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Moderna Inc said on Thursday it was partnering with contract drugmaker Catalent Inc to prepare an initial 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine for the United States, starting in the third quarter of this year. Catalent will fill and package doses, support production, and provide additional staffing for around-the-clock …

A security source in Diyala said today, Thursday, that 20 ISIS dens and 11 tunnels were destroyed in the outskirts of Azim border region with Saladin, as a part of the third phase of “Iraq heroes” operation, launched four days ago. The source said, “The army, police and Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi …

An 18-year-old Muslim woman was arrested during a recent Black Lives Matter protest in the United States and was forced to remove her hijab for a booking photo, and she was not allowed to put it back on for several hours, an advocacy group has said. Alaa Massri was among …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and environment announced, on Thursday, that Covid-19 death toll and caseload reached 1437 and 39139 respectively, since the beginning of the outbreak in the country. In a statement received by AlghdeerTv, the ministry stated that 11370 tests were performed today, 2437 among which showed positive …

Deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein directed his best-known accuser to have sex with former Israeli PM Ehud Barak, according to a sealed deposition – one of many papers lawyer Alan Dershowitz is trying to use to clear his own name. Lawyers for Dershowitz, who was a friend of Epstein as well …

DR Congo’s government on Thursday officially declared an end to an Ebola epidemic that broke out in the east of the troubled country in August 2018 and went on to claim 2,277 lives. The outbreak was “the longest, most complex and deadliest” in the 60-year history of the Democratic Republic …

Inaugurating three major oil projects via video conference on Thursday morning, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that sanctions can not impede Iran from development. The projects included the construction of the Goureh-Jask pipeline in Hormogan province, Miandoab Petrochemical in West Azarbaijan, and the Normal Hegzane in Arak, Markazi production line. …

Who would be the first to get a COVID-19 vaccine? Probably people in the country where the first effective vaccine is developed. About a dozen different vaccines are in various stages of testing worldwide, including in Britain, China, and the U.S. This week, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious …

Nearly 100 Rohingya migrants from Myanmar, including 30 children, were rescued from a rickety wooden boat off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Wednesday. They had gone without food for several days, officials said Survivors from a boat crammed with over 300 Rohingya Muslim refugees told Malaysian authorities that …

Australia is sending 1,000 army personnel to Victoria amid a surge in virus cases in the south-eastern state. This comes after Victoria has seen a spike in Covid-19 cases in recent days, with 33 infections reported overnight. Melbourne, the state capital, has been the only source of community transmissions in …

More than 30% of civilian pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses and are not qualified to fly, the country’s aviation minister revealed Wednesday. Addressing Pakistan’s National Assembly, Ghulam Sarwar Khan said 262 pilots in the country “did not take the exam themselves” and had paid someone else to sit it …

Torrential rains in Ukraine have killed three people, forced hundreds from their homes and cut off villages in western regions, authorities said on Wednesday. While many were trying to guard their property, about 800 people had been evacuated since the rains began on Monday, said Interior Minister Arsen Avakov who …

Japan has scrapped the deployment of a multibillion-dollar US anti-missile system, the government confirmed Thursday, days after saying the programme had been suspended. Interceptors for the Aegis Ashore system were to be placed in two regions under the costly and controversial programme. But the government reversed course under pressure from …

Siemens Energy and the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity have signed a contract for the Al Hamudhia substation, which will provide reliable and efficient power supply to the cities of Ramadi, Fallujah, Saqlawyah, Khalediyah and surrounding areas in Al Anbar Governorate, North West of Baghdad. Located about 20 kilometers away from …

Three domestically-built Kowsar fighter jets were delivered on Thursday to Iran’s Army Air Force. Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami and a number of military and state officials were present in the ceremony. Manufacturing Kowsar which is a short-range air support aircraft has put Iran among the few countries …

A Georgia prosecutor on Wednesday said three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was shot dead while running in a residential neighborhood in February, have been indicted by a grand jury on murder charges. The three men — Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and …

Oil prices slipped further on Thursday after tumbling more than 5% in the previous session, as a record build in U.S. crude inventories and a rapid resurgence in COVID-19 cases cast doubts on a recovery in fuel demand. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 26 cents, or 0.7%, …

The Pentagon put Huawei Technologies and Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology on a list of 20 companies it says are owned or controlled by China’s military, opening them up to potential additional U.S. sanctions. In letters to lawmakers dated June 24, the Pentagon said it was providing a list of “Communist …

The United Nations and European and Arab powers on Wednesday warned Israel that its plans to annex Palestinian land would deal a major blow to peace but the United States offered its green light. One week before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to start the annexation process, a …

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has declared the choice of whether Israel should annex the occupied West Bank is “for Israelis to make.” Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory remain illegal under international law. Pompeo gave the go-ahead to Israel’s annexation effort during a press conference on Wednesday, effectively …