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- After Trump helps crush ISIS, end Korea nuke tests and avoid new wars, Republican haters warn he ‘imperiled America’s security’
The mainstream media is giddy that a group of 70 neoconservative Republicans have joined together to blast President Donald Trump – as if reporters failed to notice the Never Trump creatures when they emerged in 2016. - Fears of MILLIONS becoming infected soon in war-torn Yemen as first Covid-19 case recordedThe first confirmed Covid-19 case has been recorded in war-torn Yemen as the devastated nation braces for the pandemic to hit. A local health official has warned that up to 90 percent of the population could become infected.
- Iran’s coronavirus death toll reaches 2,234 with 157 new fatalitiesCovid-19 has now killed 2,234 people in Iran, with 29,406 infected, the health authorities said, as the country remains the worst-hit by the disease in the Middle East.
- ‘All new trips between cities are banned’: Iran shuts down internal travel to fight Covid-19An intercity travel ban has now entered into force in Iran as the Middle East’s worst-hit country fears another wave of coronavirus cases, with violators facing legal repercussions.
- One Iranian dies of coronavirus every 10 minutes, 50 get infected every hour – health ministryIranian authorities have provided shocking statistics showing the massive scale of the local Covid-19 outbreak. The country remains the worst-affected in the Middle East, with 1,284 coronavirus deaths already.
- Top Saudi royals ‘arrested for plotting with Americans against King,’ Western media say. What’s happening in oil-rich kingdom?Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has had his relatives arrested for plotting a coup against him and King Salman with the help of “foreign powers, including the Americans,” Western media claim. RT asked Middle East analysts to weigh in.
- War averted as Russia & Turkey reach deal on Idlib… but is peace on horizon?After a new agreement with Russia dispelled the specter of a major conflict arising from the recent escalation of tensions in Syria's Idlib, RT finds out whether it will be a lasting solution for Ankara and Damascus.
- ‘War of nerves’: Turkey goes ‘all-in’ to stop Syrian advance in Idlib but will it end in all-out war?Tensions in Syria’s Idlib province show no signs of abating, with the Syrian Army pressing the offensive against militants while Turkey still seems to be hell-bent on stopping it. Will the situation boil over into open war?
- Saudi Arabia restricts pilgrimage to most sacred Muslim sites of Mecca & Medina over coronavirusSaudi Arabia has imposed a temporary ban on religious pilgrimage, known as Umrah, to historic Islamic shrines in Mecca and Medina over the coronavirus outbreak that has recently spread to the Middle East.
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