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Men carry an injured person to a hospital after a blast during a funeral ceremony in Khewa district of Nangarhar province [Parwiz/Reuters] Dozens of people are believed to have been killed or wounded in a suicide blast at a funeral in eastern Afghanistan, according to the local government, in one of two attacks to hit the country. […]

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry yesterday warned that Hafter’s elements could be considered legitimate targets if they target Turkish diplomatic missions and interests in Libya. The statement comes after missiles, attributed widely both locally and internationally to Hafter’s forces, landed near both the Italian and Turkish embassies in Tripoli on the night of 7 May. The Turkish […]

Chinese medical team members and Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun (C) pose for a photo at Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, on May 11, 2020. A Chinese medical team arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday to assist the southern African country’s efforts in the fight against COVID-19. (Photo by Wanda/Xinhua) HARARE, May 11 […]

© WHO 11 May 2020 – As the laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 surge in Somalia, the country has also intensified its operations response to contain the epidemic. The WHO country office in support of this intensified response operations has deployed over 4000 community health care workers, each having to visit at least 5000 households every […]

US President Donald Trump holds a coronavirus outbreak response press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2020. © Kevin Lamarque, Reuters US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed concerns over the possible spread of coronavirus in the White House but said he may limit contact with Vice […]

(Yonhap) New coronavirus infections connected to bars and clubs in Seoul’s multicultural district of Itaewon have reached 102 nationally, health authorities said Tuesday, amid concerns the figure may rise after more visitors are tested for COVID-19. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said that as of Tuesday noon, 102 confirmed cases have […]

In this image made available by the Iranian Students News Agency, an Iranian Navy vessel launches a missile during a drill in the Sea of Oman, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP File Photo)  An Iranian destroyer mistakenly shot and sank a second Iranian vessel during a naval exercise Sunday in the Persian Gulf, killing at least […]

Experts warn lifting restrictions too soon could fuel an even bigger surge in cases (Picture: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images/PA) MDoctors and scientists warn it is still ‘too risky’ to relax coronavirus restrictions and warned moving too soon could create an ‘even bigger’ wave of infections. It comes after Boris Johnson announced his end of […]

France’s stock of face masks declined from a high of 2.2 billion a decade ago to just over 100 million on the eve of the Covid-19 crisis. © Benoît Tessier, REUTERS An investigation by French daily Le Monde has uncovered the extraordinary chain of events that led successive French governments to build an ambitious pandemic response […]

China’s rail freight volume, an indicator of broad economic activity, rose slightly in the first four months of the year. The country’s state-operated railways carried a total of 1.09 billion tonnes of freight during the January-April period. In April alone, the railways transported 267 million tonnes of cargo, an increase of 0.2 percent from a […]