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Health workers are resigning and the country’s national health system shows signs that it is buckling under pressure from the global pandemic. Egypt’s top medical union has warned authorities in a Facebook post, that the country’s health system is at risk of “complete collapse” due to negligence by the health …

Riot police flooded the streets as protesters gathered ahead of a debate on the bill that once enacted will criminalise abuse of China’s national anthem in the semi-autonomous city. Police in Hong Kong made around 300 arrests as thousands of people took to the streets on Wednesday to voice anger …

Hong Kong police have opened fire with pepper pellets to disperse protests against China’s controversial new national security laws. Riot police descended on the Central Government Complex in the heart of Hong Kong’s global financial center to disperse crowds that had gathered to protest against what they see as threats …

President Trump on Wednesday threatened to “strongly regulate” or close down social media platforms if they silence conservative voices, stepping up his criticism after Twitter attached fact-checking context to Mr. Trump’s tweets for the first time on Tuesday. “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives’ voices. We will …

France, Italy, and Belgium acted to halt the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat patients suffering from COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, amid questions about the safety of the generic anti-malaria drug. France on Wednesday canceled a decree allowing hospital doctors to dispense the medicine, while the Italian …

The third of the five Iranian oil tankers carrying fuel for Venezuela has sailed into the Latin American country’s territorial waters. Venezuela’s Telesur television network said the Iran-flagged tanker, Petunia, crossed the Caribbean Sea earlier on Tuesday and reached the country’s exclusive economic zone after being escorted by the Venezuelan …

Tropical Storm Bertha has made landfall in South Carolina. According to the National Hurricane Center, radar imagery indicates that the area of disturbed weather became significantly better organized Wednesday morning. A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect for the coast of South Carolina from Edisto Beach to South Santee …

Donald Trump has threatened to close down social media platforms that do not support his agenda, a day after Twitter posted a fact-checking notice on one of his tweets. Social media firms suppressed conservative points of view, the president claimed without providing any evidence, before saying his administration would “strongly …

The Western military coalition, purported to fight the Daesh terrorist group, has reportedly deployed three Patriot missile batteries at a US base in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr. The Arabic-language al-Alam television news network, citing local sources, reported on Wednesday that the batteries were deployed to the base set …

Protests against the measures Chancellor Angela Merkel insists are needed to slow down the coronavirus outbreak have become more vocal and demonstrators have filled the streets of the German capital for the third weekend in a row. Police arrested about 60 protesters on Saturday as part of city-wide demonstrations against …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was heading to court Sunday to face corruption charges in the first criminal trial ever against a sitting Israeli leader. Netanyahu is set to appear at the opening hearing at a Jerusalem district court, after his request to have his lawyers represent him instead was …

Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands who, in defiance of curbs imposed to contain the coronavirus, gathered on Sunday to protest against Beijing’s plan to directly impose national security laws on the city. In a return of the unrest that roiled the financial hub …

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani warns of retaliatory measures against the United States should Washington make “trouble” for Iranian tankers carrying fuel to gasoline-starved Venezuela. “If our tankers in the Caribbean or anywhere in the world face trouble [caused] by the Americans, they (the US) will also be in trouble in …

The first of five Iranian tankers carrying fuel for gasoline-starved Venezuela has entered the Latin American country’s territorial waters despite the US threats. The Iranian-flagged tanker, named Fortune, arrived in Venezuela’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on Saturday evening, online tracking data shows. When entering the Venezuelan waters, the tanker was …

The Guardian and Mirror newspapers reported that Cummings, who lives in London, was seen at the property in Durham, northeast England, at the end of March. The British government faced accusations of hypocrisy on Saturday after the revelation that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top adviser, Dominic Cummings, traveled more than …

Saudi Arabia will be sending back its ambassador to Iraq soon, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan announced on Saturday. The move follows directives from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman. Prince Faisal made the announcement after his meeting Ali Allawi, Iraq deputy premier and acting minister of …

A woman has died in Gaza Strip after contracting coronavirus, the Palestinian enclave’s first fatality from the global pandemic, the health ministry said. It said the 77-year-old woman had suffered from a prior chronic illness and had traveled to Gaza through neighboring Egypt on May 19. She had been quarantined …

Two French kids reportedly stumbled upon more than $100,000 worth of gold while they were in coronavirus lockdown. According to local media, the children — both around 10 years old — made the discovery when their family went to stay with an older relative in the French town of Vendome …

San Francisco firefighters are battling a four-alarm warehouse fire Saturday on Pier 45, the city’s fire department says. A quarter of the pier at Fisherman’s Wharf “has been lost to the flames,” according to the San Francisco Fire Department PIO. No injuries have been reported. The pier has been fully …

The discussion by President Donald Trump’s administration comes after some US officials reportedly claimed that Russia and China have been holding their own low-yield tests, which both the governments have denied. President Donald Trump’s administration has discussed holding the first US nuclear test since 1992 as a potential warning to …