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Reports of homeless people relying on subway cars for shelter in New York City amid the coronavirus have stirred up anger there. Addressing the issue during a daily press briefing on Tuesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo held up a copy of the New York Daily News, which read “Next …

Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic, with almost everyone rejecting Trump’s remark that COVID-19 may be treated by injecting infected people with bleach or other disinfectants, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday. The April 27-28 public opinion poll …

Official statistics show that the US death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic has soared more than 58,300 and surpassed the American fatalities in the 1954-1975 Vietnam War. The total number of people who are confirmed to have contracted the virus reached more than one million on Tuesday, while the …

Iran’s Armed Forces has warned that the United States is sure to be dealt with a more severe blow than before if it takes the slightest action against the Islamic Republic’s interests, including its territorial waters. “The Americans have certainly experienced this [in the past] that they will receive a …

US Navy ship with over 60 sailors infected with coronavirus has sailed into San Diego, California, to decontaminate, making it the second American warship temporarily put out of service by the pandemic. The number of coronavirus cases aboard the USS Kidd rose to 64, with 63 percent of the ship’s …

WASHINGTON: Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endorsed Joe Biden’s White House bid on Tuesday, saying he is the type of “leader” the United States needs during the current coronavirus crisis. “I want to add my voice to the many who have endorsed you to be our president,” Clinton said …

Diplomatic sources at the United Nations say Washington has a tough challenge ahead at the Security Council (UNSC) if it pushes for an extension of the world body’s arms embargo against Iran through recourse to a process set out in a multilateral nuclear deal that the US controversially abandoned in …

The United States on Monday said that it was ready to recognise Israel’s annexation of much of the West Bank but asked the new unity government also to negotiate with the Palestinians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has reached a power-sharing deal to remain in office after three inconclusive elections, …

United States President Donald Trump was repeatedly warned about the dangers of the novel coronavirus in intelligence briefings in January and February, The Washington Post reported late Monday. The warnings — more than a dozen included in classified briefings known as the President’s Daily Brief — came during a time …

TEHRAN: The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces says Baghdad and Washington will start talks in June to schedule the full withdrawal of US forces from the country. The Baghdad government is serious about implementation of the parliament’s resolution concerning the withdrawal of US forces from the …