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Iran’s COVID-19 situation will greatly change in coming days: Health minister
Apr 03, 2020 02:18Iran's health minister has said that the country’s international standing in regards to containing the coronavirus outbreak will “greatly change” in coming days.
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UN envoy: No one fooled by US disinformation campaign against Iran
Apr 03, 2020 02:07Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says nobody will be duped by Washington's campaign of disinformation against Tehran, after the US secretary of state accused “Iranian diplomats” of “involvement” in an alleged assassination in Turkey.
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Iraq's PMU warns Trump not to take any hostile action against Iraqis, resistance groups
Apr 03, 2020 01:28Iraq's Kata'ib Hezbollah resistance group, which is part of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), has warned US President Donald Trump about taking any hostile measures against the Iraqi nation and resistance groups.
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Anti-siege committee calls for intl. action to help Gaza amid coronavirus outbreak
Apr 03, 2020 01:19An international committee fighting against the ongoing Israeli-imposed land, air, and sea blockade on the Gaza Strip has called for a collective international action to lift the siege as humanitarian and health conditions are deteriorating in the Palestinian enclave amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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As coronavirus spreads, UN seeks nationwide ceasefire in Yemen
Apr 03, 2020 01:08UN Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths has engaged in talks with the country's warring parties to secure a nationwide ceasefire amid fears of the spread of the new coronavirus in the war-ravaged impoverished Arab nation.
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Hamas holds Israel fully responsible for COVID-19 outbreak in Gaza
Apr 03, 2020 00:57The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has held the Israeli regime "fully responsible" for the consequences of any COVID-19 outbreak in the besieged Gaza Strip.
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Syrian UN envoy calls for removing of all US economic sanctions amid COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 03, 2020 00:41Syria’s Ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Ja’afari has reiterated a call by his country for immediate and unconditional lifting of all US economic sanctions, a few days after the coronavirus killed the first patient in the Arab country.
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Citizens at risk as anti-Asian racism surges in US
Apr 02, 2020 11:00Since the outbreak of Covid-19, the virus of racism against ethnic Chinese and other Asians has been spreading across the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, France and elsewhere. In the United States, anti-Asian hate crimes have surged so much that during the March 27 phone call between US President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, the Chinese president emphasized his hope that the US would protect the health and lives of the many Chinese international students in the country.
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Luxurious Iran Mall serves as hospital for COVID-19 patients
Apr 02, 2020 10:55Iran Mall is the name of one of the world's largest commercial and recreational complexes. Now, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the Tehran-based Mall has not only closed its doors to promote social distancing, but has also turned into a huge medical center for corona patients.
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Most Americans huddle indoors as coronavirus deaths keep spiking
Apr 02, 2020 10:38Four new states imposed sweeping stay-at-home directives on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, putting over 80% of Americans under lockdown as the number of deaths in the United States nearly doubled in three days.