Tehran, May 2 (IANS) Iran's envoy to the UN said the US' move for the extension of an arms embargo on Tehran lacked a legal standing and it will be turned down at the UN Security Council, state TV reported on S
Brasilia, May 2 (IANS) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said that he would like all the citizens to return to work amid an ongoing lockdown imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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May 2 (PTI): New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that schools and colleges across the state, the worst-hit in the United States, will remain closed for the rest of the academic year due to the COVID-19
People have their identity cards checked ahead of buying groceries amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Singapore April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File photo
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Geneva, May 2 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the news that there were no more hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus originated last
New York, May 2 (IANS) The number of COVID-19 cases in the US has reached 1,100,197 as of 7.40 p.m. (Friday), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
Rome, May 2 (IANS) The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 28,236 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities, and recoveries to 207,428, latest data from the country's Civ
In this Friday, May 1, 2020, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, cuts a tape during his visit to a fertilizer factory in South Pyongan, near Pyongyang, North
People walk during the lockdown, ahead of Italy's gradual lifting of restrictions which begins from May 4, due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Florence, Italy on May 1. (REUTERS Pho
Police officers wearing protective suits pick up an illegal immigrant from an apartment under enhanced lockdown, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in K
Tolu Alagba, 13, kneels to copy notes from a blackboard in a makeshift classroom arranged for children in Sagbo Kodji community, on an island, during a lockdown imposed by the authorities to limit the spread of
A health worker takes a rest during a nasal swab test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Depok, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia on April 30, 2020. (REUTERS Photo)
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Myanmar police officer poses for a photograph in Maungdaw, Rakhine on July 9, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
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A Myanmar government spokesman on Friday dismissed allegations by the departing U
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned new US sanctions on some Iranian industrial companies and Iranian officials.. (IANS File Photo)
TEHRAN, MAY 1 (IANS): Iran on Friday condemned the
Over 7 million Afghan children risk hunger: Report. (IANS File Photo)
KABUL, MAY 1 (IANS): More than seven million children in Afghanistan were at risk of hunger as food prices have
Flag of Pakistan. (IANS File Photo)
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, MAY 1 (IANS): Last year, Pakistan awarded death penalty to at least 584 people, out of which 17 were convicted for "blasphemy", and 15
Community leader William de Oliveira livestreams an alert message on social media in Rocinha slum, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 29, 2020. (REUTERS Photo
Media mogul and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying leaves from a police station after being arrested for illegal assembly during the anti-government protests in Hong Kong, China on February 28, 2020. (REUT
Migrant workers arrive at the Mawa Ferry Ghat as they are heading to Dhaka after government has eased restriction on garment factories and some other sectors amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in
State representatives and forest guards count the rings on tree stumps to ascertain the age of the felled Algerian oak trees in Ain Draham, Tunisia on April 15, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo)
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