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2,335 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Afghanistan The Ministry of Public Health spokesman Wahidullah Mayar said on Friday that in the past 24 hours, 164 positive cases have been recorded across the country, and the country total is 2,335.
Mayar says that 168 out of 569 samples from 14 provinces came back positive in the last 24 hours.
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Tehran urges US to release Iranian scientist infected with COVID-19 US-held Iranian material sciences professor Sirous Asgari
Irans Judiciary has urged the United States to immediately release Sirous Asgari, the Iranian scientist who has contracted the novel coronavirus in a prison in Louisiana.
Asgari, a professor of material sciences at Sharif University of Technology,... |
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S Korea hints denial of Trumps claim of deal to pay more for US troops South Korea has suggested its denial of a reported claim by US President Donald Trump that Seoul has agreed to pay "a lot more money" to maintain nearly 30,000 American troops on its soil, insisting that talks on the issue are still underway.
"The negotiation is still ongoing," said South Koreas... |
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Pakistan FM lauds Iran Leaders continued support for Kashmir Demonstrators hold signs and chant slogans as they march in solidarity with the people of Kashmir, during a rally in Pakistans southern city of Karachi on August 5, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has lauded the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed... |
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Chief ICC prosecutor affirms Palestinian statehood, says court can probe Israeli crimes Demonstrators carry banners outside the International Criminal Court, ICC, rear, urging the court to prosecute Israel for war crimes in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, November 29, 2019. (Photo by AP)
Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda has reiterated her position affirming... |
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UK ethnic minorities dying in greater numbers from COVID-19 Healthcare BAME victims of COVID-19
A new report says the coronavirus epidemic is killing Britains ethnic minorities in disproportionate numbers, despite the fact that most minority groups are much younger on average than the white British population.
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Iran to cut dependence on Russia for maintenance of Bushehr nuclear plant This file photo shows the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran.
Iran says it will probably cut its dependence on Russian engineers and become self-sufficient in the maintenance of its Bushehr nuclear power plant by 2022.
Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of... |
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Coronavirus and other causes driving surge in US deaths Gravediggers prepare a plot for a burial at a cemetery in the Staten Island borough of New York City, on April 8, 2020. (AP photo)
The US has seen at least 66,000 more deaths than usual so far this year, according to government data, and the new coronavirus accounts for much - but not all - of the increase.
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Syria, Iran, Yemen slam Germany for complying with US, Israeli dictates to ban Hezbollah Image shows German special police gathering near the El-Irschad Islamic center in Berlin, Germany, April 30, 2020, after the country blacklisted the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement. (Photo by Reuters)
Syria, Iran and Yemen have slammed the German governments decision to designate Hezbollah a... |
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Most of Meccas population may be infected: Saudi medical sources Worshipers perform prayer in front of the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque on the first day of Ramadan in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by AFP)
Saudi medical sources say more than half of Meccas residents have been infected by COVID 19 as indicated by random testing conducted in the holy city.
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Pressure growing on Biden to respond to sexual assault allegation Joe Biden is coming under growing pressure over a former aides allegation that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.
Pressure is mounting on Joe Biden, the presumptive US Democratic presidential nominee, to respond to a sexual assault allegation made by a former Senate aide in the 1990s.
Tara Reade,... |
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Economic figures show grim toll in Europe and US from virus Economic figures show grim toll in Europe and US from virus
Bleak new figures Thursday underscored the worldwide economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus: The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits has climbed past a staggering 30 million, while Europes economies have gone into an epic... |
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ECB says eurozone faces historic economic slump amid corona crisis Grounded trucks of transport company Frigodor are pictured in Siedlce, Poland on April 3, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
When it comes to employment, economists say small to medium sized businesses provide half of all jobs in the eurozone. With the vast majority of businesses currently closed due to COVID-19-induced... |
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Turkey warns UAE against hostile stance towards Ankara Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson
Turkey has warned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) against its hostile stance towards Ankara, calling on Abu Dhabi to stop providing arms and mercenary support to coup plotters in Libya.
Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hami Aksoy said in a statement on Thursday... |
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Paris Saint-Germain crowned champions of French Ligue 1 This file photo shows general view of the main entrance of the Parc de Princes stadium a day before the Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund, which will be played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Paris, France March 10, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
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Trump says virus may have originated in China lab, threatens tariffs An aerial view shows the P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China. (AFP photo)
US President Donald Trump has threatened China with new tariffs amid the coronavirus outbreak he blames Beijing for.
Trump said Thursday his ongoing trade deal negotiations with the Asian country... |
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Nearly 70 dead in coronavirus outbreak at US veterans home The Holyoke Soldiers Home is seen on April 29, 2020 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. (AFP photo)
Nearly 70 residents sickened with the coronavirus have died at a Massachusetts home for ageing veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest known outbreak at a long-term... |
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Israeli choppers launch rocket attacks against southern Syria: Reports File photo of an Israeli helicopter carrying two wounded troops to a hospital in Haifa after an explosion in the border with Lebanon. (Photo by Reuters)
Israeli military helicopters have fired rockets at several positions in southern Syria, including Quneitra region, media reports say.
Syrias official... |
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German blacklisting of Hezbollah only serves Israel interests: Iran The German police raid several buildings they claim were linked to the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah on April 30, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Iran has vehemently condemned the German governments decision to designate the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah a "terrorist organization", saying Berlin... |
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Historic win for PSC against UK government This file photo, taken on march 30, 2019, shows a protest in solidarity with Palestinian people holding large "Great March of Return" and "Palestinian Land Day" rallies across Gaza border, in London, United Kingdom (Photo by Anadolu Agency)
A three-year legal battle between the Palestinian Solidarity... |
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PM: UK "past the peak" of the coronavirus outbreak and "on the downward slope" A handout image released by 10 Downing Street, shows Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking during a remote press conference to update the nation on the COVID-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on April 30, 2020.
The PM has said that since the UK has "past the peak" of... |
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Trump calls Biden incompetent, dismisses polls showing his lead US President Donald Trump (AFP photo)
US President Donald Trump has called his Democratic rival Joe Biden "incompetent," rejecting polls which show the former vice president was leading in the race for the White House.
"I dont believe the polls," Trump told Reuters on Wednesday. "I believe the people... |
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7 M Afghan Children at Risk of Hunger: Save the Children More than seven million children in Afghanistan are at risk of hunger as food prices soar due to the lockdown following the spread of coronavirus-COVID-19--in the country, Save the Children said in a report on Friday.
"At a time when Afghan children need adequate daily nutrition to help strengthen... |
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Afghanistan Likely Facing COVID-19 Health Disaster: SIGAR Afghanistan, beset by a poor healthcare system, malnutrition, war and other vulnerabilities, is likely facing a "health disaster" from the coronavirus, a watchdog report to the US Congress warns, as quoted by Reuters.
The report released late on Thursday by Special Inspector General for Afghanistan... |
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Libya UN-backed GNA rejects Haftar truce, says does not trust his offer A fighter loyal to the GNA fires a mortar during clashes with rebel forces of General Khalifa Haftar on the outskirts of capital Tripoli, Libya, May 25, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
Libyas UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has rejected a ceasefire unilaterally declared by the countrys renegade... |
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PM: UK "past the peak" of the coronavirus outbreak and "on the downward slope" A handout image released by 10 Downing Street, shows Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking during a remote press conference to update the nation on the COVID-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on April 30, 2020. Britain is past the peak of its coronavirus outbreak, Prime... |
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US no longer party to JCPOA: EU on Washingtons anti-Iran bid EUs foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell (Photo by AFP)
The European Union foreign policy chief says the US is no longer a party to the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and major world powers, pointing to the limitations that Washington is facing in its avowed bid to extend an arms embargo under... |
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Russia ready to sell Iraq S-400 missile systems upon Baghdad request: Ambassador This undated file photo shows a Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system. (Photo by AFP)
Russian Ambassador to Iraq Maksim Maksimov says Moscow is prepared to provide Baghdad with advanced S-400 air defense missile systems once the Arab country makes an official request for the military hardware.
"The... |
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Lebanon approves economic rescue plan, eyes IMF aid Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab wearing gloves opens an envelope during a parliament meeting at the Unesco Palace in the capital Beirut, on April 21, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Prime Minister Hassan Diab has said that Lebanon hopes to secure IMF aid based on a financial reform plan approved by the government... |
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Coronavirus originated in China but was not manmade or genetically modified: US intel community This file photo taken on February 23, 2017 shows workers inside the P4 laboratory in Wuhan, capital of China.
The US intelligence community has concluded that the novel coronavirus originated in China but was not man-made or engineered.
"The entire Intelligence Community has been consistently providing... |
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