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South Carolina Senator Warns Against Using Impeachment Power...
Washington (US), January 18: Republican Senator Lindsey Graham sent a letter to Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer claiming that the...

Ethiopia's confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 131,195
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), January 18: The Ethiopian Ministry of Health said Sunday the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in...

New Mexico County Commissioner Charged for Taking Part...
Moscow (Russia), January 18: A New Mexico County commissioner has been charged for breaching US Capitol grounds on January 6,...

Cuba reports record number of daily COVID-19 cases
Havana (Cuba), January 18: The Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported four deaths and 650 new cases of the novel...

U.S. California coronavirus cases close to 3 mln
San Francisco (US), January 18: U.S. California counties reported 32,904 new cases of COVID-19 and 418 new deaths Saturday for...

Iran reacts to rumours on possible release of...
Tehran (Iran), January 17 (ANI): Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Saturday commented on the rumors on the possibility...

UK aviation sector calls for urgent support amid...
London (UK), January 17: Britain's aviation sector needs urgent government support if it is to survive another lengthy period of...

Egypt's rejection of foreign interference in Libya helps...
Cairo (Egypt), January 17: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that his country's rejection of foreign military interference in...

Nigerian military kills scores of Boko Haram militants...
Abuja (Nigeria), January 17: Scores of Boko Haram militants were killed in a gunfight with Nigerian troops at a military...

Libyan talks in Geneva reach agreement on selection...
Geneva (Switzerland), January 17: A senior UN official announced here Saturday that the Libyan delegations reached an agreement on a...

Federal Police Say Frankfurt Airport Partially Closed After...
Berlin (Germany), January 17: The Frankfurt Airport was partially closed on Saturday after a 38-year-old Slovenian national yelled "I will...

Biden to Sign 'Roughly Dozen' Executive Actions on...
Washington (US), January 17: US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to sign executive orders addressing the coronavirus crisis, economic challenges,...

U.S. state of Illinois confirms first case of...
Chicago (US), January 16: The U.S. Midwest state of Illinois has confirmed its first case of new COVID-19 variant called...

Merkel Says Germany's Ruling CDU Party Continues Policies...
Berlin (Germany), January 16: The ruling Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) has been following the policy of protecting the...

UN chief calls for "far greater solidarity" in...
United Nations, January 16: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for "far greater solidarity" in his video message...

Growth of int'l migration down 27 pct due...
United Nations, January 16: The COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed international migration flows by around 2 million people last year,...

UN official expresses concern over safety of refugees...
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), January 17: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Friday expressed concern over the...

Pentagon Agrees to Provide 25,000 Troops for Biden...
Washington (US), January 16: The US Defense Department in a press release said that it will provide 25,000 troops in...

Facebook Blocks New Postings of Events Close to...
Washington (US), January 16: Facebook, in a company statement, said it is blocking users from creating new events for gatherings...

French Foreign Ministry Hopes Russia Will Refrain From...
Paris (France), January 16: France regrets a Russian decision to leave the Open Skies Treaty and hopes that Moscow will...

China's Yan into semis at Snooker Masters
London (UK), January 16: Chinese debutant Yan Bingtao reached the Snooker Masters semifinals after edging Stephen Maguire 6-5 on Friday.

Algeria reports 267 new COVID-19 cases, 103,127 in...
Algiers (Algeria), January 15: Algeria on Thursday reported 267 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total...

Moscow Denounces 'Absurd' US Allegations of Russian Media...
Moscow (Russia), January 15: The Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, on Thursday condemned Washington's claims that independent media outlets...

Computer Modelling Team Warns Coronavirus Could Top Cancer...
Washington (US), January 15: As the United States rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine remains slow, and death tolls continue to...

US Announces Closure of Capitol Building, Grounds on...
Washington (US), January 15: The US Capitol building and grounds will be closed to the public on Inauguration Day, the...

U.S. New Mexico declares state of emergency due...
Houston (US), January 15: Governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham has issued a state of...

Bintou Keita of Guinea appointed as UN chief's...
United Nations, January 15: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Thursday the appointment of Bintou Keita of Guinea as his...