Turkey condemns Israel’s settlement plans in occupied lands
AA File Photo Turkish Foreign Ministry on Friday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to build thousands of new illegal settlements in annexed east Jerusalem. The project was announced Thursday, briefly before the general elections, in which his party failed to win the majority of the votes previously. The policy violated international law and […]
Coronavirus found in patients’ urine poses challenge to China’s sewer system: expert
22 February, 2020 Comments Off on Coronavirus found in patients’ urine poses challenge to China’s sewer system: expert
Researchers subpackage 2019-nCoV detection reagents at a company in Wuqing District, north China’s Tianjin Municipality, Jan. 27, 2020. Photo:Xinhua In another breakthrough, Chinese scientists have identified traces of coronavirus in patients’ urine, suggesting the virus is capable of traveling with the blood to the human body to harm multiple organs. The virus in urine also […]
Continue reading …Erdoğan, Putin reiterate commitment to all agreements on Syria’s Idlib
21 February, 2020 Comments Off on Erdoğan, Putin reiterate commitment to all agreements on Syria’s Idlib
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed late Friday the developments in war-ravaged Idlib town in northwestern Syria, which has recently seen a humanitarian disaster due to heavy bombardments by the Assad regime and its main backer Russia. In the phone call, the leaders reiterated their willingness to fully implement all […]
Continue reading …Korea overwhelmed by soaring number of new coronavirus cases
21 February, 2020 Comments Off on Korea overwhelmed by soaring number of new coronavirus casesA quarantine official disinfects a branch of the minor religious sect Shincheonji in Seodaemun, Seoul, Friday. The majority of new coronavirus patients in recent days were either members of the religious group or people they have come in contact with. Yonhap The coronavirus infection here reached “an epidemic proportion” Friday as 102 people were confirmed […]
Continue reading …Leader casts vote in parliamentary, Assembly of Experts elections
21 February, 2020 Comments Off on Leader casts vote in parliamentary, Assembly of Experts elections
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei cast his vote early on Friday both for the 11th parliamentary elections and the mid-term election for the Assembly of Experts. Ayatollah Khamenei cast his vote at the Hussainiyeh of Imam Khomeini in Tehran, where a polling booth — ballot box 110 — […]
Continue reading …Germany ups police presence at mosques over ‘very high’ security threat
21 February, 2020 Comments Off on Germany ups police presence at mosques over ‘very high’ security threat
Germany has increased police presence across the country, and at mosques in particular, as part of efforts to counter the “very high” security threat from far-right extremists in the wake of the recent racist attack. “The security threat from right-wing extremism and racism is very high,” German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said at a press […]
Continue reading …Libyan National Army’s Haftar says ready for ceasefire with conditions
21 February, 2020 Comments Off on Libyan National Army’s Haftar says ready for ceasefire with conditions
Libyan National Army Commander Khalifa Haftar. (File photo: Reuters) Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar said he would be ready for a ceasefire if Turkish and Syrian mercenaries left the country and Ankara stopped supplying weapons to Libya’s UN-recognized government in Tripoli, RIA reported. The UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), led by Fayez […]
Continue reading …Russian warplanes repel attack on Syrian army in Idlib as militants launch offensive aided by Turkish artillery — Moscow
21 February, 2020 Comments Off on Russian warplanes repel attack on Syrian army in Idlib as militants launch offensive aided by Turkish artillery — Moscow
FILE PHOTO Su-24 fighters © Sputnik / Igor Zarembo The Russian Defense Ministry says its Air Force launched strikes to repel a militant offensive against the Syrian Army in Idlib, which had sought to breach the government forces’ defensive lines with Turkey’s backing. The militants launched a “massive offensive” southeast of the city of Idlib, […]
Continue reading …447 new cases in prisons reveal blind zones in COVID-19 fight
21 February, 2020 Comments Off on 447 new cases in prisons reveal blind zones in COVID-19 fight
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 […]
Continue reading …Record breaking US airstrikes pushing al-Shabab fighters into urban areas
21 February, 2020 Comments Off on Record breaking US airstrikes pushing al-Shabab fighters into urban areas
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. […]
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