Iran guards attack US naval drone
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Ukraine talks with US envoys useful: Kremlin
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BUILDING COLLAPSE / 40-50 feared trapped in Delhi hostel
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Nepali rescuers buoyed by miracle finds
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THE GAZA STRIP / Israel’s expulsion plans threaten Trump’s peace bid
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Lebanon president calls for US help after 4 killed in Israeli strikes
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Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption
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Not ventilators, lack of oxygen will kill more
As the coronavirus pandemic bears down on vulnerable nations in Africa and South Asia, experts say there are only weeks to help fill chronic shortages of what medics need to help people breathe.
22 April 2020
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: Latest updates
2592,845, infections have now been reported and at least 179,646 people have died, according to an AFP tally at 1800 GMT yesterday based
22 April 2020
Retain jobs of migrant workers, create voluntary Covid-19 fund: Dhaka to OIC countries
Bangladesh says the OIC member states need a regional and global response based on unity, solidarity and compassion to overcome the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
22 April 2020
97 Bangladeshis infected with coronavirus in Bahrain
At least 97 Bangladeshis have been tested Covid-19 positive in Bahrain, says a Bangladesh mission official in the Gulf country.
22 April 2020
Trump immigration ban to last 60 days, target those seeking permanent residency
President Donald Trump says his new USimmigration ban would last 60 days and apply to those seeking 'green cards' for permanent residency in an effort to protect Americans seeking to regain jobs lost because of the coronavirus.
22 April 2020
States at UN demand access to vaccines
The 193 members of the UN General Assembly on Monday adopted by consensus a resolution that calls for “equitable, efficient and timely” access to any future vaccines developed to fight coronavirus.
21 April 2020
Lockdown worsens LatAm’s ‘domestic hell’
Weeks of confinement imposed by the coronavirus pandemic is taking a chilling toll on women and girls across Latin America, where the number of calls to helplines have soared, made by victims of domestic violence who cannot flee.
21 April 2020
Coronavirus Pandemic: Latest updates
The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 171,249 yesterday, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University
21 April 2020
HRW’s annual report: Pandemic ‘amplifies press freedom threats’
The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating threats to press freedom around the world, with authoritarian states including China and Iran suppressing details of the outbreak, activists said on Tuesday.
21 April 2020
Chad repays $100m Angola debt with cattle
Angola has received a herd of more than 1,000 cattle from Chad, a government official said Monday, the latest shipment of an unusual debt
21 April 2020
Netanyahu, Gantz agree to form unity govt
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached a historic deal Monday with one-time rival parliament speaker Benny Gantz to form a unity
21 April 2020
Amnesty: Saudi carried out Record executions in 2019
Saudi Arabia executed a record 184 people last year, according to Amnesty International, which said it was the highest number the rights
21 April 2020
‘Worst yet ahead of us’
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, has warned that “the worst is yet ahead of us” if the world doesn’t unite to fight the coronavirus pandemic.”
21 April 2020
Seoul plays down Kim’s health report
South Korea yesterday played down a report that the North’s leader Kim Jong Un was being treated after surgery, as speculation mounted over his absence from a key anniversary.
21 April 2020
Coronavirus: Pakistan PM Imran Khan to be tested
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is to undergo Covid-19 testing after it was confirmed that he met a man, who was later found to have contracted the virus.
21 April 2020
264 UK, 154 Turkey citizens leave Dhaka for home
A total of 264 UK and 154 Turkey citizens left Dhaka on special flights this afternoon. They had opted to return home amid the Covid-19 outbreak, for which their governments arranged their return flights home.
21 April 2020
US oil bounces after crash but Asia stocks suffer big losses
US crude prices bounced back into positive territory, a day after crashing below $0.00 for the first time owing to crippled demand and a storage glut, while the commodity rout sent Asian equities sharply lower.
21 April 2020
UN member states demand 'equitable' access to future COVID-19 vaccines
The 193 members of the UN General Assembly adopt by consensus a resolution that calls for "equitable, efficient and timely" access to any future vaccines developed to fight coronavirus.
21 April 2020
Trump says will 'temporarily suspend' immigration due to coronavirus
President Donald Trump says that he would temporarily suspend immigration to the United States because of the new coronavirus pandemic, despite the US already being the worst-hit country in the world.
21 April 2020
Coronavirus pandemic 'amplifies press freedom threats'
The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating threats to press freedom around the world, with authoritarian states including China and Iran suppressing details of the outbreak, activists have said
21 April 2020