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Calls for UN probe of China's forced birth control on Uighurs

The state is already facing widespread criticism for holding Uighurs in detention camps. Birth rates in the mostly Uighur regions of Hotan and Kashgar plunged...

Donald Trump ‘told Theresa May she was spineless’ in private calls

Bernstein added that such conversations with world leaders including Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin showed that Trump "posed a danger to the nat...

United States buys almost all stocks of coronavirus drug remdesivir

In a deal brokered with the drug's sole manufacturer Gilead Sciences Inc, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was able to secure more than 500,...

Netanyahu, Gantz feud over West Bank annexation plan

Netanyahu has not revealed his plans, but Israeli media have suggested action could be delayed, or that the premier might pursue a merely symbolic move like the...

AOC says NYPD budget cuts not enough: 'Defunding police means defunding police'

Demonstrators were seen earlier on Tuesday in tents prior to the City Council vote. It does not mean moving school police officers from the NYPD budget to the D...

Seattle police clearing out protest zone after weeks of demonstrations

Activists took over an area in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, and it gave way to scenes as varied as peaceful gatherings , tense faceoffs with police a...

WHO Chief On COVID-19 Pandemic: 'The Worst Is Yet To Come'

The World Health Organization will send a team to Wuhan to investigate where the novel coronavirus may have originated, Director General Tedros Adhanom G...

US coronavirus cases rise by 47,000, biggest one-day spike of pandemic

California, Texas and Arizona have emerged as new USA epicenters of the pandemic, reporting record increases in Covid-19 cases . "This is a very, very seriou...

Italian police seize 14 tonnes of drugs shipped from Syria

The operation was "the biggest seizure of amphetamines in the world", customs police colonel Domenico Napolitano said. Police said three suspect containers ha...

Groom dies, over 100 test positive for Covid after wedding in Bihar

The first instant of mass spreading of COVID 19 seems to have occurred in Patna , Bihar, as nearly 100 people have tested positive for COVID 19 after att...

Iran Issues Arrest Warrant for President Trump, Asks For Interpol Assistance

Citing Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasi Mehr, Fars said, "US President Donald Trump stands at the top of the list and will be prosecuted as soon as he stands down [...

Palestinian PM urges Europe's leaders to show Israel annexation has a cost

But since Netanyahu promised to begin annexation of the territory on July 1 this year, there have been many changes which may delay or modify the move. Moving b...

Wisconsin bear makes it shore

The incident was captured on video shared by Hurt on her Facebook . Video shows the family repeatedly attempting to get close enough to the juvenile bear s...

China to Announce Curbs on US Media, Global Times Editor Says

The Associated Press , UPI , CBS , and National Public Radio are required to provide information about their staff, financial operations and real estate in ...

Netanyahu hints Israel’s major West Bank annexation may be delayed

Unveiled in late January and rejected by the Palestinians, the plan offered a path for Israel to annex territory and Jewish West Bank settlements, communities c...

Trump faces pressure over Russian Federation bounties to kill United States troops

According to a Tuesday report from the New York Times , U.S. intelligence officials had supported the contention that the Russian military was running a bou...

European Union prepares coordinated response to new Chinese law

As a result, Beijing has stepped in to make sure that Hong Kong has a legal framework to deal with what China describes as 'serious challenges to its authorit...

U.S. strikes an 'amazing deal' on remdesivir

A statement from the Department of Health and Human services says Trump struck an "amazing" deal with Gilead for 500,000 doses which amounts to 100% of Gilead'...

City of Jacksonville Imposes Mask Mandate as GOP Convention Approaches

The RNC is scheduled to take place from August 24-27. The Republican Party announced earlier this month that it would hold the main events for this year's c...

United States envoy planning to visit S.Korea next week

A Russian envoy to North Korea said Kim Jong Un was outraged by allegedly insulting depictions of his wife in leaflets that were launched into the communist c...

Trump retweets video with 'white power' chant, then deletes it

President Donald Trump promoted a video Sunday that includes a Trump supporter saying "white power" while facing off with counterdemonstrators, calling hi...

Governor requires face coverings for all Oregonians starting Wednesday

The face-covering order already had been in effect in eight of Oregon's 36 counties, including all three Portland area counties, plus Hood River County, Marion ...

Leicester await decision on events due to city lockdown

Leicester has such a serious coronavirus situation that it's been put back in lockdown all by itself. Leicester City Council said it had seen 944 confirme...

Australia to spend nearly $1-billion to combat cyberattacks

Tensions over territorial claims were rising between India and China and in the South China Sea, Morrison said. Noting that the Morrison government had been...

Vande Bharat Flight With 195 Indians Departs From Washington DC

Therefore, on June 23, the Aviation Ministry had said that it was considering establishing "individual bilateral bubbles" with the United States , the UK, Germ...

Louis Lawyer Couple Points Guns At Black Lives Matter Protesters

Protesters were heading toward Mayor Lyda Krewson's home, chanting, "Resign Lyda, take the cops with you". The St. Louis couple who went viral on Sunday for...

Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump for killing Soleimani, seeks Interpol help

However, Interpol which is based in Lyon, France didn't respond immediately over the request. Iran retaliated by firing ballistic missiles at Iraqi military...

Iran: Gas explosion at clinic in Tehran kills 19 people

A fire caused by the blast has been extinguished, Jalal Maleki, the Tehran Fire Department spokesman said on state TV. A gas leak at the Sina Athar Clinic cau...

What measures are being imposed in the Leicester lockdown?

What is closing down and why? A spike in infections in Leicester means the city has three times more cases than the city with the next highest total. Premier...

Toronto debating bylaw making it mandatory to wear a mask while indoors

The bylaw does not require people with certain medical conditions or children under two years old to wear masks. Speaking on Tuesday, the premier said that th...