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Amnesty: At Least 23 Children Killed in Iran Crackdown on November Protests
Amnesty International says it has evidence that at least 23 children were killed by Iranian security forces when they “unlawfully used lethal force to crush” nationwide anti-government protests in November 2019. An investigation by the London-based...
CDC Warns of Imminent Coronavirus Outbreak in US Communities
U.S. citizens should expect coronavirus outbreaks in their communities, warns the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC vaccine expert Dr. Nancy Messonnier said Tuesday, “It’s not so much a question if this will happen in this...
WHO: Time Is Running Out to Stop Spread of Coronavirus
WASHINGTON - The World Health Organization said time is running out to stop the spread of the coronavirus outbreak as the number of cases outside of China grows. “We are still in a phase where containment is possible,” WHO Director-General Tedros...
US Warns Containment the Only Option for Some African Terror Groups
WASHINGTON - U.S. defense and intelligence officials are voicing renewed concerns about the spread of increasingly capable terror groups in Africa, warning some have become so powerful it is no longer possible to “degrade” them. The warnings, part...
China Struggles to Cope with Surging Numbers of Infected Coronavirus Patients
China’s health care system is struggling to cope with the surging number of patients infected by the deadly coronavirus despite that Chinese President Xi Jingping has re-emerged in public to call for greater confidence in his government. The death...
Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 900
The number of deaths from a coronavirus outbreak in China has topped 900, while an increase in cases in Britain led the government there to declare the virus a "serious and imminent threat" to public health. Chinese health officials reported 97 new...
Iran Will Back Palestinian Armed Groups as Much as It Can, Leader Says
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Iran will support Palestinian armed groups as much as it can, Iran's supreme leader said Wednesday, urging Palestinians to confront a U.S. plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. "We believe that Palestinian armed...
Mainland China Reports New Coronavirus Deaths, Cases
The number of new cases and related deaths from the new coronavirus rose Wednesday in mainland China, Chinese health officials said, while the discovery of new cases outside the mainland indicated the increasing spread of the outbreak. However,...
UN: Increasing Refugee Population Faces Strained Aid Community
GENEVA, BEKAA VALLEY AND BEIRUT, LEBANON - In his early 20s, Mohammad was a law student who raised bees on his uncle's farm in Syria. But in 2013, he faced a terrible choice: Join the military, join a rival militant group, face prison or flee his...
Escalating Violence in Syria Making Aid Delivery Difficult
AMMAN, JORDAN - Aid workers say escalating violence near the border between Turkey and Syria is making it hard to deliver aid to the hundreds of thousands of people in need. At least 1,000 Syrians have fled to neighboring Iraq in search of safety...