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August 10, 2020
Taliban ready for peace talks after prisoners' release
KABUL — The Taliban on Monday expressed a willingness to hold peace talks with the Afghan government after a contentious prisoner exchange, which authorities said would begin in the next two days.“Our stance is clear, if the prisoner release is completed, then we are ready for the intra-Afghan talks within a week,” Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said, adding that the first round of talks will be held in Doha, Qatar.A ...
August 10, 2020
Australia borders to remain shut as coronavirus deaths rise
SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said internal border closures is likely to remain closed before Christmas, as the country on Monday reported a record single-day increase in coronavirus deaths, Reuters reported. However, daily new infections in the state of Victoria slowed to a near two week low as a result of drastic lockdown measures imposed in the city of Melbourne."I am more hopeful of that today than I was ...
August 10, 2020
Security chiefs questioned over Beirut port blast
BEIRUT — A judge on Monday began questioning the heads of the country’s security agencies over last week’s devastating blast in Beirut as another Cabinet minister resigned in protest.Judge Ghassan El Khoury began questioning Maj. Gen. Tony Saliba, the head of State Security, according to state-run National News Agency. It gave no further details, but other generals are scheduled to be questioned.Justice Minister Marie-Claude Najm, who was sprayed with water ...
August 10, 2020
Oman records 207 new corona cases, 8 deaths
MUSCAT — Oman recorded 207 new cases of the novel coronavirus, which brings the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 81,787, the ministry of health announced on Monday.Of the new cases, 167 affected Omanis and 40 foreigners.Eight people died due to COVID-19, raising the total number of virus-related deaths to 521.The number of recoveries in the country rose to 76,124 after 1,433 more people recovered from the ...
August 10, 2020
Heavy rains destroy UNESCO-listed houses in Sanaa
SANAA — Houses in the UNESCO-listed old city of Sanaa are collapsing under heavy rains, as months of floods and storms assail a country already reeling from war, food shortages and disease.The distinctive brown and white mud brick houses of Sanaa’s historic neighborhoods, which date from before the 11th century, have long been under threat from conflict and neglect.Muhammad Ali Al-Talhi’s house partially collapsed on Friday as heavy rains battered ...
August 10, 2020
Mauritania gets a new government
NOUAKCHOTT — The president of the northwestern African country of Mauritania appointed a new government Sunday, a top official said, after the names of several former ministers appeared in a report on the financial dealings of ex-leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.Adama Bocar Soko, the secretary general of Mauritania’s presidency, said at a press conference in the capital Nouakchott that the move would allow all those named in the report “the ...
August 10, 2020
Donors pledge €253mn for Lebanon humanitarian aid
PARIS — An emergency donor conference on Sunday for blast-stricken Lebanon raised pledges worth nearly €253 million ($298 million) for immediate humanitarian relief, the French presidency said.Those commitments would not be conditional on political or institutional reform, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said.There were also pledges made for longer-term support that would depend on changes brought in by the authorities, the Elysee Palace said.World powers promised not to fail the Lebanese ...
August 10, 2020
Ex-president in India tests positive; fatalities mount
NEW DELHI — Former president Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19."On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID-19 today," he tweeted.The tweet came as India registered a record 1,007 fatalities in the past 24 hours as fresh coronavirus infections surged by another 62,064 cases, the health ministry said.The ministry said the total fatalities touched 44,386.The number ...
August 10, 2020
One killed, dozens injured in Belarus unrest
MINSK — A protester was killed and dozens wounded when police in Belarus used stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse demonstrators disputing election results, a prominent rights group said on Monday.The Viasna Human Rights Center said the young male protester suffered a traumatic head injury when he was hit by a police vehicle and medics were unable to save him.Viasna representative Sergey Sys said that more than ...
August 9, 2020
Flights resume at Calicut airport after crash
NEW DELHI — Normal air services to and from Calicut airport in Kerala, disrupted after an Air India Express plane from Dubai crash-landed on Friday night, have resumed with the completion of follow up operations to the incident.The first flight to land in Calicut this morning was an Air Arabia flight from Sharjah, which landed at 3:42 a.m. local time. This was followed by two domestic flights from Chennai and ...
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