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Italy Says It May Take Migrants Rescued in The Mediterranean
July 06,2020
ROME - Italy is carrying out tests on 180 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean with a view to transferring them to a quarantine vessel in Sicily, an interior ministry source said on ...
‘Unacceptable’: Russian Church Blasts Turkey’s Hagia Sophia Plan
July 06,2020
MOSCOW - Converting Istanbul's Hagia Sophia monument from a museum to a mosque would be "unacceptable", a senior official in the Russian Orthodox Church said on Saturday...
Russia Says China Would Be Needed in Expanded G7 Summit: TASS
July 05,2020
MOSCOW - Russia is not in talks with Washington about its potential role at an expanded Group of Seven summit later this year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday ...
U.S. Sends Carriers to South China Sea During Chinese Drills
July 05,2020
WASHINGTON - Two U.S. aircraft carriers were conducting exercises in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday, the U.S. navy said, as China also carried out military drills that have been ...
Explosions Rock 2 Somalia Cities as 4 Killed in Baidoa
July 05,2020
NAIROBI, Kenya — Explosions rocked two of Somalia’s largest cities on Saturday as officials said a suicide car bomber detonated near the port in Mogadishu and a land mine ...
Turkish Defence Minister and Military Chief Visit War-Torn Libya
July 05,2020
ANKARA - Libya's United Nations-recognised government based in Tripoli has said Turkey's defence minister and military chief have visited the war-torn Libyan capital....
China Warns US of Countermeasures Over Hong Kong Sanctions Bill
July 04,2020
BEIJING - China has promised to take "all necessary countermeasures" if the United States pressed ahead with legislation penalising banks doing business with ...
Turkey Trial of Saudi Suspects in Jamal Khashoggi Murder Begins
July 04,2020
ANKARA - A Turkish court has opened the trial of 20 Saudi nationals indicted over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The trial began at Istanbul province's ...
Merkel Makes First Masked Appearance to Ward Off Criticism
July 04,2020
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel made her first public appearance wearing a mask on Friday after dismissing accusations of hypocrisy earlier this week for not ...
France’s Macron Picks New Prime Minister to Reinvent Presidency
July 04,2020
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron named Jean Castex, a top civil servant and local mayor who orchestrated France’s coronavirus lockdown exit strategy, as his new prime ...
Massive US Protests Raise Fears of New Virus Outbreaks
June 01,2020
LOS ANGELES — The mayor of Atlanta, one of dozens of U.S. cities hit by massive protests in recent days, has a message for demonstrators: “If you were out protesting last night ...
Trump Postpones G7 Meeting, Seeks Expansion of Members
June 01,2020
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will postpone until the fall a meeting of Group of 7 nations he had planned to hold next month at the White ...
North Korea Nuclear Fuel Plant Still Operational Despite US Pressure to End Program, Report Says
June 01,2020
PYONGYANG - North Korea is pushing forward with work at a nuclear fuel plant despite calls from the U.S. to wind its program down, a report says...
India’s Modi Urges Citizens to Stay Alert to Virus as Lockdown Eases
June 01,2020
NEW DELHI - India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned the country on Sunday to remain vigilant against the spread of coronavirus as the country prepares a phased ...
Sri Lanka tourism earnings fall in February due to COVID-19
May 19,2020
Tourism earnings in Sri Lanka dropped to 391 million U.S. dollars in February, in comparison to 475 million dollars earned within the same period last year, local media ...
Turkish airstrikes kill 3 PKK members in northern Iraq: ministry
May 19,2020
Turkish security forces killed three members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in a counter-terrorism operation in northern Iraq, Turkey's defense ministry ...
Coronavirus: Global push for inquiry into Covid-19 response
May 19,2020
Global health leaders are pushing for an independent review of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic at the UN's World Health Assembly. ...
Kim Jong-un appears in public, North Korean state media report
May 03,2020
Kim Jong-un has appeared in public for the first time in 20 days, North Korean state media says. ...
US Approval Broadens Use of COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir
May 03,2020
Gilead Science Inc’s (GILD.O) antiviral drug remdesivir was granted emergency use authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration for COVID-19 on Friday ...
Coronavirus: Three out of four Americans under some form of lockdown
April 01,2020
About three out of four Americans are now, or about to be, under some form of lockdown, as more states tighten measures to fight the coronavirus. . .
Coronavirus gives airlines 'unprecedented shock'
April 01,2020
Frontline NHS staff in the UK on visas will be given an automatic one-year extension to help the UK battle the coronavirus.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said doctors, nurses ...
Beijing reports 3 new imported COVID-19 cases
April 01,2020
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Beijing reported three new imported cases of COVID-19 Monday, two of whom coming from Serbia and one from Spain, a local health official said Tuesday...
EU launches new naval mission to police Libya arms embargo
April 01,2020
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union announced Tuesday the launch of a new naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea aimed at enforcing the U.N. arms embargo on Libya, after Italy blocked a previous ...
HRW: Saudi Forces Torture, Disappear Yemeni Civilians
March 26,2020
RIYADH - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned Saudi Arabia and Saudi-backed forces in war-torn Yemen for carrying out a series of abuses against Yemeni civilians in ...
White House, Senate Agree on $2 Trillion Coronavirus Rescue Plan
March 26,2020
WASHINGTON - The White House and Senate have reached agreement on a $2 trillion stimulus package for the US economy and millions of Americans ravaged by the coronavirus crisis ...
Japan’s Abe Admits Postponing Tokyo Olympics May Be Option
March 24,2020
TOKYO - Canada has become the first country to withdraw its team from the Tokyo Olympics, increasing pressure on Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to delay an event he said for ...
Trillion-Dollar US Economic Rescue Package Crashes in Senate
March 24,2020
WASHINGTON - A trillion-dollar Senate proposal to rescue the reeling US economy crashed to defeat Sunday after receiving zero support from Democrats, and with five Republicans ...
North Korea Praises Trump but Warns on Ties
March 23,2020
PYONGYANG - Donald Trump has sent a letter to Kim Jong Un detailing a plan to develop ties, state media reported citing the North Korean leader's powerful sister, but she warned their...
New Slovak Government Sworn in Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
March 23,2020
BRATISLAVA - A four-party coalition government has taken office in Slovakia, with the coronavirus outbreak an immediate policy challenge. ..
Spain’s Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 1,700, Cases Over 28,000 -Health Ministry
March 23,2020
MADRID - Spain’s death toll from coronavirus soared to 1,720 on Sunday from 1,326 the day before, according to latest data from the Health Ministry...
‘Stay Indoors & Healthy’: India Holds Coronavirus ‘Self-Curfew Drill’ As Infections Reach 300,000 Globally
March 23,2020
NEW DELHI - As a part of a drill to increase Covid-19 pandemic awareness and prepare for the worst, India has launched a 14-hour ‘self-curfew’ to test Indians’ readiness ...
Poor Indians Flee to Villages as Coronavirus Measures Take Heavy Toll
March 22,2020
MUMBAI - Thousands of poor city migrants whose livelihoods have collapsed due to India’s coronavirus measures headed back to their villages on Saturday, raising ...
North Korea Fires Two 'Ballistic Missiles' into Sea
March 22,2020
PYONGYANG - North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday, the latest in a series of such launches ...
Iran Frees French Researcher in Apparent Prisoner Swap
March 22,2020
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron announced Saturday that Iran has freed a French researcher imprisoned in the Islamic republic after France released an Iranian threatened ...
Guinea to Hold Contested Polls Boycotted by Opposition
March 22,2020
CONAKRY - Voters in Guinea will head to the polls on Sunday to elect members of parliament and vote on a proposed constitutional reform against the backdrop of deadly street protests ...