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New Iraqi PM pledges to release all anti-govt protesters

10-05-2020 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s new government has promised to release demonstrators arrested during mass protests that erupted in October last year and pledged justice and compensation to relatives of more than 550 people killed during that unrest. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Khadimi made the announcement on Saturday following his first cabinet meeting. …

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Trump & Salman reaffirm strong ‘defence partnership’

09-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman have spoken on the phone and reaffirmed their countries’ “strong” defence partnership, the White House has said. The conversation on Friday between the two leaders came amid tensions over the kingdom’s oil output …

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Iraq gets new PM after five months of deadlock

08-05-2020 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament has approved a new government, ending months of deadlock as the country battles an economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. Former intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the third man to be nominated to replace Adel Abdul Mahdi since November, was sworn in as prime minister after Wednesday …

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Pakistani mosques become coronavirus battleground

06-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ QUETTA/ PESHAWAR/ KARACHI: As night falls, worshippers file into the Abdullah bin Masood mosque, in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, hurrying up the steps to attend newly recommenced congregational prayers. Inside, more than 200 people are gathered, separated by a …

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Malaria ‘completely stopped’ by microbe

04-05-2020 NAIROBI/ LONDON/ Scientists have discovered a microbe that completely protects mosquitoes from being infected with malaria. The team in Kenya and the UK say the finding has “enormous potential” to control the disease. Malaria is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes, so protecting them could in turn protect …

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