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Libya's Haftar claims 'mandate from the people'

Meanwhile, Libya's Government of National Accord urged lawmakers of the parliament in the country's east to take its side after the Field Marshal's announcement...

Schools across England will reopen in phases, says education secretary

The plan allows for grade 11 and 6 to reopen on 20 May , grades 10 and 5 on 3 June , grades 9 and 4 on 17 June , grades 8 and 3 on 1 July , grades 2 and 1 o...

VP Mike Pence Tours Mayo Clinic Without Mask Despite Institution’s Pandemic Policy

Instructions on the Mayo Clinic website request that all patients, visitors and personnel bring and wear a face mask to help prevent the spread of the coron...

Ardern: New Zealand has 'won battle' against community transmission of Covid-19

At midnight tonight, New Zealand will step down from Level 4 lockdown protocols to Level 3. "There is no widespread, undetected community transmission in New ...

Alito Argued in Dissent: NYC Gun Law Is Unconstitutional

After the justices took up Monday's case, NY relaxed its rules and allowed gun owners to transport firearms to second homes and shooting clubs outside the cit...

NY mayor criticized for tweet about packed Jewish funeral

A lot of them wore masks, but a few didn't. The funeral gathering in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn was "absolutely unacceptable", de Blasio wrote , warni...

Turkey sends medical supplies, protective equipment to US

Erdogan and Trump have maintained a detailed private relationship regardless of a sequence of variations between Ankara and Washington together with coverage on...

Spain eases lockdown restrictions as daily death toll drops

The number of people who have recovered from the virus rose by 6,399 over the past 24 hours in what was a record daily high since the start of the epidemic, rai...

Minute's silence for COVID-19 victims on International Workers' Memorial Day

It's a message which is even more poignant this year, as frontline workers continue their fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. "Please join us in honouring th...

Behind the figurative Pence mask the long play for the White House

Some parts of Australia have had no new coronavirus cases in more than a week. A number of USA publications have claimed that Mr Pence is yet to have worn a...

Coronavirus: Death toll mounts to 934 in India, cases rise to 29,435

The doubling rate of coronavirus cases has been showing regular improvement and stands at 10.5 days when seen over a period of three days, he said. Also, 39 d...

NY hospitalization rate down 70% from peak of outbreak

Speaking to Axios' Jonathan Swan , Cuomo was asked what he would've done differently in hindsight about his response to the Covid-19 outbreak throughout NY. ...

NY doc who treated Covid-19 patients takes own life

Dr. Lorna Breen was the medical director of the New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital during the outbreak. But she was sent back home by the hospital, and the ...

Germany reports 1144 new COVID-19 cases

Police stands in front of the warehouse for medical equipment of logistics company Fiege in Apfelstaedt near Erfurt, Germany , April 3, 2020, as the spread of ...

Coronavirus: India cancels order for 'faulty' China rapid test kits

India and China have moved on to other forms of cooperation to combat COVID-19 after the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) cancelled orders of Chin...

Official resigns after throwing cat, drinking beer in Zoom meeting

During the April 20 teleconference of the city's Planning Commission, Chris Platzer announced, "I'd like to introduce my cat", and then picked up his pet befo...

Pence meets with Mayo Clinic patients, staff while not wearing face mask

Photos and videos of Pence visiting the clinic without a mask have been circulating on Twitter. Pence may have been eager to look health care professionals "i...

NY cancels Democratic presidential primary and takes Sanders off the ballot

NY state has canceled its Democratic presidential primary due to COVID-19 concerns despite a request not to do so by the campaign for former candidate Sen. ...

Kim Jong-un’s uncle suddenly relevant after four decades abroad

The U.S. president also said that "nobody knows where he is". Under Kim Jong Un , North Korea has expanded its arsenal of nuclear weapons and long-range ...

36 workers killed in South Korea construction site fire: Yonhap

The death toll is expected to rise as many workers were still unaccounted for. All the victims are believed to be construction workers. At least seven other w...

World Health Organization Warns Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Far From Over

The WHO is under fire amid the global coronavirus pandemic, namely from its No. 1 funding source, the United States, because President Donald Trump has call...

France cancels soccer season ahead of country's reopening from coronavirus lockdown

According to an article in Italian paper Calcio e Finanza last month, Ligue 1 were set to miss out on between £90m and £175m (€100m and €200m) in the event of...

Coronavirus cases in India rise to 31329 with 1007 deaths so far

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in India and the death toll in the country touched grim milestones of 31,000 and 1,000 respectively on Wednesday....

Vice President Mike Pence Doesn't Wear Mask, Ignores Mayo Clinic Policy

While masks do cover one's mouth, it is still possible to speak with one on, and they have nothing to do with one's eyes. Mayo tweeted it had informed Mr Pe...

India records 1594 fresh Covid-19 cases, 51 more deaths

Haryana has reported 310 coronavirus cases, while Odisha has 118 cases. The entire battalion of almost 1,000 people have been quarantined. On Tuesday, the hea...

Over 700 in Iran dead from false belief that poison cures coronavirus

Iran on Tuesday reported 71 deaths due to coronavirus in the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 5,877 which is the highest in the Middle East. A report re...

Norwegian property tycoon held over 'kidnap murder' of wife

Anne-Elisabeth, 68, Hagen's wife of almost 50 years, disappeared from the family home in Lørenskog outside of Oslo on the morning of 31 October, 2018, never to ...

USCIRF Releases 2020 Annual Report with Recommendations for U.S. Policy

Detailing Modi government's policies in recent months that targeted the Muslim population in particular and the state of religious freedoms in India, the report...

'Resistance to give crushing response to Israelis’ occupation of West Bank'

Unveiled in January, the president's plan for Middle East peace appeared to give Israel the green light to annex West Bank settlements along with the fertile Jo...

Trump says he has 'good idea' about Kim's health

He declined to comment further but said he wished Kim well. An authoritative source familiar with US intelligence assessments said credible reports to the U.S...