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France to reveal how virus lockdown will be eased

France will on Tuesday reveal how it plans on May 11 to lift its six-week-old lockdown to combat the coronavirus, with cafes set to stay shut but schools controversially being allowed to reopen.

Trump says he knows how N.K. leader is doing but can't talk about it yet

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he knows how North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is doing and wishes him well amid speculation he may be gravely ill, but refused to offer details.

Military spending saw biggest increase in a decade in 2019: study

Global military expenditure saw its biggest uptick in a decade in 2019, researchers said on Monday, marking the first year two Asian countries were among the top three spenders.

Conte unveils plan for Italian life after lockdown

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte promised Italians on Sunday they would soon be allowed to stroll in parks and visit relatives as the country emerges from the world's longest coronavirus lockdown.

Egypt seeks aid from IMF amid virus-inflicted downturn

Egypt is seeking an aid package from the International Monetary Fund to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said on Sunday.

Israel's Labour party agrees to join Netanyahu-led coalition

Israel's left-wing Labour party, traditionally a staunch opponent of right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, voted on Sunday to join a coalition government he is set to lead.

PM Johnson back to work as UK virus problems mount

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work on Monday more than three weeks after being hospitalised for the coronavirus and spending three days in intensive care.

Virus toll nears 200,000 as UN pushes for global vaccine effort

The global coronavirus death toll approached 200,000 on Saturday as the United Nations launched an international push for a vaccine to defeat the pandemic.

Saudi announces Ramadan starts Friday amid virus fears

"I am pained that the holy month arrives amid circumstances that make us unable to perform group prayers and Taraweeh -- special Ramadan night prayers -- at mosques due to precautionary measures to protect the peoples' lives and health in combating the coronavirus pandemic," the king said in a statement cited by SPA.

Hungary accused of holding migrants in 'unlawful detention'

Hungary was accused on Thursday of holding asylum seekers in a camp on the border with Serbia in "unlawful detention" by the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

12 killed in central Mali attack

At least twelve people have been killed in an attack on several villages in central Mali, a local official said on Thursday, in the latest violence to hit the war-torn country.

US attacks China climate record on Earth Day

President Donald Trump's administration has pulled out of the Paris climate accord and slashed environmental regulations, but on Earth Day on Wednesday it pointed the finger at China.

Divided EU leaders meet on virus recovery plan

EU leaders are set to haggle on Thursday over a giant package to help their economies recover from the coronavirus pandemic, but bitter divisions mean little progress is expected.

Cameroon admits army role in February killing of 13 civilians

Cameroon's presidency admitted on Tuesday that three soldiers acting with militants killed 13 civilians including 10 children in an anglophone region in the west of the country in February.

Fifty-two villagers killed by jihadists in northern Mozambique

A shadowy Islamist group that has terrorised northern Mozambique killed 52 villagers on April 7 after locals refused to be recruited to their ranks, according to police cited by local media on Tuesday.

G20 vows 'sufficient' global food supplies amid virus

G20 agriculture ministers on Tuesday pledged to ensure "sufficient" global food supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic as the UN warned the number of people facing acute hunger globally could nearly double.

UN member states demand 'equitable' access to future COVID-19 vaccines

The 193 members of the UN General Assembly on Monday adopted by consensus a resolution that calls for "equitable, efficient and timely" access to any future vaccines developed to fight coronavirus.

Syrian air defences down Israeli missiles: state media

Syrian air defences downed Israeli missiles over the ancient city of Palmyra in Homs province on Monday, state media reported.

WHO insists it hid nothing, sounded virus alarm from start

The World Health Organisation insisted on Monday that it sounded the alarm on the novel coronavirus right from the very start and had hidden nothing from Washington about the deadly pandemic.

Bandits kill 47 people in north of Nigeria: police

Bandits riding more than 100 motorbikes killed 47 people in coordinated attacks against several farming villages in Katsina State, northern Nigeria, the president's office and local police said on Sunday