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In this Wednesday, April 15, 2020, photo made available by U.S. Navy, Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels sail close to U.S. military ships in the Persian Gulf near Kuwait. (U.S. Navy via AP)  Amid tensions with Iran, President Donald Trump said Wednesday on Twitter he has given orders for the Navy to “shoot down and destroy” […]

  TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) successfully launched Iran’s first military satellite into the orbit on Wednesday. The first military satellite, dubbed Noor 1[Light 1], was launched upon Ghased (Messenger) satellite carrier in the early hours of Wednesday from a location in the central desert of Iran, Sepah News reported. The satellite […]

(ANSA) – Rome, April 21 – The Civil Protection Department said Tuesday that a new record in the daily number of people who have recovered from the coronavirus in Italy has been set, with the total rising by 2,723 to 51,600. Monday’s daily rise in recoveries was 1,822. The department also reported a sharp fall […]

Medical supplies sent by the Chinese government to help New York City fight the coronavirus arrived over the weekend.Chinese diplomatic missions announced the delivery at a virtual hand-over ceremony via Zoom on Tuesday. The shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) was coordinated by the Chinese Consulate General in New York and the Permanent Mission of […]

A cargo plane carrying medical equipment from Turkey lands at Brize Norton Station U.K., April 22, 2020. (DHA Photo)  Acargo plane carrying medical equipment from Turkey reached coronavirus-hit U.K. early Wednesday. The Airbus A400M belonging to the Royal Air Force landed at Brize Norton Station at 5:30 a.m. (0230 GMT). The equipment is expected to […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (KCNA-Yonhap) Conflicting reports about whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seriously ill highlight the intelligence challenges that allies face in dealing with the security-obsessed nation, observers said Wednesday. Admitting the lack of intelligence access, US President Donald Trump said he did not know the status of North Korean leader […]

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the trials will start at Oxford this week (Picture: PA/Reuters) A Covid-19 vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford will be trialled on humans for the first time in 48 hours. Speaking during the daily No 10 press briefing, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the government was ‘throwing everything […]

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle past graffiti on walls in Wuhan, China, widely believed to be the original epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak. ©  Reuters / Aly Song The novel coronavirus may have first passed to humans somewhere in southern China months before the outbreak in the city of Wuhan, […]

An ambulance carrying a COVID-19 patient who was aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship arrives at a hospital in Yokohama on Feb. 5. | KYODO Hospitals in Japan are increasingly turning away sick people as they struggle with surging coronavirus infections and a collapsing emergency medical system. In one recent case, an ambulance carrying a […]

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. [Photo/Agencies] The World Health Organization confirmed on Monday that it has been working very closely with United States COVID-19 experts since the beginning of the outbreak, a rebuke to US President Donald Trump’s claim that the WHO did not inform the US of the threat in a timely fashion. WHO […]