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Doctors check the CT image of a patient’s lungs at Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, Feb. 9, 2020. (Photo by Gao Xiang/Xinhua) Nearly a dozen prison and justice department officials in three Chinese provinces have been removed from their posts on Friday, after the prisons reported altogether […]

A Somali soldier patrols next to the burnt-out wreckage of a car that was used by suspected al-shabab fighters on April 16, 2017. (MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP/Getty Images) A recent UN report said that record breaking airstrikes targeting al-Shabab militants in Somalia is forcing the group to move from rural areas to urban centers to mitigate American air power. […]

German Chancellor Merkel, Russia’s Putin, Presidents Erdoğan and Macron during a press conference (Reuters File Photo) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that they want to meet him and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to defuse the crisis in Syria. In their phone call with Putin, Merkel and Macron […]

(Yonhap) South Korea said Friday the new coronavirus is spreading across the country, but it is in the initial stage of a full-blown outbreak and still “manageable,” although the number of infections has almost tripled in just three days. The country reported 52 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total number of infections […]

M Richard Norland  US Ambassador and Mustafa Sanallah NOC Chairman The US ambassador to Libya Richard Norland said in a meeting with the Chairman of National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanallah on Wednesday that the attack on the Tripoli port prevent the arrival of fuel for civilian use and thus aggravate the suffering of Libyans. […]

BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) — President Xi Jinping has called for great attention to the protection and care for medical workers to make sure they are healthy and stay focused on winning the battle against the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee […]

Rescue workers at the scene of a shooting in Hanau. Photo: DPA Several people have been killed and injured during two attacks on shisha bars in the town of Hanau, near Frankfurt, according to police. Nine people died and several were injured in the shooting incidents in the city of Hanau, around 20 km east […]

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar. (Reuters Photo) Turkey expects parties in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province to live up to their commitments under the Sochi deal with Russia, the country’s defense minister said on Wednesday. “Withdrawing from our observation posts (in Idlib) is out of the question,” Hulusi Akar told reporters before attending his Justice and Development […]

Passengers on the cruise ship Diamond Princess at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, on February 18, 2020. More than 540 people have been infected with the virus on the vessel. © Athit Perawongmetha, Reuters Passengers on the virus-hit cruise ship moored near Tokyo began disembarking on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK said, […]

19 February، 2020 Aleppo, SANA- Aleppo International Airport on Wednesday morning received the first flight which came from Damascus City as the airport was opened to air traffic after more than eight-years hiatus in fear for the safety and security of the passengers due to the shells fired by terrorists which used to spread in […]