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Afghan Leaders Urge Ghani to Stop New Appointments for Now Hamid Karzai, Abd Rab Rasoul Sayyaf, Yunus Qanooni and Mohammad Karim Khalili, in a joint statement on Sunday, urged Ghani to stop the appointment of government officials for the time being.
The Afghan leaders, in the statement, also urged President Abdullah Abdullah to extend his deadline saying... |
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Deal with US Has Been Violated: Taliban The Taliban in a statement on Sunday said the deal that they signed with the US on Feb. 29 has been "violated" in clear instances by the United States and its allies.
In their statement, the group connected the violation of the deal to the delay in the release of 5,000 prisoners from the Afghan governments... |
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Coronavirus pandemic aggravating poverty in UK: Experts A man walks past homeless people sleeping rough on the pavement near the Houses of Parliament, London, in March, 2020. (AP photo)
Poverty in the UK is deteriorating because of the coronavius pandemic that has so far affected nearly 42,000 and killed more than 4,300 across the country.
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Iran rallies to produce crucial supplies as US retains sanctions despite coronavirus Irans Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami tours a factory producing sanitizers and protective gear. (Photo by Tasnim)
Iran will increase the production of protective masks for coronavirus relief to 4 million per day by the end of this month, Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Reza Rahmani says.
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Colombian coal mine blast results in multiple fatalities This photo grabbed from a video shows Colombian firefighters taking an injured miner out of the coal mine.
Eleven people were killed and four injured in an accidental explosion at a Colombian coal mine in Cucunuba, near Bogota, on Saturday, according to the local fire department.
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Man in Russia kills 5 for "talking loudly" under his windows A person wearing protective mask sits in a Moscow subway train on April 3, 2020, amid the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by AFP)
A man in central Russia has shot and killed five people for talking noisily at night under his windows, investigators said Sunday.
The shootings took... |
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Latest on coronavirus pandemic: Over 1.2 million people now infected A drone used by police to monitor the activities of people and spread awareness is seen during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against COVID-19, in Chennai, India, on April 4, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Nearly 1,203,000 people are infected with the new coronavirus and more... |
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Saudi Arabia, UAE expand lockdowns as coronavirus cases rise Men wearing surgical masks as a precautionary measure against the novel coronavirus speak at a hospital in Khobar city in Dammam, Saudi Arabia May 23, 2013. (Photo by Reuters)
Saudi Arabia and the UAE have adopted fresh measures to tackle the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic amid an uptick in the... |
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France probing terror knife rampage in southeastern town A picture taken on April 4, 2020 shows the center of Romans-sur-Isere Town, after a man attacked several people with a knife, killing two and injuring five before being arrested. (By AFP)
French authorities have launched an investigation into a knife rampage in a town in southeastern France that killed... |
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Coronavirus reveals, exacerbates US inequality A restaurant employee with her son leaves with her paycheck, in Brooklyn, New York, March 19, 2020. (AP photo)
Just three weeks ago, Miguel Rodriguez was enjoying a pleasant life, working as a waiter in a Maryland restaurant in a job he held for 20 years.
The American economy was going strong and he... |
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US attorney opposes release of inmates amid COVID-19 pandemic File photo of a Washington, DC jail
A US attorney has officially opposed release of prisoners amid the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that "violent criminals" should not be set free.
The attorney for Washington, DC, Timothy Shea, expressed the opposition Saturday in response to an emergency motion filed... |
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Trump warns of a lot of death from coronavirus, blaming media-induced public panic US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House on April 4, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by AFP)
US President Donald Trump has warned there will be "a lot of death" in the weeks ahead over the coronavirus outbreak while blasting local... |
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Trump decapitating US intelligence leadership in national crisis, says top Democrat Chairman of US House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff (File photo)
US President Donald Trump is "decapitating" the US intelligence forces amid the coronavirus outbreak that is causing a "national crisis," says a top Democrat.
US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff told MSNBC Saturday... |
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Number of US sailors infected with Covid-19 on aircraft carrier rises to 155: Navy File photo of USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier
The number of American sailors tested positive so far for the coronavirus on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier has surged 13 percent to 155 within the past 24 hours, the US Navy has confirmed amid the sacking of the warships captain for... |
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Altered Finance Ministry Opens Doors for Corruption: Watchdog Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) on Saturday strongly criticized a decision by Afghanistan’s Ashraf Ghani to split up the Afghan Ministry of Finance into three separate entities including the office of revenues and customs, the office of the treasury, and the finance administration.
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Intl Aid Requires Inclusive Govt in Afghanistan: Wells Alice Wells, the US’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, in a tweet said that international aid requires partnership with an inclusive government, referring to Afghanistan.
"We all must hold Afghan leaders accountable to agree on a governing arrangement,"... |
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Coronavirus Cases Rise to 337 in Afghanistan: Health Ministry Wahidullah Mayar, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health early on Sunday said that 38 new cases have been confirmed, bringing the total cases in Afghanistan to 337.
The new 38 cases were recorded in Kabul (10), Herat (10), Kandahar (8), Paktia (3), Balkh (2), Samangan (2), Kapisa (1), Takhar... |
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US war on coronavirus may end up the most expensive in history: Former CIA intel officer Paramedics wearing personal protective equipment take a patient to the ambulance amid the coronavirus outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts, April 3, 2020. (Reuters photo)
A former American counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer at the CIA has said that Washingtons "war on the novel... |
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Taliban prisoner release faces technical issues The Taliban technical team has started its work for four days in Kabul, but it hasnt reached an agreement on the prisoner release.
Some sources close to the Taliban said that new conditions proposed by the government had challenged the process.
Jalaluddin Shinwari, the Taliban former Attorney General,... |
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NDS arrests Deash^Khurasan leader The National Directorate of Security, in a statement, says that it has arrested, Abdullah Orakzai aka Aslam Farooqi, the Khurasan leader of Daesh, along with 19 of his men, including Qari Zahid and Saifullah aka Abu Talha Pakistani, in an operation conducted by the special forces of the directorate.
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First confirmed case of COVID-19 on the occupied Malvinas Islands The sprawling tri-service military complex at Mount Pleasant is where the bulk of the UKs offensive military capability on the occupied Malvinas Islands is concentrated
After days of speculation the first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, has been confirmed on the occupied Malvinas... |
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India coronavirus lockdown threatens millions with extreme hardship People queue to get free food at a government school during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in New Delhi on April 3, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Munawar ZamanPress TV, New Delhi
Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, millions of... |
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Politics aside, US relies on China supplies to fight virus: AFP Workers make face masks to satisfy increased demand during Chinas COVID-19 outbreak at a factory in Nanjing, China, in February 2020 (AFP Photo)
US politicians have voiced fury over Beijings handling of the coronavirus crisis but they face a harsh truth -- the United States desperately needs Chinas... |
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Keir Starmer replaces Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader Keir Starmer (R), seen here bowing before Prince Charles, is fully trusted by the British establishment
As widely expected Keir Starmer has been elected to the leadership of the Labour Party and will replace outgoing leader, Jeremy Corbyn, with immediate effect.
Starmer, who is 57, won on the first... |
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Blame game between Saudi, Russia to cause delay to OPEC+ meeting: Report A report shows there is no immediate deal in sight for new OPEC+ cuts because of the Saudi-Russia rift.
A new report suggests that Saudi Arabia and Russia are still far from reaching a quick agreement on cuts to oil supply as rifts between the two rival producers deepen over who is to blame for a recent... |
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New York in race against time as Trump stresses face masks are voluntary Health workers wheel a deceased person outside the Brooklyn Hospital Center, during the coronavirus outbreak in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on March 31, 2020. (Reuters photo)
Two of the principal US coronavirus hot spots - New York and Louisiana - reported their biggest jumps in COVID-19 deaths... |
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NATO says plans to expand mission in Iraq NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (Photo by AFP)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance has decided to expand its mission in Iraq by training personnel for the Iraqi army and security forces.
Stoltenberg made the announcement on Thursday during a press conference after... |
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Saudi rocket attack kills entire Yemeni family in Saada Dust rises from the site of a Saudi air strike in Sanaa, Yemen March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Saudi Arabia has conducted a rocket attack on a border district in Yemens northwestern Saada Province, killing all members of a family.
The al-Masirah television network reported that the family... |
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Iran to start building 6,000-ton destroyer, able to produce nuclear submarines: Defense Ministry File photo shows Irans Jamaran-2 guided missile destroyer docked during its inauguration in the port city of Anzali, Iran, March 17, 2013. (Photo by ISNA)
Irans Defense Ministry says that the country is planning to start the construction of a 6,000-ton destroyer this year and that it has the ability... |
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Turkey restricts youths, shuts borders to fight coronavirus Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo by AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the country has imposed a partial curfew on citizens under the age of 20 as part of measures aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavius.
Erdogan made the announcement in a news conference on Friday,... |
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