Month: April 2020
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Middle East
Jewish world observes ‘strange’ and socially distant Passover seder
Issued on: 09/04/2020 – 03:29Modified: 09/04/2020 – 03:29 Jews marked the start of a "strange" Pas..
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World
COVID-19 threatening global peace and security, UN chief warns
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres remarks to the Security Council on the COVID-19 ..
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Newly confirmed Ebola case in the DRC creates a triple emergency for local communities – IRC
Beni, DRC, April 10, 2020 — Kate Moger, International Rescue Committees Regional Vice President of t..
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Middle East
Khamenei tells Iranians to avoid gathering during Ramadan amid coronavirus outbreak
Issued on: 09/04/2020 – 13:39Modified: 09/04/2020 – 13:39 Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on..
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Middle East
US citizens in Lebanon decline repatriation offer, saying it’s ‘safer’ in Beirut
But the 28-year-old humanitarian consultant from Montana decided to stay. After Lebanon closed its b..
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Guinea: Violence During Referendum
(Nairobi) – Guineas security forces violently cracked down on opposition supporters in the lead up t..
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Sudan: A Year On, Justice Needed for Crackdowns
(Nairobi) – Sudans transitional government should accelerate efforts to investigate and prosecute cr..
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World
HRW details devastating impact of COVID-19 on children
COVID-19s Devastating Impact on Children Governments Should Mitigate Harm, Protect Most Vulnerable ..
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Europe
The nurses risking it all on the frontline of Britain’s coronavirus outbreak
White is a critical care nurse at a major teaching hospital in London and — like nurses in almost ev..
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Middle East
Syrian Civil War Fast Facts
Bashar al-Assad has ruled Syria as president since July 2000. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syri..
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