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Coronavirus outbreak sparks migrant crisis in India
Apr 01, 2020 03:02Since India announced a countrywide lockdown on March 24 due coronavirus outbreak, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers, perhaps millions across the country, were desperately trying to reach their native places due to absence of jobs.
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Venezuela rejects US-proposed transition in exchange for sanctions relief
Apr 01, 2020 02:56Venezuela has rejected a scheme devised by the United States that envisages the removal of sanctions on the country if the elected government in Caracas steps down.
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US lawmakers press Trump to lift Iran sanctions amid ‘borderless’ pandemic
Apr 01, 2020 02:50Dozens of US legislators have written to top officials in the administration of President Donald Trump, calling for the suspension of economic sanctions against Iran, which is fighting, along with other world states, to contain a new coronavirus pandemic.
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Hezbollah aims for frontline role in Lebanon's coronavirus fight
Apr 01, 2020 02:43Lebanon's Hezbollah showed its preparedness on Tuesday (March 31) to combat the outbreak of coroanvirus in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut.
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Curfewed Syrians cheer for health care workers fighting Coronavirus
Apr 01, 2020 02:36Syrians cheered and whistled from inside their homes as darkness fell on Tuesday night (March 31) in support of the country's health care workers fighting against the Coronavirus outbreak.
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More Corona cases confirmed in blockaded Gaza Strip
Apr 01, 2020 02:28Gaza’s population is at a tremendous risk amid the Coronavirus pandemic as a result of Israel’s inhumane policies since 2007. The enclave’s health system has been experiencing severe shortages in medicines and hospital supplies.
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Rights groups urge Turkey to free jailed activists amid pandemic
Apr 01, 2020 02:21Human rights organizations have called for the urgent release of political activists jailed in Turkey, citing the risk they run of contracting the new coronavirus.
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Under specter of coronavirus, Iranians celebrate ‘Nature Day’ at home
Apr 01, 2020 02:08Unlike in previous years, when the parks and green countryside across Iran were packed with picnickers marking the ‘Nature Day’, people are celebrating this year’s ‘Sizdah-Bedar’ at home due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
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UK, Germany and France use INSTEX to circumvent US sanctions on Iran
Apr 01, 2020 01:47The UK, Germany and France have circumvented US-led sanctions imposed on Iran to send it medical equipment. The trio used a special purpose vehicle called INSTEX to achieve this.
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Iran’s academics call for prosecution of top US, European officials over sanctions
Apr 01, 2020 01:37A group of Iranian university lecturers has called for the prosecution of top US and European officials for committing crimes against humanity even as the Islamic country battles the new coronavirus pandemic despite Washington’s unilateral sanctions.