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N Korea: Pompeos sanction remarks ludicrous; We will walk our way US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 28, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
North Korea has denounced as "ludicrous" US Secretary of State Mike Pompeos remarks on maintaining international sanctions on the country, warning that... |
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Irans Defense Ministry unveils rapid test kits for novel coronavirus This photo published Iranian Defense Ministry news service shows test kits put on display for an unveiling ceremony in Tehran on March 30, 2020.
A biomedicine company affiliated with the Iranian Defense Ministry has unveiled homemade rapid tests kits for new coronavirus as the country moves to contain... |
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Saudi warplanes target residential areas, military college in Yemeni capital Columns of smoke are rising in the aftermath of Saudi-led airstrikes against several localities of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, on March 30, 2020. (Photo by al-Masirah)
Saudi warplanes have carried out nearly 20 airstrikes against the Yemeni capital Sanaa as the war on the impoverished country continues... |
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US-led coalition withdraws from another Nineveh base in Iraq, hands it over to Iraqi army Military vehicles are pictured at a former presidential palace turned into an Iraqi base where some forces of the US-led coalition were stationed in Mosul in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh during a handover ceremony to Iraqi forces on March 30, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The US-led military coalition... |
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Iran FM: US medical terrorism leading to humanitarian catastrophe An Iranian scientist carries out research at a coronavirus diagnosis lab in the southwestern city of Ahvaz on March 26, 2020. (Photo by Tasnim news agency)
Irans foreign minister says US "medical terrorism" against Iranians through imposing toughest ever sanctions on the country is leading to a "humanitarian... |
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Global Oil War: What Are Its Cons And Pros To US? As the coronavirus outbreak forced down the global demands for oil and the major oil suppliers so far failed to reach an agreement on the amount of the supply they have to release to the market, the crude prices have sharply fallen.
Responding to the situation, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo... |
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Israeli PMs Aide Tested Positive For Coronavirus An aide to Israeli regimes Premier Benjamin Netanyahu was diagnosed with coronavirus, officials said on Monday.
It was not immediately clear if the 70-year-old leader had been exposed or his work affected. However, Israeli media said Rivka Paluch, Netanyahus adviser on ultra-Orthodox affairs, had... |
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Wuhan, Chinas COVID-19 ground zero, re-opens for business A store worker in protective suit waits for customers at a re-opened retail street in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province on Monday, March 30, 2020. - Copyright Olivia Zhang/Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Shopkeepers in the city at the centre of the virus outbreak... |
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EasyJet grounds entire fleet due to coronavirus pandemic file photo taken on December 29, 2019, an aircraft operated by British low cost airline Easyjet prepares for take off - Copyright JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP
The budget airline EasyJet says it is grounding its entire fleet of aircraft because of "unprecedented travel restrictions imposed by governments"... |
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Blank cheque: Hungary expected to pass controversial COVID-19 law Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is expected to be given sweeping new powers to manage the country’s coronavirus epidemic on Monday.
A government spokesman told AP that the "extraordinary measures" - which have no limit and allow Orban’s government to bypass parliament - were needed... |
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Chinese passenger train derailed by landslide debris A passenger train derailed after striking debris from a landslide in central China on Monday, injuring a number of passengers and staff, officials said.
The accident happened around midday in a rural part of Hunan province and came after recent heavy rains triggered landslides in the area, the state-run... |
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US deploys new troops to Iraqs Ain al-Asad base: Report US soldiers walk around at the K1 Air Base northwest of Kirkuk in northern Iraq before a planned US pullout on March 29, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Iraqi security sources say new US troops have been deployed to Ain al-Asad in the western Iraqi province of Anbar amid reports that the Pentagon is preparing... |
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Wife recounts Iranian scientists ordeal in US jail US-held Iranian material sciences professor, Sirous Asgari
The wife of an Iranian material sciences professor, who has been held in the United States for close to three years on not-proven charges of bypassing Washingtons sanctions against Iran, has recounted his ordeal in American detention.
Sharif... |
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Trump: US coronavirus death toll could be 100,000 or more US President Donald Trump speaks during a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 29, 2020. (AFP photo)
US President Donald Trump says his country would be doing "a very good job" if it can hold the number of coronavirus deaths at or below... |
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Global updates: Over 722,000 now infected with coronavirus, nearly 34,000 dead A member of traffic police gives a leaflet with information about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to a person entering Mexico from the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on March 29, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
The new coronavirus has now killed 33,997 people and infected 722,435 others worldwide,... |
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Attacks in Takhar, Zabul Kill 19 ANDSF Amid increasing violence in recent days across almost half of Afghanistan - 15 provinces--officials and other sources on Monday reported the latest attacks in two provinces, Takhar in the northeast and Zabul in the south, which caused casualties among Afghan forces.
Sources said that at least 13 security... |
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US AWOL on global stage as it becomes new epicenter of coronavirus LHC Groups Bruce Greenstein elbow bumps with President Donald Trump during a news conference about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden at the White House, Friday, March 13, 2020, in Washington. (Photo by AP)
A little over a month after President Donald Trump claimed that the coronavirus was pretty "much... |
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Britain creaking under emergency coronavirus laws and lockdown Despite imposing draconian measures to try to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the British authorities are failing to get a sufficient grip on the situation.
One of the biggest challenges facing the authorities is the reportedly widespread public flouting of the laws and guidelines recently introduced... |
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US wages medical terror against Iranians amidst COVID-19 pandemic: FM Zarif The photo shows a medic treating a patient infected with the new coronavirus at a hospital in Tehran, Iran, on March 26, 2020. (Photo by Fars news agency)
Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has once again hit out at the United States for its refusal to lift Iran sanctions amid the deadly coronavirus... |
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Taliban reject Afghan governments negotiating team Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (C) leaves after signing an agreement with United States officials during a ceremony in the Qatari capital of Doha, on February 29, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The Taliban militant group in Afghanistan has refused to enter into peace talks with the Afghan government,... |
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COVID-19: Things will get worse before they get better, UK PM warns British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Sunday that "things will get worse before they get better" and that further restrictions may be imposed on citizens.
The British leader, who has been in self-isolation since Friday when he revealed that he had tested positive for the disease, stressed in... |
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British establishment staring disaster in the face as coronavirus grip tightens There are unconfirmed reports the Queen has been infected with the coronavirus
The British governments mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis is beginning to have serious repercussions as the UK braces for a wave of fatalities connected to the COVID-19 disease.
Whilst the number of deaths currently... |
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Chinas Wuhan comes back to life after two-month lockdown A general view of a road in Wuhan, Chinas central Hubei province on March 28, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the global new coronavirus outbreak first began late last year, has eased travel restrictions after more than two months of lockdown.
The 11-million-population city in... |
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Rouhani: Irans health infrastructure ready for possible COVID-19 spike President Hassan Rouhani at a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Office of the Iranian Presidency via AP.
Irans President Hassan Rouhani has said that the countrys health infrastructure is strong enough and prepared to counter a possible rise in COVID-19 cases.
"Our health... |
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Russia slams latest US pressure on Venezuela amid epidemic as tool of genocide Russias Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (File photo)
Russia has slammed the Trump administrations "narco-terrorism" allegations against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as "absurd," further noting that persisting US sanctions against Venezuela could develop into "a tool of genocide"... |
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Four die on cruise ship stranded off Panama, two test positive for COVID-19 The Zaandam cruise ship, left, carrying some guests with flu-like symptoms, is anchored shortly after it arrived to the bay of Panama City, Friday, March 27, 2020. - Copyright AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco
Four people have died on a cruise ship stranded off the coast of Panama while another two have... |
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The future of the European project is at stake: EU in crosshairs of coronavirus pandemic The European Union has come under fire for its slow response in the coronavirus outbreak.
The bloc’s early missteps set the stage for heavy criticism at a time when people are looking to governments to protect them from an invisible enemy.
At yesterday’s EU video summit, leaders failed... |
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COVID-19: Italy reports record daily death toll of over 900 as Ireland announces lockdown "Everyone must stay home in all circumstances", Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said on Friday as he announced that the country would from midnight be under a total lockdown until April 12.
The announcement in Ireland came as Italy reported a new grim record in the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday, with over... |
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US military alarmed by coronavirus trend in several states US Navy personnel look at the USNS Mercy hospital ship after it arrived into the Port of Los Angeles on March 27, 2020. (AFP photo)
Top American military generals say the US Defense Department is monitoring coronavirus infection trends in several states with concern and considering where to deploy troops,... |
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UK government promises freelancers payouts during coronavirus pandemic A member of the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) staff puts up an information poster asking people not to travel, at Prince Regent station close to the ExCeL London exhibition centre in London on March 27, 2020.
After receiving a slew of demands from dozens of companies and economists, the British government... |
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