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A worker at a fish-processing factory in Ghana’s Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility with the coronavirus, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a broadcast late on Sunday. Health authorities reported the outbreak late on Friday but did not provide details. “All 533 persons …

All mosques in Iran will reopen on Tuesday, a further step in the government’s plans to ease restrictions that aimed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the official IRIB news agency reported. The decision to reopen the mosques was made in consultation with the ministry of health, IRIB …

Interpol has issued a wanted notice for Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, who is wanted in Britain over a fatal car crash in a case that has caused friction between London and Washington, ITV reported on Monday. “An Interpol Red Notice has been issued for 42-year-old Anne …

France is urging its European Union partners to consider threatening Israel with a tough response if it goes ahead with a de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank, three EU diplomats said. Belgium, Ireland, and Luxembourg also want to discuss the possibility of punitive economic measures during …

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced the first easing of the state’s lockdown, saying that some low-risk businesses can reopen starting on Friday. “This is the next big step in this historic journey,” he said at his daily press conference in Rochester, New York. Drive-in theatres, he said, would …

The leader of the Islamic State group in South Asia and the Far East has been arrested in Kabul, Afghanistan’s intelligence service says. Zia ul-Haq, also known as Sheikh Omar Khorasani, was held with two other senior leaders of the militant group. The Taliban are the main militant group in …

Senior citizens got the green light to leave their homes between 0800 GMT and 1200 GMT on Sunday, a period in which other age groups were under lockdown in 24 provinces, including Ankara and Istanbul. Turkish people aged 65 and over on Sunday described their joy after the government allowed …

Washington has yet to respond to Iran about a prisoner swap, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei was quoted as saying by the government’s website on Sunday, reiterating that Tehran was ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States without preconditions. If a swap goes ahead, it would be …

Shelling of Tripoli’s Mitiga airport early on Saturday, part of an intensified barrage of artillery fire on the capital in recent days, hit fuel tanks and damaged passenger planes, the Transport Ministry said in a statement. Mitiga is the last functioning airport in the Libyan capital, though civilian flights stopped …

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious diseases expert, will testify before a Senate committee Tuesday, his first appearance before Congress since March. Fauci will appear alongside Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other officials to discuss reopening the economy amid …

Former US President Barack Obama committed the “biggest political crime in American history,” says the country’s current leader, Donald Trump. “The biggest political crime in American history, by far!” the president wrote in a tweet on Sunday, further claiming that Obama “used his last weeks in office to target incoming …

State television described the missile strike as an accident during a training exercise, saying the Konarak had remained too close to the target. The Konarak had been putting targets out in the water for other ships to fire upon, it said. An Iranian missile that struck a support ship in …

A group of anti-lockdown protesters was mocked on social media after carrying what appeared to be fake and decommissioned weapons made out of plastic and wood. About a dozen people were pictured walking through the streets of Raleigh, North Carolina, on Saturday brandishing flags and weapons while imploring the state …

On Saturday, as many as 11 soldiers – four Indian and seven Chinese – were injured after a tense face-off near the Naku La sector (ahead of Muguthang Valley), a pass at a height of over 5,000 meters in the Sikkim sector. As per officials, the two Asian giants share …

The US Treasury secretary says the unemployment rate reported by the government is likely to get worse amid lockdown measures put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic. Steven Mnuchin made the comments on Sunday after the US Labor Department announced last week that the unemployment rate had surged to …

Turkey has warned that it would deem the rebel forces of Libya’s renegade General Khalifa Haftar “legitimate targets” if they continue to attack Turkey’s interests and diplomatic missions in the violence-wracked North African country. “If our missions and our interests in Libya are targeted, we will deem Haftar’s forces legitimate …

The Chinese city of Wuhan has seen its first new case of the novel coronavirus in more than a month as China has also reported a spate of new infections in the northeast, after moving to reopen from months of stringent lockdown. Meanwhile, Germany, which has also taken steps to …

As the worldwide death toll surged past 279,000 with over four million infections, France and Spain look set to reopen the countries after seeing a consistent decrease in both the daily number of new cases and deaths from Covid-19. People in France and Spain, two of Europe’s countries hardest hit …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued new stay-at-home advice on Sunday and warned he would proceed cautiously on lifting a nationwide coronavirus lockdown as the death toll in Britain, already the highest in Europe, continues to mount. In a televised address to the nation at 7:00 pm (1800 GMT), Johnson …

The government’s decision to replace its flagship “stay at home” slogan with “stay alert” drew criticism from opposition parties who argued that PM Johnson’s new message is too ambiguous. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday urged people to “stay alert” to coronavirus risks, as he prepared to outline plans …