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March 17, 2020

UNRWA to turn schools into clinics for patients with respiratory diseases in Gaza

UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza has decided to separate patients with respiratory diseases from other patients as part of its efforts to fight the coronavirus, Quds...

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March 17, 2020

Saudi-backed Yemen official survives assassination attempt

Governor of the Yemeni District of Al-Jawf Amin Al-Akeemi survived an assassination attempt yesterday morning after a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis targeted a meeting of government leaders,...

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March 17, 2020

Lebanon military tribunal acquits Lebanese-US citizen accused of murder, torture

Lebanon’s military court has acquitted Amer Fakhoury, 57, who was accused of overseeing the torture and murder of thousands of people while working as a prison guard in southern...

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March 17, 2020

Leader at Iran’s Assembly of Experts dies from coronavirus

Representative of the people in Tehran at the Iranian Assembly of Experts, Ayatollah Hashem Bathaei-Golpaygani, died of the coronavirus yesterday morning, local media reported. Seventy-eight-year-old Bathaei-Golpaygani was reported to...

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March 17, 2020

Media bias is politicising the coronavirus pandemic coverage

Slanted news coverage has a major impact on public perceptions of the topic in question. Media bias doesn’t exclusively mean content bias, though; the presentation style of the report...

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March 17, 2020

Saudi Arabia suspends work in government agencies over coronavirus spread

Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday the suspension of employees’ attendance at all government workplaces for a period of 16 days starting yesterday as a precautionary measures against the spread...

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March 17, 2020

China calls for lifting sanctions on Iran amid its fight against coronavirus

China has called for the immediate lifting of sanctions imposed on Iran amidst its fight against the novel coronavirus, Xinhua reported yesterday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang accused...

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March 17, 2020

Morocco sets up $1bn fund to tackle economic effects of coronavirus

Moroccan King Mohammed VI has issued instructions to set up a $1 billion fund to rehabilitate the health sector and support vulnerable economic sectors affected by the coronavirus outbreak....

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March 17, 2020

Palestine city bans exit, entry of residents to stop spread of coronavirus

The Governor of the West Bank city of Tulkarm Isam Abu Baker yesterday travel in and out of the city until further notice as a countermeasure against the spread...

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March 17, 2020

Qatar sends first batch of aid to Iran to combat coronavirus

Qatar has announced sending the first batch of urgent medical aid to Iran to help it contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. A statement issued by the Qatar...

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