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Dozens of Iraqi protesters again clashed with security forces in Baghdad Monday, a day after a rally marked the first anniversary of the start of nationwide mass anti-government demonstrations. Police fired stun grenades and tear gas at protesters who were burning tyres and hurling rocks on the strategic Al-Jumhuriyah bridge …

With exactly two weeks until the election, President Donald Trump was continuing his campaign rally marathon Tuesday with a trip to swing state Pennsylvania, the day after early voting began in another key state, Florida. Trump and his wife Melania will head to Erie, Pennsylvania, where he will host another …

The European Union’s diplomatic chief on Monday welcomed President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is ready to remove Sudan from a US blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism. The move, a major boost for Sudan’s civilian-backed government after decades as an international pariah, came after Khartoum agreed to a $335 …

The European Union’s diplomatic chief on Monday welcomed President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is ready to remove Sudan from a US blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism. The move, a major boost for Sudan’s civilian-backed government after decades as an international pariah, came after Khartoum agreed to a $335 …

The dome of the church of Asuncion falls down burning in flames after being set on fire by demonstrators on the commemoration of the first anniversary of the social uprising in Chile, in Santiago, on October 18, 2020, as the country prepares for a landmark referendum. – Two churches were …

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party overwhelmingly won the country’s general election on Saturday, her opponent Judith Collins said. “To Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who I have phoned, congratulations on your result because it is, I believe, an outstanding result for the Labour Party,” Collins said in a …

In a further round of sanctions last week, the U.S. blacklisted virtually all of Iran’s financial sector. Perhaps in anticipation, Iran’s central bank announced that it had adopted the yuan (also known as renminbi), as its main foreign reserve currency, replacing the U.S. dollar. With a 25-year strategic partnership with …

A Chinese city tested almost 10 million people for COVID-19 in four days following the appearance of a cluster of cases, local authorities said on Thursday. A total of 13 infections have been discovered since the weekend. Altogether, 9.94 million samples were collected, of which 7.6 million had been processed …

British scientists say in order to reverse the unrelenting spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic and possibly halve the deaths, government should consider imposing tighter restrictions on movement and socialisation. The process has been referred to as ‘circuit breaker,’ and it is based on the research by scientists at the …

The presidential candidate of the L’Alternative-CI and leader of the opposition parties in Cote D’Ivoire, Mr Seth Koko, has said the opposition parties would make the West African country ungovernable if the incumbent President Alassane Ouattara contested the October 31 presidential election. He said Ouattara, who was elected for the …