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Covid-19: Global cases nears 54 million

Shawdesh desk: Global coronavirus cases are getting close to 54 million with 1,310,433 deaths since the virus emerged in China late last year. The number of globally confirmed coronavirus cases

Al-Qaeda’s number two secretly killed in Iran: NYT

Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, indicted in the US for the 1998 bombings of its embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, was secretly killed in Iran in August, The New York Times reported Friday.

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 53 million

Shawdesh Desk: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeded 53 million globally, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University. The confirmed coronavirus cases reached 53, 284,867 with over

Typhoon Vamco: At least 42 dead as Philippines hit by powerful storm

Shawdesh Desk: At least 42 people have died and 20 others are missing after Typhoon Vamco made landfall in the Philippines, police say. Flooding on the largest island, Luzon, caused

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 52 million

Shawdesh desk: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has exceeded 52 million globally on Thursday morning, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University. So far, 1,282,184 fatalities from

Bahrain’s long-serving PM Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa dies

Shawdesh Desk: Bahrain’s long-serving Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has died, the state media reported. He was 84. “The Royal Court mourns His Royal Highness… who passed away

Global Covid-19 cases near 51 million

Shawdesh Desk: The global Covid-19 caseload reached 50.8 million on Tuesday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 1,262,413 people have died so far since Covid-19 cases were first

Suu Kyi’s party says it won landslide victory in Myanmar polls

Shawdesh DEsk: Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) said Monday it was confident of winning a landslide victory in Myanmar as official results trickled in following the weekend’s