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Africa records 23% increase in COVID-19 cases – WHO
World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is a 23 per cent increase in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19...
Read moreGerman coronavirus app under criticism over operating problems
Germany’s official app for tracking coronavirus cases did not function properly or even at all on millions of Android smartphones...
Read moreThousands attend inaugural Muslim prayers at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia
Thousands of worshippers converged on Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia on Friday for the first Muslim prayers since the museum was reconverted into...
Read moreIran vows to lodge complaint against U.S. fighter jets for “harassment” of passenger plane
The Civil Aviation Organisation of Iran announced on Friday it will lodge a complaint with the International Civil Aviation Organisation...
Read moreTurkmenistan granted WTO observer status
Turkmenistan was granted the observer status in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at a meeting of the WTO General Council...
Read moreDollar slows slide as Sino-U.S. tensions escalate
3D printed percentage symbols are seen in front of dollar banknotes in this illustration taken May 25, 2020. (Reuters file...
Read moreTwitter removes image tweet by Trump over NYT copyright complaint
Twitter Inc on Thursday took down an image tweeted by the U.S. President Donald Trump from its platform, after receiving...
Read more60 migrants feared missing after boat capsizes on lake in Turkey
Turkish’s Interior Minister on Wednesday said not fewer than 60 migrants were feared missing after a boat capsized on Lake...
Read moreNigeria statues auctioned in Paris in spite protests
Statues from Nigeria have changed hands in an auction in Paris in spite protests, with Christie’s auction house defending the...
Read moreCourt sentences Iranian dissident blogger to death
The prominent Iranian dissident and blogger Ruhollah Zam was sentenced to death on Tuesday by a revolutionary court in Tehran....
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