Tue 23 June 2020: Saudi Arabia will allow Hajj pilgrimage for a ‘limited number’ of people this year, due to the continued risk of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said on Monday. Those people will be of different nationalities and will be people who reside in Saudi Arabia. Hajj is one of the five pillars of […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: British authorities report 15 new deaths on Monday LONDON (AA) – The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in the UK reached 42,647 as 15 more fatalities were reported on Monday. However, as the weekends’ numbers are normally lower since they are reported every Monday due to technicalities, the number will […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: Foreigners from 35 nations, who are currently in India, have been blacklisted without having been afforded any opportunity to prima facie defend themselves, says the petitions. New Delhi: Multiple pleas have been filed in the Supreme Court by foreign nationals, who are at present in India, challenging the Centre’s decisions of blacklisting […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Sunday 183,020 new coronavirus infections and 4,743 deaths due to COVID-19 over the past 24 hours. The global coronavirus totals now stand at 8,708,008 cases, and 461,715 deaths, according to WHO. The UN health agency says Brazil led the way with 54,771 cases tallied and the […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: More and more Malaysians are complaining about their weight gain during coronavirus lockdown in the country starting in mid-March, the Kuala Lumpur based The Star reported. The newspaper said the development “was not really a surprise” considering that many have become homebound and less active physically. “Some even chose not to […]
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FILE PHOTO Sun 21 June 2020: Country reports 334 new coronavirus cases, 1 death, Health Ministry says OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – As the state of emergency in Spain came to an end on Sunday, the country reopened most of its borders with Europe and permitted free internal movement for the first time since mid-March. At […]
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Sun 21 June 2020: Saudi Arabia will lift its coronavirus restrictions across the country on June 21 – the latest effort by the Kingdom to return to “normalcy,” the Interior Ministry announced on Saturday. All economic and commercial activities will be allowed to resume given they adhere to precautionary measures, the ministry added. International travel […]
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Sun 21 June 2020: KHARTOUM/ABUJA (AA) – Cases of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19-related fatalities continued to rise Sunday across Africa. Sudan’s health officials reported 164 new cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 8,580. Eight people died, raising that figure to 521. -Mauritania The number of cases rose by 192, bringing […]
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Sun 21 June 2020: KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Saturday reopened two key trade routes with neighboring Afghanistan. In a statement, Aisha Farooqui, the spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said Islamabad reopened southwestern Chaman and northwestern Torkham border crossings for transit trade and exports to Afghanistan. The third crossing — Ghulam Khan terminal — […]
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Sun 21 June 2020: “We haven’t done anything wrong. We don’t deserve to be treated like this,” said Shamsul, 39, an optometrist from Lancashire who had travelled to Delhi in March to attend an Islamic gathering. More than 2,500 foreign Muslims, from 35 different countries, are being charged in the case. Last week, the Indian […]
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