID-19 in NY City More than 325,000 of lowest-income households in New York City, amounting to one million people, could be evicted over the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a nonprofit providing aid to homeless children.
"Without intervention, there is no way to prevent those million people from becoming homeless," Christine... |
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