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AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): At least 20 soldiers and more than 40 civilians have been killed, and hundreds have been injured in twin attacks in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state on Saturday, residents and a civilian task force fighter said. The attacks, in the Monguno and Nganzai local government areas, came just days after armed militants killed […]

Hospitals in Delhi are full, mortuaries are overflowing with bodies and cemeteries and crematorium staff say they cannot keep up with the backlog of coronavirus victims Sajjad HUSSAIN AFP  Ashwani Jain succumbed to the coronavirus in an ambulance as his family pleaded with several hospitals to take him in, the latest victim of the pandemic sweeping […]

M A Public Health England Report says racism, discrimination and social inequalities exacerbate the risk of catching coronavirus (Picture: Reuters) Racism, discrimination and social inequality may have contributed to increased risks of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities catching and dying from Covid-19, a leaked report says. A draft document from Public Health England […]

APD Chief Erika Shields An Atlanta police officer shot and killed a man at a Wendy’s drive-thru Friday night after he resisted arrest and struggled for an officer’s Taser, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. The GBI identified the slain man as Rayshard Brooks, 27, of Atlanta, who was African American. Witnesses […]

A previous United States Military Academy graduation. | Lee Celano/Getty Images  The general’s portrait hangs in the cadet mess hall. One of the main barracks bears his name, as does an entrance gate and even an academic award for the highest grades in math. The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is full of ghosts. But […]

Mass grave in Tarhouna, Libya. [Photo: Burkan Al-Ghadab Operation] Libya announced Friday that three additional mass graves were found in Tarhouna, a city which was liberated by the army last week from forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar. The graves were found in the city where mass graves were recently found, according to a statement by […]

mHeatlh Minister Park Neung-hoo (Health Ministry) Seoul and its satellite cities will practice stringent social distancing indefinitely, Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neung-hoo said in a press briefing Friday. This is an extension of measures put in place for two weeks starting May 29, which restored the physical distancing restrictions in the Greater Seoul […]

In this file photo, a woman walks in front of a courthouse in Istanbul during the trial of Metin Topuz, a U.S. Consulate employee accused of spying and attempting to overthrow the government, Dec. 11, 2019. (AFP Photo)  Following remarks by the U.S. criticizing the sentencing of a Turkish U.S. Consulate officer due to links […]

People enjoy the warm evening weather in Malmo, Sweden, Tuesday May 26, 2020 as a sign reads ‘In Malmo everything is near. But now we need to keep a distance’.   –   Copyright  Johan Nilsson/ Poland and Sweden are the only EU countries to have not yet passed their COVID-19 peak, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control […]

In this Nov. 7, 2019 file photo, the International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo) The International Criminal Court has condemned the Trump administration’s decision to authorize sanctions against court staff, saying it amounted to “an unacceptable attempt to interfere with the rule of law and the Court’s judicial […]