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A staff at a hospital in Gangneung, Gangwon Province collects samples for testing on Saturday. Yonhap The number of COVID-19 patients rose to 7,041 on Saturday, with 274 additional cases being confirmed as of 5 p.m. According to the government’s central response team, Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province continued to see the largest increase in […]

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) following their talks in Moscow, Russia on March 5, 2020. © REUTERS President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered the Turkish coastguard to prevent migrants from crossing the Aegean Sea because of the risks, state media reported. “On […]

Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of California | California National Guard via AP OAKLAND — Quarantines. Cruise ships idling offshore. Silicon Valley workers holed up at home. Dwindling international trade, and the possibility of sustained damage to the fifth largest economy in the world. California is at the heart of the unfolding coronavirus […]

TEHRAN- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned the government of India against continued massacre of Muslims, saying that the current pogrom going on against Muslim people in the South Asian country will lead to isolation of New Delhi in the Islamic world. The Leader made the remarks in a statement […]

A person wearing a face mask walks along Wall Street after further cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New York City, New York, US, March 6, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a $8.3 billion emergency funding package the Congress approved earlier this week, as the spread of […]

Police taped off the area around the blast site, which was littered with debris [Mohamed Mdalla/Anadolu] One policeman killed and others wounded in capital Tunis, interior ministry says, as bombers blow themselves up. Two suicide bombers have blown themselves up outside the United States embassy in the Tunisian capital, killing a policeman and injuring six […]

Greek riot police are seen through smoke during clashes at the Greek-Turkish border in Kastanies, Evros region, Friday, March 6, 2020. (Reuters Photo)  Clashes erupted on the Greek-Turkish border on Friday morning when Greek authorities used tear gas and a water cannon to repel an attempt by migrants to push through the frontier into Greece. […]

FILE PHOTO: Russian (front) and Turkish military vehicles drive on a joint patrol in Syria’s north-eastern Hasakeh province on November 1, 2019. ©  AFP / Delil Souleim After a new agreement with Russia dispelled the specter of a major conflict arising from the recent escalation of tensions in Syria’s Idlib, RT finds out whether it will be […]

KABUL: At least 29 security forces were killed on Wednesday amid deadly battles between the Taliban, government and coalition forces across the war-scarred Afghanistan. Taliban have resumed their campaign of terror after they abruptly ended a temporary partial truce on Monday, just two days after signing a deal with the United States that was meant […]

Photo shows the night view of the CBD area in downtown Beijing, capital of China, May 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s province of Shandong oversaw the signing of 66 foreign investment deals worth a total of $14 billion on Feb 26. The deals, sealed via video link due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, involved […]