ANKARA – An informal global partnership formed by five countries including Turkey voiced their commitment on Tuesday to the World Health Organization (WHO) in supporting the response to the pandemic, “one of the most serious global health crises of modern times.” MIKTA – an informal partnership consisting of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey and Australia […]
GENEVA – The coronavirus variant first detected in India has now been officially recorded in 53 territories, a World Health Organization report showed Wednesday. Additionally, the WHO has received information from unofficial sources that the B.1.617 variant has been found in seven other territories, figures in the UN health agency’s weekly epidemiological update showed, taking […]
WASHINGTON – The security assistance to Pakistan that was suspended by the previous Trump administration remains to be the same, the Pentagon said on Monday as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke to Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met his Pakistani counterpart in Geneva. “At this time, […]
NEW DELHI – A total lunar eclipse will occur on May 26 but it will be visible in the country for a short span from northeastern India, some parts of West Bengal, coastal parts of Odisha and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the eclipse will be visible in the […]
WASHINGTON – Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sought hospital care in November 2019, months before China disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, the ‘Wall Street Journal’ reported on Sunday, citing a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report. The newspaper said the report – which provides fresh details on the number of researchers affected, the […]
UNITED NATIONS – The humanitarian community has welcomed the ceasefire agreed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel but warned that the destruction in Gaza will take years, if not decades, to fix. Speaking from Gaza, Matthias Schmale from the UN relief agency for Palestinians UNRWA, said that there was no “going back to normal” […]
THE HAGUE – The owner of a Gaza building housing international media that was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike is lodging a complaint with the International Criminal Court, his lawyer said. The complaint by Jawad Mehdi says that the attack on May 15 which flattened Jala Tower, housing the offices of US news agency Associated […]
OTTAWA – Canada has extended its ban on passenger flights from India and Pakistan by 30 days to June 21 as part of a campaign to fight COVID-19, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said on Friday. Alghabra said Canada had seen “a significant reduction” in coronavirus infections among arriving airline passengers since Ottawa first announced the […]
UNITED NATIONS – The United Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday he was “deeply shocked” by the continued air and artillery bombardment by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza Strip and called for an immediate cease-fire in the Palestinian enclave. “I am deeply shocked by the continued air and artillery bombardment by the Israeli Defence Forces […]
CAIRO – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has announced the allocation of $500 million for reconstruction efforts in the Gaza Strip. El-Sissi’s office said in a Facebook post Tuesday that Egyptian firms would contribute in the re-building efforts. Egypt, which is leading mediation efforts to reach a cease-fire, has sent some two dozen trucks carrying […]
