Mon 13 July 2020: Taliban Insurgents demand swift implementation of peace deal with US, asserting they have no ‘alternative’ to war KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – At least 26 security forces were killed in northern Afghanistan amid a surge in Taliban claimed attacks, officials confirmed on Monday. Spokesman for the governor of Kunduz province, Esmatullah Muradi […]
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Mon 13 July 2020: After inter-ministerial meeting, government restricts congregational prayers for Muslim festival to hinder virus’s spread DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh on Sunday barred congregational prayers on the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha on traditionally-designated open grounds to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to senior officials. Authorities announced the decision after an inter-ministerial meeting that, […]
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Mon 13 July 2020: India records 25,000-plus cases for 5 days in a row NEW DELHI (AA) – With 28,701 new cases in the last 24 hours, India Monday saw the biggest surge in COVID-19 cases for the fifth day in a row, the Health Ministry data showed. The country’s total tally of infections rose […]
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Sun 12 July 2020: Former guerrilla leader, now chief minister Ebrahim recalls details of negotiation process and bats for autonomy to Kashmir ANKARA (AA) – A four-point program helped the Moro people living in the southern Philippines achieve their goal, said the chief minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Addressing an […]
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Sun 12 July 2020: Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her eight-year-old daughter have tested positive for the new coronavirus, a day after the actress’ father-in-law, acting legend Amitabh Bachchan, and her husband Abhishek were hospitalised for the same ailment. Maharastra state’s Mumbai civic official Suresh Kakani on Sunday said Aishwarya and daughter Aaradhya Bachchan […]
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Sun 12 July 2020: Local assembly speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi says Hagia Sophia is joint cultural legacy of entire Muslim world KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A local legislator in Pakistan welcomed on Saturday a recent decision by Turkey to reconvert Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque after serving decades as a museum. “We hail President Recep Tayyip […]
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Sun 12 July 2020: Amitabh Bachchan, one of India’s best-known movie stars, has tested positive for COVID-19 together with his actor son Abhishek Bachchan. Both were moved to a private hospital. “I have tested COVID positive … shifted to hospital … hospital informing authorities … family and staff undergone tests, results awaited,” Amitabh Bachchan, 77, […]
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Sat 11 July 2020: Almost 3,000 coronavirus infections reported in disputed Himalayan region over past 10 days SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Cases of the novel coronavirus in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir passed 10,000 on Saturday. According to a government update, 268 more infections were recorded over the past 24 hours, raising the overall […]
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Fri 10 July 2020: Kathmandu: Cable and satellite television service providers in Nepal have banned Indian private news channels from airing “objectionable” material and false propaganda against the Nepalese prime minister. According to a foreign news agency, on Thursday, Zee News reported that Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had sex with Chinese Ambassador to Nepal […]
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Fri 10 July 2020: Over 26,500 more coronavirus infections take India’s total close to 800,000, 475 more patients die in past 24 hours NEW DELHI (AA) – As India’s coronavirus cases hurtle towards the 800,000 mark, the country’s most populous state imposed a three-day lockdown starting Friday. All offices, markets, and other businesses in Uttar Pradesh […]
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