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Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Middle East

Editor's note: Guy Burton is an adjunct professor at Vesalius College, Brussels. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.What is the impact of the coronav

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (March 16)

Beijing, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.Local residents wait in lines outside a Costco supermarket in Los Angeles, the United

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WHO lauds Iran's anti-coronavirus fight as death toll surges past 600

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday hailed Iranian government's efforts to combat the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, which has claimed the lives of 611 people in the Islamic republic. D

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Rising calls for global response to COVID-19 as pandemic

02:32 The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic due to its severity. It has taken less than three months to spread worldwide, with more than

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Rising calls for global response to COVID-19 as pandemic

02:32 The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic due to its severity. It has taken less than three months to spread worldwide, with more than

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'Cradle of democracy' is an illusion as U.S. ignores human rights

Editor's note: Seymur Mammadov is the director of the international expert club EurAsiaAz and editor-in-chief of Azerbaijan's news agency Vzglyad.az. The article reflects the author's opinions, an

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Yemen's Houthis suspend int'l flights over COVID-19 concerns

Yemen's Houthi militia authorities on Saturday announced the suspension of international flights for two weeks over concerns about COVID-19. The Houthi-controlled supr

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Chinese envoy calls for ceasefire in Yemen

A Chinese envoy on Thursday called on Yemeni parties to agree on a ceasefire as soon as possible. Recently there has been military escalation in many parts of Yemen, u

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Half of U.S. arms exports in past five years went to Mideast: SIPRI

Significant increase is witnessed in arms exports from the United States in the past five years, and half of U.S. arms exports went to the Middle East, the Stockholm I

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2nd Iranian lawmaker dies of COVID-19, while some Mideast countries take new precautionary measures

An Iranian lawmaker died of COVID-19 infection on Saturday as the epidemic claimed 21 more lives in the country. Several countries in the Middle East took new measures to contain or prevent the vir

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UNSC to debate peacekeeping capacity building during China presidency

The UN Security Council will hold a debate on peacekeeping operations on March 24 with the participation of troop and police contributing countries during China's pres

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Houthis make new military progress in NE Yemen

Fighters of the Houthi rebel group on Sunday made a new on-ground military progress and captured a strategic city in the northeastern province of al-Jawf. Following weeks of intense armed confrontat

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East Africa faces new locust threat

Locusts are seen as they copulate in the region of Kyuso, Kenya, February 18, 2020. The swarms, first sighted in December, have already destroyed tens of thousands of acres of farmland in Kenya,

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Egypt plans to launch bid for gold exploration in Eastern Desert

Egypt, Eastern Desert near Hurghada./Getty ImagesEgypt plans to launch a round of bid for gold exploration in the Eastern Desert in the first half of March, state-run A

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Trump administration extends travel ban to include six more countries

Supporters of Shaima Swileh hold up signs as they await her arrival at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. Swileh is the Yemeni mother who won her figh

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American's binary approach to Middle East 'is a damning indictment'

Editor's note: Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, and currently serves as assistant researcher at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI)

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (Feb. 21)

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua. Residents of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) step off a char