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Saudi Arabia allows overseas pilgrims to perform Hajj this year
JEDDAH (City News) – Authorities in Saudi Arabia have allowed overseas pilgrims to perform Hajj this year under strict implementation on the precautionary measures to avoid the spread of coronavirus in the Kingdom.
Special Representative…
India reports daily rise in coronavirus cases of 240,842
(Reuters) - India on Sunday reported 240,842 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours and deaths rose by 3,741.
Total infections in the country stood at 26.5 million while the country s total death toll was at 299,266, according…
More than 125,000 Myanmar teachers suspended for opposing coup
(Reuters) - More than 125,000 school teachers in Myanmar have been suspended by the military authorities for joining a civil disobedience movement to oppose the military coup in February, an official of the Myanmar Teachers …
Former aide says UK’s Johnson lied over Covid response
LONDON (AFP) - Ahead of a much-anticipated hearing into Britain’s coronavirus response, former chief adviser Dominic Cummings has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of lying about pursuing a strategy of herd immunity when the pandemic…
Taliban say will keep fighting if foreign troops stay
TEHRAN (AFP) - The Taliban said Monday in Tehran that it will continue its "fight and jihad" if foreign troops do not withdraw from Afghanistan by May 2021 as agreed with the US.
A delegation from the movement headed by its co-founder…
Australia’s Perth battles bushfire amid virus lockdown
PERTH (AFP) - A wildfire on the fringes of Australia’s fourth-largest city Perth has destroyed several homes and forced emergency evacuations, authorities said Tuesday, just days after the west coast city entered a coronavirus lockdown.…
Trump’s new impeachment team signals aggressive defense
WASHINGTON (AFP) - One declined to prosecute Bill Cosby for rape, trading lawsuits instead with his alleged victim; another considered defending alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
The two lawyers former president Donald Trump has…
WHO virus probe begins with fieldwork in ground-zero Wuhan
WUHAN (AFP) - Experts from the World Health Organization visited a Wuhan hospital Friday as the fieldwork began in a closely watched coronavirus origins probe that will take in a food market presumed to be "ground zero" of the pandemic.…
Syrian constitution talks stumble at UN
GENEVA (AFP) - Talks on a new constitution for Syria hit a brick wall this week, with the United Nations mediator concluding Friday: "We can t continue like this".
The fifth round of discussions between 15 representatives each from…
Biden taps veteran envoy to talk to Iran, defying hawks
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The new US administration has named Rob Malley, an architect of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, as its special envoy to resume talks with Tehran, defying pressure from hawks who accuse him of being too conciliatory…