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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Saudi Arabia until Friday

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be meeting King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan...

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Yemeni Defence Minister Targeted in Assassination Attempt as His Car Trips Landmine

Six Yemeni soldiers were killed when a convoy carrying the country’s defence minister was hit by a landmine explosion on Wednesday, but...

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Iran confirms its first 2 coronavirus cases

Iranian authorities confirmed on Wednesday two cases of the new coronavirus, the first in the country, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported, saying also...

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Chinese film director Chang Kai and family die from Coronavirus

A Chinese film director, his sister, mother and father have all died from the coronavirus, the latest high-profile victims of the disease...

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Syria- Aleppo International Airport opens after 9 years

The Syrian Minister of Transport, Ali Hammoud, announced the reopening of the Aleppo International Airport, eight years after its suspension. In a...

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Coronavirus latest: Death toll breaches 2,000 as number of cases reaches 75,000

The global death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has exceeded 2,000, with the vast bulk of fatalities taking place in China’s crisis-hit...

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Palestinians channel protests through dawn prayers

Before sunrise, thousands of Palestinians streamed toward the mosque in Nablus’s Victory Square, swelling the usual crowds of morning worshippers to launch...

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Video-‘Heroic’ dad teaches little girl to laugh as bombs fall in Syria

Most children would cry out in fear if they heard falling bombs. But Abdullah Al-Mohammad’s three-year-old daughter Salwa laughs. The family have...

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Japan to start trials using HIV treatment for coronavirus

Japan is aiming to start trials soon using an HIV treatment for the coronavirus, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday....

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Wuhan Hospital Director Dies of Coronavirus

Asenior doctor at a hospital in the Chinese city of Wuhan died from the novel coronavirus, the latest fatality among medical workers...

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Pakistan -Suicide explosion kills 10 in Quetta

At least 10 people were killed in a suicide blast that hit a police vehicle in southwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials said....

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24 killed in church attack in Burkina Faso

Gunmen have killed 24 people and wounded 18 in an attack on a Protestant church in a village in northern Burkina Faso, the...

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14-month-old coronavirus patient discharged from hospital in Hubei

A 14-month-old baby infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was discharged from the hospital on Thursday after recovery in central China’s Hubei...

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French soldier has died while on duty in Burkina Faso

A French soldier has died while on operations in Burkina Faso, the French Armed Forces Ministry said in a statement on Monday....

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Coronavirus: UAE confirms ninth case

The health authorities in the UAE confirmed the country’s ninth case of coronavirus on Sunday. The Ministry of Health and Prevention said...

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PM Netanyahu says Israeli planes have started overflying Sudan

Israeli commercial planes have started overflying Sudan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, casting the new air corridor as the result...

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Japan gave 2,000 iPhones to passengers stuck on a cruise ship where nearly 200 coronavirus cases have been confirmed

The Japanese government has found a novel way to use technology as it works to combat the coronavirus outbreak, which has spread...

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Iraq- Rockets hit U.S. coalition base in Baghdad, no casualties

Rockets hit a U.S.-led military coalition’s Baghdad headquarters early on Sunday but caused no casualties, a coalition spokesman said, in the latest...