Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was sworn in for a second term on Monday but his main rival for the top job refused to recognise the inauguration, holding his own swearing-in ceremony as a rival president. Afghan local news channel TOLONews reported international representatives, including US […]
The coronavirus outbreaks in China and South Korea appear to be slowing, as countries elsewhere in the world adopt drastic measures to try and stamp out the infection. Iran has released approximately 70,000 prisoners due to the coronavirus outbreak, Iranian judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi said […]
China has closed most of the makeshift hospitals opened to receive coronavirus patients in the epidemic’s epicentre as the number of new infections in the country hit a record low. There were 40 new cases nationwide, the National Health Commission said Monday, the lowest number […]
The former head of Britain’s equality watchdog has been suspended from Labour over claims of alleged Islamophobia and could be expelled from the main opposition party, The Times newspaper reported. Trevor Phillips is being investigated for statements, many of which are years old, regarding Pakistani […]
A US congressman’s announcement of his self-quarantine has stirred a debate on social media after he called the new coronavirus as “the Wuhan virus”, referring to the Chinese city where the virus is believed to have originated. Some Twitter users on Monday called Paul Gosar’s terminology […]
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has survived an assassination attempt in the capital, Khartoum, according to state media. “An explosion hit as Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s car was driving by but thank God no one was hurt,” Ali Bakhit, the prime minister’s office director, said […]
Democratic presidential hopefuls Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders secured crucial endorsements on Sunday from prominent black supporters just days ahead of the first round of voting to pit them in a head-to-head contest. Senator Kamala Harris, a former Democratic candidate herself, endorsed Biden, while Sanders […]
President Donald Trump recently concluded a visit to India marked by plenty of pageantry. But the two countries did not sign key deals other than India’s purchase of $3bn-worth of US helicopters. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi did promise to cooperate more on regional security; […]
Taiwan‘s government said on Sunday that an elderly Taiwanese woman who was part of a tour group in Egypt was likely infected with the Covid-19 virus while there last month and unlikely the source of infection of 12 Egyptian crew on a Nile cruise. Egyptian […]
Democrats slam Trump for shortfall in coronavirus testing US Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Sunday described the Trump administration’s failure ramp up capacity to test for coronavirus cases as “unforgivable”. Pope Francis voices support for coronavirus victims in livestream message Small groups of Catholic faithful […]
