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Iran warns Trump over ‘dangerous actions’ after Iraq strikes

7:32 pm March 13, 2020

Tehran: Iran on Friday warned US President Donald Trump against taking “dangerous actions” after American forces launched air strikes that they said targeted a pro-Iranian armed group in neighbouring Iraq. “The United States cannot blame others… for the consequences of its illegal presence in Iraq and the nation’s reaction to the assassination and killing of […]

US to hit all of Iran's financial sector with sanctions

Iran reports 85 new virus deaths, taking total to 514

7:25 pm March 13, 2020

Tehran: Iran announced on Friday that the new coronavirus has claimed another 85 lives, the highest single-day death toll in one of the world’s worst affected countries. “Sadly, 85 people infected with the COVID-19 disease have died in the past 24 hours”, bringing to 514 the overall number of deaths in Iran, health ministry spokesman […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN Security Council endorses US-Taliban peace deal

3:04 pm March 11, 2020

United Nations: The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution welcoming the recent deal between the US and the Taliban to bring lasting peace in war-torn Afghanistan and allow US troops to return home from America’s longest war. The US-Taliban peace deal was signed in Doha on February 29. All 15 members of the […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Turkey jails Kurdish ex-mayor on terror conviction

9:33 pm March 9, 2020

Istanbul: A Turkish court on Monday sentenced the ex-mayor of a major Kurdish city to more than nine years in prison after convicting him of “membership in an armed terror group.” The Turkish authorities removed from their positions more than 20 mayors from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) last year over their alleged ties […]

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Saudi cordons off Shiite-majority region over coronavirus

11:33 pm March 8, 2020

Riyadh: Saudi authorities Sunday cordoned off the eastern region of Qatif, a centre of the kingdom’s Shiite minority, in a bid to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus as the total number of cases rose to 11. The lockdown on Qatif, home to around 500,000 people, is the first action of its kind across the Gulf region […]