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Medical staff holds swabs for rapid COVID-19 tests at a high school in Rome, September 28, 2020.   –   Copyright  Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that it has agreed to a plan to roll out 120 million rapid-diagnostic tests for the coronavirus. Along with its leading partners, WHO aims to help lower- and middle-income countries […]

A still image taken from handout video footage of Azerbaijan’s defence ministry shows Azerbaijani servicemen during a military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh [Azerbaijan defence ministry handout via EPA] At least 26 more fighters have been killed in clashes with Azerbaijani troops in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to its defence ministry, bringing their military death […]

Members of Iraq’s security forces stand guard outside one of the gates of the US embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone. (AFP) The Trump administration has warned Iraq that it will close its embassy in Baghdad if the government does not take swift and decisive action to end persistent rocket and other attacks by Iranian-backed militias […]

A medics inspects makeshift isolation rooms in Indonesia   –   Copyright  Achmad Ibrahim/AP It has been 202 days since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. The deadly virus has now killed over one million people globally with a total of 33,311,425 infections registered from a huge number of nations, according to Worldometers which collects data from a […]

  Guled Abdi in a flight simulator at Teknofest event, in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, Sept. 27, 2020. (DHA Photo)  Guled Abdi, a 17-year-old Somalian boy, is on track to pursue his dreams in Turkey. Abdi, who went viral online for his passion for developing electronic toys and model planes using primitive items, was brought by […]

A senior Government source said the country ‘wasn’t ready’ to hear the severe plans last week (Picture: w8media) Ministers are reportedly considering a ‘total social lockdown’ for London and parts of the North if coronavirus infection rates do not fall. A senior Government source told The Times the country ‘wasn’t ready’ to hear the plans […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gives a speech following a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Sept.22, 2020. (AA) By attacking Azerbaijan, Armenia has proven again that it is the biggest obstacle to peace and stability in the region, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday. “Turkey will continue to stand by its brothers in Azerbaijan as it […]

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Briefing Room of the White House on September 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. When asked about a NYT report regarding how little the president has paid in federal taxes, Trump called it “fake news.” | Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images President Donald Trump on […]

Photo: IC According to Reuters, the US Department of Commerce has decided to impose restrictions on exports to China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC after concluding there is an “unacceptable risk” that equipment supplied to it could be used for military purposes.  Though SMIC flatly denied previous allegations, Washington’s attitude to snuff out China’s biggest chipmaker appears […]

Dr. Samer Abou Arbid was on shift at the Department of Emergency Medicine at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) when three kids were brought in for urgent care after spending six days lost at the Mediterranean Sea on a boat between Lebanon and Cyprus. The children, two 6-year-old girls and a 15-year-old […]