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Iran to launch 5 new free trade zones File photo shows trucks waiting for clearance at a yard of the customs office in Irans Dogharoun special economic zone on the border with Afghanistan.
The Iranian parliament has approved plans for launching five new free trade zones (FTZ) in north and east of the country.
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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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No end to US propaganda war on China and Iran Security personnel at a cemetery in Wuhan, China, last month. (Photo by EPA)
By Stephen Lendman
All sovereign independent countries not controlled by the US are vilified to weaken and isolate them on the world stage - how the scourge of imperialism operates.
Establishment media go along as press agents... |
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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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Iran parliament approves currency overhaul bill File photo shows Iranian rial notes.
The Iranian parliament has approved a bill to allow a major overhaul in the countrys currency rial.
Lawmakers in the Majlis on Monday approved articles and subarticles of the Bill to Reform the Countrys Monetary and Banking Act, a law which has dominated financial... |
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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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EU warns against suspension of children vaccination amid pandemic A woman and children hold a kite in the Parco Sempione park on May 4, 2020 in Milan as Italy starts to ease its lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by AFP)
The European Union has raised the alarm about a decision by some European countries... |
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US records deadliest day from coronavirus in 24 hours: WHO People wear protective masks as they spend time on the National Mall on May 2, 2020 in Washington, DC. (AFP photo)
The United States experienced its deadliest day on record due to the coronavirus on Thursday, according to data published by the World Health Organization.
There were 2,909 deaths due... |
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Trump administration pushing to rip global supply chains from China: Officials Containers of Chinese companies China Shipping and COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company) are loaded on a container as it is leaving the port in Hamburg, Germany on March 11, 2020. (Reuters photo)
The Trump administration is "turbocharging" an initiative to remove global industrial supply chains from... |
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Non-NHS healthcare staff had less access to COVID-19 tests Coronavirus testing of NHS staff, care workers and other key workers at an Edinburgh hospital in early April. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian
Healthcare staff working outside the NHS or on temporary contracts have had less access to coronavirus tests, a survey suggests.
The Royal College of... |
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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.
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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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Trump: COVID-19 death toll in US could reach 100,000 People demonstrating the Trump administrations coronavirus response leave fake body bags outside the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2020. (Reuters photo)
US President Donald Trump says the coronavirus death toll in the United States could reach 100,000, a projection that... |
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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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Panorama reported vital items of PPE were left out of UKs stockpile The BBC rejects the UK governments criticism of a Panorama investigation which brought to light the omission of vital items of personal protective equipment (PPE) from Britains stockpile set up in 2009.
Oliver Dowden, the culture secretary, lodged a formal complaint to the BBC director general,... |
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Global coronavirus cases top 3.5mn; India likely hit by second wave Children walk past a police barricade put up outside a residential area, during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Agra, India, on April 23, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
At least 3,566,201 people are now infected with the new coronavirus and some 248,285 others... |
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Trump says more needs to be done to ease economic hit of coronavirus pandemic US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a Fox News virtual town hall "America Together: Returning to Work," event, with anchors Bret Baier (R) and Martha MacCallum (L), from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on May 3, 2020. (AFP photo)
US President Donald Trump said there had to... |
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US processes over $500 bln in small business loans to stem coronavirus fallout In an aerial view photographed with a drone, boats populate Huntington Harbor as beaches and parks remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic on May 03, 2020 in Huntington, New York. (AFP photo)
The United States has made over $500 billion in loans to small businesses hit hard by the coronavirus... |
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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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Germanys Interior Minister backs Bundesliga restart Germanys Minister of Interior has supported a possible restart for the Bundesliga season this month without spectators.
The countrys interior minister has backed the resumption of football matches in May and also said he is in favor of full teams quarantine in cases of positive tests; something... |
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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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Fierce gun battles leave 9 dead in India-controlled Kashmir Soldiers evacuate an injured comrade after a grenade blast at a market in Kashmirs Srinagar on November 4, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Five security personnel and four suspected militants have been killed during two separate fierce gun battles over the past 24 hours in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Colonel... |
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Venezuela says foils marine incursion by terrorists, kills 8 assailants This file photo shows Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro speaking during a press conference in which he announced a 30-day ban on flights from Europe and Colombia over the coronavirus pandemic in Caracas, on March 12, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Venezuela says its security forces have foiled a marine incursion... |
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