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March 1, 2020

Iraq confirms 5 new coronavirus cases

Iraq has detected five new cases of coronavirus, four in Baghdad and one in Babel province, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, taking the total number of cases in...

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March 1, 2020

Sudan fires over 100 diplomats allegedly linked to Bashir

Sudan has fired scores of diplomats for alleged links to the administration of toppled President Omar al-Bashir, a legal committee said on Saturday, reported Reuters. The Empowerment Removal Committee...

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March 1, 2020

Azerbaijan closes border with Iran over coronavirus concerns

Azerbaijan said on Saturday it had closed its border with Iran for two weeks to prevent the spread of coronavirus, after the death toll in Iran rose to 43...

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March 1, 2020

Triathlon-World Series in Abu Dhabi postponed due to coronavirus

The opening round of the 2020 World Triathlon Series scheduled to be held in Abu Dhabi has been postponed as a precautionary measure to reduce the spread of the...

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March 1, 2020

OPEC could deepen oil supply cuts with or without Russia

OPEC could agree on deeper oil supply cuts this week, with or without Russia’s support, to halt the slide in crude prices triggered by the global spread of the...

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March 1, 2020

Iran’s death toll from coronavirus jumps to 54, with 978 infected

Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 54, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told state TV, adding the number of those infected had reached 978, reports Reuters....

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February 29, 2020

Greece pushes back migrants after Turkish border ‘onslaught’

Greek police fired teargas to push back hundreds of stone-throwing migrants trying to cross over the border from Turkey on Saturday, as a crisis over Syria shifted onto the...

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February 29, 2020

Iran calls on people to stay at home as death toll rises to 43

Deaths in Iran from coronavirus have hit 43, the highest number outside China, and the total number of infected people has risen to 593, an Iranian health official said...

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February 29, 2020

Austria hints at border closures in echo of Europe’s last migration crisis

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz hinted on Saturday that borders could be closed across the Balkans in response to a rush of migrants towards Greece from Turkey, echoing action taken...

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February 29, 2020

The US makes peace in the war it forced on the Taliban

The leaders of one of the most demonised and misunderstood groups in the world sat down in Qatar today and signed an accord which will see US and NATO...

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