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US medical sanctions on Iran amid coronavirus pandemic threat to world health: Envoy
Apr 04, 2020 00:36Medical sanctions by the United States government against the Islamic Republic amount to an "unprecedented threat" to global public health, says a senior Iranian diplomat, urging the international community to react in earnest to Washington's restrictions amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
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New York mayor begs for more US aid as jobs data confirms economic carnage
Apr 03, 2020 11:16New York Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded with the US government for more help in expectation of a surge in COVID-19 cases next week, as new statistics emerged confirming that hundreds of thousands of people across the country have lost their jobs.
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Top Bahraini cleric demands release of prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak
Apr 03, 2020 11:06Bahrain's most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of political dissidents currently being held in the Manama regime’s prisons in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, stressing that failure to take the measure will have dire consequences.
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In first resolution on coronavirus, UN demands multilateralism
Apr 03, 2020 10:58The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution calling for “international cooperation” and “multilateralism” in the fight against COVID-19, in the first text to come out of the international body since the outbreak began.
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IranAir suspends flight to Germany after surge in coronavirus cases
Apr 03, 2020 09:41Iran flag carrier Homa, known internationally as IranAir, has suspended all flights to Germany where authorities are struggling to curb surging cases of a new coronavirus pandemic.
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US has no moral duty to ease Iran sanctions amid coronavirus pandemic: Trump
Apr 03, 2020 08:14US President Donald Trump has said the US has no “moral responsibility” to halt Iran sanctions if Tehran does not ask for it to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Biden calls for US sanctions relief on Iran amid coronavirus outbreak
Apr 03, 2020 07:42Former US vice president and 2020 presidential hopeful Joe Biden has called on the Trump administration to immediately lift Iran sanctions which have hampered Iran’s efforts to curb the coronavirus.
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US death toll from COVID-19 rises by 1,000 in single day
Apr 03, 2020 07:40The Trump administration on Thursday looked set to join local officials in advising Americans to wear masks when venturing out during the still-exploding coronavirus pandemic, as the US death toll rose by 1,000 in a single day for the first time.
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Israel, Saudi Arabia impose heavy-handed measures amid virus pandemic
Apr 03, 2020 07:36Israeli regime and Saudi Arabia have launched crackdown on certain population centers as cases of COVID-19 infections surge there.
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Italy slams EU lack of unity as bloc offers apology over virus
Apr 03, 2020 07:34Global coronavirus cases reached 1, 015,709 on Friday, along with 53,069 deaths, according to data collated by John Hopkins University.