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Germanys Merkel: Coronavirus EUs biggest test since foundation German Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media about German governments measures to avoid further spread of the coronavirus, on April 6, 2020 at the chancellery in Berlin. (Photo by AFP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the coronavirus pandemic is the "biggest test" that the European Union has... |
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Whats Driving US Patriot Missile Deployment In Iraq? While Iraq is having struggling to control the coronavirus spread after the months-long ordeal of the street protests, the US is busy evacuating its military bases across the Arab country as it amasses its troops in a couple of big bases.
As the US gathers its troops in its large bases like Ein Al-Asad... |
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Would Be New Deal For Substantial Oil Output Cuts? /Report On Thursday and while the oil war between Moscow and Riyadh is at its peak, the US President Donald Trump said that Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to cut oil production between 10 and 15 million barrels a day which accounts to 10 to 15 percent of the global oil supply. The news gave the oil markets... |
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Rockets hit near foreign oil firms in Basra amid alert in Iraq This file photo taken on March 3, 2016, shows a an Iraqi national flag flying before front of excess gas being burnt off, at a pipeline in the newly opened section of the oil refinery of Zubair, southwest of Basra in southern Iraq. (Photo by AFP)
Several rockets have landed near offices of foreign and... |
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Human Rights Watch blasts US refusal to lift Iran sanctions amid coronavirus A temporary hospital for coronavirus patients at an exhibition center in Tehran
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has strongly criticized the United States for its refusal to lift sanctions on Iran amid the new coronavirus outbreak.
The report was published by the New York-based organization on Monday asserted... |
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Iran to have blocked funds released: Government spokesman File photo shows spokesman of the Iranian government Ali Rabiei.
The Iranian government says it will soon have parts of funds blocked abroad because of the US sanctions released and return to the country for the fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei said... |
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Ousted US intelligence inspector Atkinson calls on others to defend whistleblowers Michael Atkinson, the outgoing intelligence community inspector general fired by President Donald Trump (File photo)
Michael Atkinson, the outgoing intelligence community inspector general fired by President Donald Trump on Friday, has called on others to speak out and defend whistleblowers.
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Coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep across globe: Death toll near 70,000 A medical employee collects a smear at a special corona test center for public service employees such as police officers, nurses and firefighters during a media presentation as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Cologne, Germany, March 31, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
The global... |
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Yemeni forces take areas in eastern Jawf, uncover Daesh prisons A group of children play football against a backdrop of destroyed houses in Saudi airstrikes in Yemen.
Yemeni army and popular committees have purged areas in eastern al-Jawf Province of Takfiri militants and uncovered homes-turned-prisons that were run by the Daesh terrorist group.
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US, UK brace for soaring death tolls as pandemic bears down A healthcare worker takes a break outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, US, April 5, 2020. (Reuters photo)
The United States and Britain braced for one of their darkest weeks in living memory on Monday as the social and financial... |
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Libyan government forces down rebel cargo plane near Tripoli Libyan policemen gather as they check a car on a street, during a curfew imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Misrata, Libya, on March 30, 2020. (File photo by Reuters)
Libyan government forces have shot down a cargo plane operated by rebel forces near the capital,... |
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More than 30 countries helped Iran fight coronavirus: Foreign Ministry This picture taken on March 4, 2020 shows medics at Amin Hospital in the central Iranian province of Isfahan, which has been assigned to receive coronavirus-related cases.
Irans Foreign Ministry says more than 30 countries as well as a number of international organizations have provided it with assistance... |
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Scotland chief medical officer ignores her own warnings against unjustified travels An image of an empty street in Edinburgh, Scotland amid the coronavirus pandemic (Photo via BBC)
Catherine Calderwood, Scotlands chief medical officer, having faced intense criticism for breaking her own rules to twice visit her second home during the coronavirus outbreak, has been obliged to quit... |
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Fight erupts at White House over drug Trump suggests for COVID-19 US President Donald Trump, pictured with members of the coronavirus Task Force at the White House (File photo)
A fierce fight broke out at the White House over the weekend about the use of Hydroxychloroquine President Donald Trump has touted as a treatment for COVID-19.
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UN chief urges govts to protect women during virus lockdown A woman arrives by ambulance to Wyckoff Hospital in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn April 5, 2020 in New York. (AFP photo)
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres late Sunday urged governments around the world to consider protecting women as part of their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Trump: US expresses well wishes to Britains Boris Johnson after covid-19 hospitalization Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) greets US President Donald Trump upon arrival for the NATO summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, northeast of London on December 4, 2019. (AFP photo)
US President Donald Trump on Sunday (April 5) expressed well wishes to Britains Boris Johnson who was admitted... |
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Trump voices hope for leveling-off of coronavirus in US hot spots Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci, US President Donald Trump and Response coordinator for White House Coronavirus Task Force Deborah Birx leave the unscheduled briefing after a Coronavirus Task Force meeting at the White House on April 5, 2020, in Washington,... |
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China leading fight against COVID-19, aiding world countries: Iran FM spokesperson Image shows a symbolic display of the Chinese and Iranian flag on Tehrans iconic Azadi Tower as both countries face off with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Irans Foreign Ministry spokesperson has lauded Chinas role in the international struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic and its efforts assisting other... |
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FIFA draws up guidelines to tackle pay-cuts complaints An internal document seen by Reuters shows that FIFA is getting ready to deal with complaints and appeals over wage cuts for players during the stoppage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The documents state that as football matches are halted across the globe, FIFA is aware that it may well have... |
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Afghan Refugees in Dire Need: Pakistan Pakistan on Sunday warned the international community over the developing "humanitarian crisis" among Afghan refugees due to the coronavirus crisis, Anadolu News Agency reported.
Pakistans Minister for States and Frontier Regions Shehryar Khan Afridi told reporters in the capital Islamabad that Pakistan... |
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Afghan All-Female Robotic Team Builds Ventilator The all-girls robotics team, which has won international honors for their robots, has made a ventilator, which they are trying to convince health officials to use for COVID-19 patients.
Ventilators are the main lifesaving devices for coronavirus patients, and some countries are faced with a lack of... |
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Coronavirus Cases in Afghanistan: 367 The Ministry of Public Health early on Monday said that 30 new cases have been confirmed, bringing the total cases in Afghanistan to 367.
Positive coronavirus cases recorded in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours: in Herat (16), Kabul (6), Nimruz (3), Kunduz (2), Faryab (2) and Daikundi (1) provinces,... |
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Coronavirus: Spains daily number of new infections falls again - for a third day in a row The third day of decreasing numbers of new cases has given Spain hope - Copyright Emilio Morenatti/Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
The number of new coronavirus cases recorded in Spain has dropped for a third day in a row, suggesting strict social distancing measures have... |
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Trump backs second task force on reopening economy amid pandemic US President Donald Trump looks on during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 3, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by AFP)
US President Donald Trump has thrown his weight behind the formation of a second coronavirus task force designated... |
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Malaysia detains boatload of over 200 Rohingya Muslim refugees A boat carrying suspected ethnic Rohingya migrants is seen detained in Malaysian territorial waters, in Langkawi, Malaysia, on April 5, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Malaysian authorities say they have intercepted a fishing boat carrying more than 200 refugees, believed to be members of the prosecuted ethnic... |
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Low oil prices exacerbating coronavirus outbreak in Venezuela Oil pump jacks are seen in Lagunillas, Venezuela May 24, 2018. (Photo by Reuters)
Venezuelas economy is facing new challenges, as the oil prices have hit record lows in the past days, dropping to as low as 18 dollars per barrel.
The oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia is starting to impact... |
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Israel keeps 200 Palestinian children in prisons in inhumane conditions: Palestinian commission Israeli forces take a Palestinian minor into custody in the West Bank. [Wisam Hashlamoun/Apaimages]
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission says nearly 200 Palestinian children are kept behind bars in Israeli prisons in inhumane conditions, undergoing "very rough interrogation... |
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British army recruits can barely read and write The British army finds it increasingly difficult to attract high-quality young Britons
The recruitment crisis in the British army has reached another bizarre milestone with the revelation that commanders are enlisting recruits with the reading age of a five to seven-year-old.
The Sun newspaper is reporting... |
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Fierce gun battles leave a dozen dead in Indian-controlled Kashmir Policemen wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus guard a street in Srinagar on March 19, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
At least three Indian troops and nine pro-independence fighters have been killed in two separate incidents in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Indian army spokesman... |
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US wasted months before preparing for virus pandemic File photo of US President Donald Trump with members of the coronavirus task force at the White House
As the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been... |
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