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Ten new cases of coronavirus in Iran, two dead

Ten new cases of coronavirus in Iran, two dead

Reuters 2020-02-23 14:57:40

Authorities in Iran have announced the detection of at least 10 new cases of coronavirus and two more deaths, deepening a sense of public unease over the handling of the spread of the disease. The la...

Trump plans to raise issue of religious freedom with Modi

Trump plans to raise issue of religious freedom with Modi

REUTERS 2020-02-23 10:53:26

US president Donald Trump will raise the issue of religious freedom in India during his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week, a senior administration official said, a sensitive subject...

China reports fewer coronavirus cases outside epicentre, cases surge in South Korea

China reports fewer coronavirus cases outside epicentre, cases surge in South Korea

REUTERS 2020-02-23 10:32:02

China reported another fall in the new coronavirus infections outside of its epicentre on Sunday, but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new infec...

Dozens of Rohingya face charges after attempt to flee Rakhine

Dozens of Rohingya face charges after attempt to flee Rakhine

-- 2020-02-22 18:10:32

Dozens of Rohingya Muslims, including two children, appeared in court in Myanmar on Friday, the latest group to face charges after attempting to flee conflict-torn Rakhine state. The group of about 2...

100,000 civilians casualties in Afghanistan in 10 years

100,000 civilians casualties in Afghanistan in 10 years

-- 2020-02-22 17:27:37

Afghanistan passed a grim milestone with more than 100,000 civilians killed or hurt in the last 10 years since the international body began documenting casualties in a war that has raged for 18 years....

Pakistan on terrorism financing ‘grey list’

Pakistan on terrorism financing ‘grey list’

-- 2020-02-22 16:08:21

Pakistan won an extra four months to meet international anti-terrorism financing norms on Friday when a global dirty money watchdog decided to keep the country off its blacklist for now, reports Reute...

Coronavirus death toll in mainland China reaches 2345

Coronavirus death toll in mainland China reaches 2345

-- 2020-02-22 10:29:43

China reported a decrease in the number of new deaths and new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, while its central bank predicted a limited short-term economic impact and said the country was confi...

Court dissolves Thai pro-democracy party

Court dissolves Thai pro-democracy party

-- 2020-02-21 20:39:38

A popular pro-democracy party in Thailand has been dissolved over a loan it received from its leader. The constitutional court ruled a loan of around $6m (£4.6m) to Future Forward from Thanatho...

Taliban’s ‘reduction of violence’ deal starts

Taliban’s ‘reduction of violence’ deal starts

-- 2020-02-21 19:48:57

The seven-day “reduction of violence” deal promised by the Taliban will begin on Friday night, a senior U.S. State Department official said, without specifying the exact time. That will s...

Syrian troops repel attacks of Turkey-backed militants

Syrian troops repel attacks of Turkey-backed militants

-- 2020-02-21 18:32:10

Syrian government troops covered by Russian warplanes on Thursday repelled several massive attacks of militants supported by Turkey in Syria’s Idlib, according to the Russian military. Militant...

Saudi-led coalition intercepts Houthi missiles

Saudi-led coalition intercepts Houthi missiles

-- 2020-02-21 18:26:31

Saudi-led coalition announced Friday it intercepted several ballistic missiles launched by Houthi militia towards Saudi cities, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Turki Al Maliki, spokesperson of the c...

India woman arrested for chanting   'long live Pakistan' at protest   

India woman arrested for chanting  'long live Pakistan' at protest  

-- 2020-02-21 17:33:14

An Indian woman has been arrested and charged with sedition for chanting "long live Pakistan" at a protest in the southern city of Bangalore. Amulya Leona was participating in a demonstration again...

Convalescent plasma therapy proves  effective on coronavirus patients

Convalescent plasma therapy proves effective on coronavirus patients

-- 2020-02-21 15:56:18

Convalescent plasma therapy has proved to be effective on severe cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a Chinese official said on Friday. More than 100 patients who have recovered from COVID...

Voting begins in Iran to elect 290 MPs

Voting begins in Iran to elect 290 MPs

-- 2020-02-21 15:46:02

Voting began in the Iranian parliamentary election on Friday as supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was seen casting the first vote on the state television, says a Xinhua report. “The electio...

Coronavirus: S Korea steps up measures as infections spike   

Coronavirus: S Korea steps up measures as infections spike  

-- 2020-02-21 15:09:18

South Korea has stepped up measures to contain the spread of the deadly new coronavirus, as confirmed infections rose sharply for a second day, reports BBC. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said it was...

“I’m going to kill myself”, mom posts bullied 9-year-old’s crushing video

“I’m going to kill myself”, mom posts bullied 9-year-old’s crushing video

-- 2020-02-21 14:56:57

A woman in Australia has shared a heartbreaking video of her young son crying and saying he wants to kill himself because of the constant bullying he faces at school because of his height. In a powerf...

Asian countries pledge ‘regional solidarity’ with China over coronavirus outbreak

Asian countries pledge ‘regional solidarity’ with China over coronavirus outbreak

-- 2020-02-21 14:25:20

An intergovernmental group of Asian countries on Thursday pledged support to China in its fight against the killer coronavirus outbreak, according to Arab News. Member states of the Association of So...

S Korea stepsup measures amid uptick in coronavirus infection

S Korea stepsup measures amid uptick in coronavirus infection

-- 2020-02-21 11:22:01

South Korea has stepped up measures to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, as confirmed infections rose sharply for a second day, reports BBC. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun described the devel...

China races to treat COVID-19 patients as hospital beds in epicentre near 40,000

China races to treat COVID-19 patients as hospital beds in epicentre near 40,000

XINHUA 2020-02-20 15:07:40

China has gone all out to treat COVID-19 patients both with mild symptoms and in severe conditions alike in the epicentre city of Wuhan as the number of hospital beds reserved for COVID-19 patients ha...

Bus-truck collision in Tamil Nadu kills 19

Bus-truck collision in Tamil Nadu kills 19

AP 2020-02-20 13:14:24

A bus collided head-on with a truck in southern India early Thursday, killing at least 19 people and injuring 23 others, police said. The accident occurred near Avanashi, a town in Tamil Nadu state,...

Two passengers from virus-hit cruise ship die

Two passengers from virus-hit cruise ship die

Reuters 2020-02-20 12:08:36

Two passengers from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship moored near Tokyo have died and 29 people were in a serious condition, Japanese media reported on Thursday, as a second group of passengers disembar...

China reports drop in coronavirus cases

China reports drop in coronavirus cases

REUTERS 2020-02-20 11:08:35

China reported a dramatic drop in new cases in the province at the heart of the coronavirus outbreak, while scientists reported the new virus may spread even more easily than previously believed. Chi...

Quarantined passengers disembark from virus-hit ship

Quarantined passengers disembark from virus-hit ship

Reuters 2020-02-19 11:23:06

Hundreds of people began disembarking a quarantined cruise ship off Japan on Wednesday as the death toll from the new coronavirus in mainland China passed 2,000 and the number of new cases in the coun...

785 restaurants shut down in Lebanon amid economic crisis

785 restaurants shut down in Lebanon amid economic crisis

Xinhua 2020-02-18 20:01:44

Some785 restaurants and cafes have been closed in the country since last September, reports MTV TV on Tuesday quoting Tony Ramy, head of Lebanon's syndicate of restaurants owners. The number of emplo...

Hospital director in Wuhan dies of coronavirus

Hospital director in Wuhan dies of coronavirus

Reuters 2020-02-18 14:10:02

The head of a leading hospital in China’s central city of Wuhan, the epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak, died of the disease on Tuesday, state television said, becoming the second prominent Chi...

Coronavirus: Death toll in China nears 1900

Coronavirus: Death toll in China nears 1900

REUTERS 2020-02-18 10:50:07

The number of new coronavirus infections in mainland China fell below 2,000 on Tuesday for the first time since January, although global experts warn it is still too early to say the outbreak is being...

India summons Turkish envoy over Erdogan's remarks

India summons Turkish envoy over Erdogan's remarks

Reuters 2020-02-17 17:18:47

India summoned the Turkish ambassador on Monday to lodge a diplomatic protest over Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks on the disputed region of Kashmir and warned it would have a bearing...

Coronavirus cases rise again in China's Hubei province

Coronavirus cases rise again in China's Hubei province

REUTERS 2020-02-17 10:18:35

The number of reported new cases of coronavirus in China’s Hubei province rose on Monday after two days of falls, as authorities imposed tough new restrictions on movement to prevent the spread...

New coronavirus cases in China fall, intense efforts underway

New coronavirus cases in China fall, intense efforts underway

Reuters 2020-02-16 16:50:29

The number of new coronavirus cases in China fell on Sunday and a health official said intense efforts to stop its spread were beginning to work, as another 70 people tested positive on a virus-strick...

Yemen’s air strikes ‘kill 31 civilians’ after Saudi jet crash

Yemen’s air strikes ‘kill 31 civilians’ after Saudi jet crash

-- 2020-02-16 13:24:12

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement accused the Saudi-led coalition of carrying out retaliatory air strikes on Saturday that killed at least 30 people including civilians, in the latest flare-u...