Saudi King warns of ‘difficult’ coronavirus fight
AFP, Riyadh :Saudi Arabia’s King Salman warned Thursday of a “more difficult” fight ahead against the new coronavirus, as the kingdom faces the double blow...
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US-led coalition troops pull out of base in western Iraq
AP, Baghdad :Troops from the U.S.-led coalition pulled out from a base in western Iraq on Thursday as part of a planned drawdown, Iraqi and...
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Khamenei to pardon 10,000 more prisonersAP, TehranIran’s top leader will pardon 10,000 more prisoners in an apparent effort to combat the coronavirus, state TV reported...
Indonesia halts Islamic assembly, quarantining 9,000 people
AP, Makassar :Indonesia halted a mass congregation of nearly 9,000 Muslim pilgrims and began quarantining them and checking their health Thursday to prevent the further...
Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled moon, dies at 88
AP, Cape Canaveral :Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled the moon alone in 1971 while his two crewmates test-drove the first lunar rover, died...
Africa should ‘prepare for the worst’ with virus, WHO says
AP, Johannesburg :Africa should “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus begins to spread locally, the World Health Organization’s director-general said Wednesday, while South Africa...
Trump calls himself ‘wartime President’ as he battles virus
AP, Washington :Describing himself as a “wartime president” fighting an invisible enemy, President Donald Trump invoked rarely used emergency powers to marshal critical medical supplies...
Merkel calls coronavirus ‘biggest challenge since WW2’
AFP, Berlin :Germany is facing its biggest challenge “since the Second World War” in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in...
Masks, gloves don’t stop coronavirus spread: Experts
AFP, Paris : Wearing masks and gloves as a precaution against coronavirus is ineffective, unnecessary for the vast majority of people, and may even spread infections...
US drops case against Russian firm accused of 2016 election meddling
The US Justice Department abruptly dropped its criminal case Monday against the company controlled by a confident of Russian President Vladimir Putin that allegedly funded...
Militia ‘sect’ wreaks havoc in remote DR Congo region
AFP, Bunia, DR Congo :With three fingers chopped off his left hand, Father Guy-Robert Mandro bears physical witness to a resurgence of violence in DR...
Kim admits troubled medical system amid virus fears
AP, Seoul, South Korea :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un acknowledged that his country lacks modern medical facilities and called for urgent improvements, state media...