US Virus Death Toll Hits 11 ; Feds Investigate Nursing Home
Federal authorities announced an investigation of the Seattle-area nursing home at the center of an outbreak of the new coronavirus as the US death toll climbed to 11, including the first fatality outside Washington State.
Afghan Political Rivals Divided over Release of 5000 Taliban Prisoners
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's main political rival supports a Taliban demand for the release of thousands of their prisoners before they will take part in peace talks with the government, his spokesman said Thursday.
Coronavirus takes 11 lives in US
Federal authorities announced an investigation of the Seattle-area nursing home at the center of an outbreak of the new coronavirus as the US death toll climbed to 11.
Zarif holds phone talk with Austrian, Pakistani FM on anti-corona coop.
In separated phone conversations, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed anti-corona collaboration with his Austrian and Pakistani counterparts.
Trump Says Establishment Dems Came Together to Crush Bernie Sanders
US President Trump blasted the Democratic Party Wednesday, saying its moderate wing united to destroy Sen. Bernie Sanders in Super Tuesday’s primary races.
Iran Countering A Dangerous Precedent in IAEA
Iran’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna said the Islamic Republic is preventing a new dangerous precedent in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) whose purpose is to lend authenticity to fake reports from espionage services.
West Continues to Target Iran As It Refuses to Be A ‘Puppet’ Nation
An American researcher said the West has long been seeking to target Iran through its disinformation campaigns because the Islamic Republic has remained a “politically-independent” nation in the face of western globalist vision and that it refuses to be a “hand-picked puppet”.
Atlanta Lab for Coronavirus Test Kits Feared to Be Contaminated
A top US federal scientist sounded the alarm about what he feared was contamination in an Atlanta lab where the government made test kits for the coronavirus, according to sources familiar with the situation in Atlanta.
Putin Ready to Talk with Trump over New START’s Future
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would be prepared to hold discussions with US President Donald Trump on the future of the Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START).
Peace Should Be Reached via Inter-Afghan Consensus
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi cast doubt over the sincerity of the US in a recent agreement with Afghanistan’s Taliban and said peace and stability in the West Asian country should be reached through “an inter-Afghan consensus”.