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Unicef has warned that millions of children could be pushed to the brink of starvation as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across war-torn Yemen amid a “huge” drop in humanitarian aid funding. It said the number of malnourished Yemeni children could reach 2.4 million by the end of the year, a …

The Ministry of Defence of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) said it will continue in its moves to recapture the eastern city of Sirte from the forces of renegade General Khalifa Haftar despite the warning of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi that the city represents a “red line” …

With infection numbers rising in more than 30 states, the US set a daily record for new coronavirus cases. And federal health officials warned that the number of people who’ve been infected is vastly undercounted. Almost 40,000 coronavirus cases were reported Thursday, surpassing a previous one-day high on April 24, …

Four years on from the UK’s Brexit vote, a majority of British voters would now opt to remain inside the European Union, says new research. According to the European Social Survey (ESS), a pan-European poll carried out every two years, 56.8% of respondents in the UK indicated that they would …

More than 100 people have been killed during lightning strikes in two Indian states in two days, according to authorities. In the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, 24 people died due to lightning in the past 24 hours, according to senior Uttar Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority official Aditi …

Donald Trump continued to rip into former national security adviser John Bolton over his scathing critique of the president in his book, calling the conservative hawk “crazy” and bad at his job. During a town hall event taped on Thursday afternoon that aired that evening, the president also took a …

British police officers were attacked while attempting to disperse an illegal party overnight in west London, the second such incident in two days. As Britain eases strict coronavirus lockdown rules, police have had to deal with a number of illegal parties and raves across the country. “We know that having …

A massive explosion of a gas tank has occurred in the eastern part of Tehran early on Friday while no casualties have been reported. Images that showed an orange light went viral at around 00:30 am local time on Friday (08:00 p.m. GMT on Thursday). Rumors were circulating that the …

Jacob Rees-Mogg, true to his bizarre nature, has implied that “the weather” is to blame for the skyrocketing UK death toll from coronavirus. He also directed blame at “the practices of individual cultures and societies” – although he did not expand on the thesis. This astonishing reasoning came after a …

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Maria Zakharova announced today, Thursday, that the Russian side, during its consultations with America on issues of strategic stability held in Vienna, stressed the importance of withdrawing US nuclear weapons from Europe. “We reaffirmed once again the importance of ending such common nuclear practices by NATO, …

Pakistani opposition parties criticized Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday after he told parliament that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been “martyred” in 2011 by US forces. Bin Laden, who masterminded the 9/11 attacks on the United States, was killed in a raid on his hideout in the …

A French ISIS member went on trial Thursday on terror charges amid accusations that he oversaw executions in Syria as a senior figure in the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. Tyler Vilus, 30, is facing charges of belonging to a terrorist group, heading a unit of IS group fighters and …

President Trump on Thursday plans to visit a rural Wisconsin shipbuilder with a new Navy contract as he seeks to shore up support in a key presidential battleground state where recent polls show him losing ground to former vice president Joe Biden. Trump carried Wisconsin by the narrowest of margins …

Court ruling bolsters power of Trump’s administration to quickly deport people seeking asylum without judicial review. The United States Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration can deport some people seeking asylum without allowing them to make their case to a federal judge. The court’s 7-2 ruling applies …

Police officers in Washington, DC, have been caught on camera knocking a woman to the ground as demonstrations in the US capital once again spiralled into violence. The incident occurred during bad-tempered demonstrations shortly after 1am on Thursday outside Saint John’s Episcopal Church in the shadow of the White House. …

Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has lambasted the so-called “Caesar Act” sanctions imposed by the US against Syria, stressing that the measures aim at pressuring the Arab country economically and preventing it from restoring its unity and key regional role. Berri, who was chairing an emergency meeting of his party, …

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 …

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. …