A year on, markets bustling in Chinese city where COVID-19 emerged
Few hints remain of Wuhan’s early role in the coronavirus pandemic, which has since infected more than 67 million people globally, killing around 1.5 million people.
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US sanctions Chinese, Russian firms over aiding Iran’s missile program
The Trump administration has shown its determination in sanctioning any foreign country that deals with Iran
Suspected Iranian nuclear mastermind Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran
The military adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to strike against the killers of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who died of injuries in hospital after armed assassins fired on his car, state media reported.
PM Modi speaks to US President-elect Joe Biden
Biden is known to be a strong proponent of closer India-US ties since his days as a senator in the 1970s and played a key role in getting the approval of the Senate for the bilateral civil nuclear deal in 2008.
Pak-Saudi face-off over Kashmir: The view from Dhaka
Further, the governments of Saudi Arabia and Iran refused to allow Pakistan diplomatic missions to hold public events to observe the October 27 anniversary of Jammu & Kashmir’s accession to India as a Black Day.
Turkey jointly with Russia to monitor ceasefire in Karabakh
Situation in Karabakh indicates necessity of cooperation between Turkey, Russia, the Turkish leader said
Conflict in Karabakh ends as Armenia Signs ‘Painful’ Deal With Azerbaijan and Russia
Armenian PM says decision was based on combat realities, after six weeks of bloody fighting and Azerbaijani advance
Joe Biden to be next president of the United States
Joe Biden’s projected victory came after four days of nail-biting suspense over the outcome of Tuesday’s election, with the counting of votes in a handful of battleground states still going on thanks to a flood of mail-in ballots.
US Election 2020 Results: Joe Biden wins more votes than any other presidential candidate in American history, says report
As of November 4, Biden had got over 70.7 million votes, more than anyone who has ever run for president, the National Public Radio (NPR) reported.
France fighting extremism, not Islam: Macron
The French president sparked protests across the Muslim world after last month’s murder of teacher Samuel Paty — who had shown his class a cartoon of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.