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New York, SANA-Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari, said on Thursday that some countries seek to turn Security council into a platform for NATO to support the Turkish aggression on Syrian territories, and this undermines the international organization’s role in keeping world peace and security. Al-Jaafari added at a Security council’s session […]

GAROWE, Somalia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The release of a Somali man on death row for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl after he paid 75 camels undermines a landmark law to curb gender violence and promotes a culture of impunity in the east African nation, women’s rights groups said. Aisha Ilyes Aden […]

View into the Mercure hotel where a tourist from Bergamo was tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus, in Palermo, Italy [Igor Petyx/EPA]] Italy’s European neighbours have pledged to keep borders open despite the new coronavirus spreading down the country to Tuscany and Sicily and a surge in the number of infected people. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte […]

President Xi Jinping checks the treatment of hospitalized patients at the monitoring center and talks to medical staff on duty via a video link at Beijing Ditan Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, on Feb 10, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s active, open and transparent cooperation with the World Health Organization and relevant countries in responding to […]

Hosni Mubarak Alhram Online presents a timeline of the major milestones in the life of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, covering his rise to power in the 1980s up to the aftermath of the 2011 uprising that deposed the longtime autocrat. * 4 May 1928: Mohamed Hosni El-Sayid Mubarak was born in Kafr Meselha, Menoufiya […]

  Students wearing masks make final preparations as they head to the University of Tokyo for entrance exams on Tuesday.  | KYODO The health ministry on Tuesday rolled out a basic set of policies on handling COVID-19 infections as the government tries desperately to curb the spread of the disease within the limited window available. […]

Archive Idleb, SANA – Syrian Arab Army units continued their advance against terrorist organizations in Idleb southern countryside, and liberated the villages of Ma’artamater, Ma’artasin, and Ba’arbo southwest of Ma’aret al-Nu’aman city after eliminating scores of terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra and the affiliated groups. SANA’s reporter in the area of the operations said that after […]

Officials from the presidential office, government and ruling Democratic Party hold a meeting in Seoul on Tuesday. Yonhap An economic aid package and extra budget will be drawn up as quickly as possible to combat the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, the presidential office, government and ruling Democratic Party of Korea agreed Tuesday. The move […]

president.ir Iran’s government vowed Monday to be transparent after being accused of covering up the deadliest coronavirus outbreak outside China, dismissing claims the toll could be as high as 50 in one city alone. The Health Ministry said on Monday that Iran’s coronavirus death toll had jumped by four to 12 – by far the […]

A plane carrying Russian tourists lands in the southern resort town of Alanya. (DHA File Photo)  Talks continue between Moscow and Ankara for Russian tourists visiting Turkish cities to use Russian currency, the governor of the southern resort city of Antalya, Münir Karaloğlu, has said. Karaloğlu told Russian news agencies on Monday that the talks […]