Headlines- After gunfire outside the White House correspondents' dinner in Washington, DC, US President Donald Trump was evacuated.
- After attending high-level discussions and presenting Pakistani officials with Tehran's list of demands for ending the war, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Islamabad, Pakistan.
- US President Donald Trump has called off envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff's planned visit to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran.
- An intercepted ship affiliated to the Iranian "shadow fleet" is being escorted back to Iran by a Navy helicopter, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM).
- About ten minutes after he announced on Saturday morning that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would not be traveling to Pakistan for diplomatic talks, US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran sent over a new peace offer that was "much better" than what they would have worked with going into the meeting.
- On Saturday, Tuareg rebels and an Al-Qaeda affiliate took credit for synchronized operations throughout Mali.
- In the first elections since the start of the Gaza war, Palestinians in the West Bank and central Gaza cast votes for local councils on Saturday.
Tag: coronavirus (nCoV)
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Quiet Capital
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Coronavirus: RSF calls for vigilance in...
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WHO: No Evidence Survivors of COVID-19...
Senior World Health Organization officials say there is no evidence that people who have survived a bout of coronavirus become immune from the deadly disease and cannot pass the infection on to others
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Pandemic Reality – Celebrating А Wedding...
The lockdown and quarantine brought by the rapid spread of the coronavirus has changed the lives of millions of people worldwide. Flights and hotels were canceled, together with exhibits, performances and moves.But a California couple decided that the pandemic can’t make them postpone their wedding
Living In A Hollywood Disaster Movie...
From alien invasions and climate catastrophes to pandemics, Hollywood has made countless disaster movies over the years. During this real life pandemic, VOA Los Angeles correspondent Elizabeth Lee talks about how fictional Hollywood films and reality these days are starting to blur
The Internet: A Window into Sanity...
For people around the world who are living under a stay-at-home mandate during the pandemic, the internet has created a sense of normalcy during extraordinary times
WHO Reports Surge in Coronavirus Cases,...
Compared with other regions in the world, the numbers of cases and deaths in Africa are still very low. But WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there were worrying signs that this was changing and that COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, was taking root