The United States has hoarded tens of millions of COVID vaccine doses that it may never use, amid growing calls by international health experts for a coordinated global vaccine effort to tackle the pandemic.
Monday, 26 April 2021_More than 5 million Americans have missed getting their second coronavirus vaccine dose, indicating a growing trend that could endanger the US’s efforts to return to normalcy.
Monday, 26 April 2021_The US legacy of racism goes back to Europe, as it is “deeply rooted in the Atlantic slave trade, which began in the 15th century by Spain and Portugal,” according to an African American journalist in Detroit.
Sunday, 25 April 2021_An unarmed Black man was shot by a Virginia sheriff's deputy who mistook his cordless house phone for a gun, according to authorities who late on Friday released the body camera footage of the incident.
Sunday, 25 April 2021_China has called on the European Union to refrain from sowing discord in the South China Sea following recent tensions in the Whitsun Reef that is disputed between China and the Philippines.
Saturday, 24 April 2021_Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on countermeasures against countries that take “unfriendly” actions towards Russia as a diplomatic row escalates between Moscow and some European states.
Saturday, 24 April 2021_A senior US National Security Council (NSC) official says Washington will not take pressure off until Iran’s nuclear program is capped and its remedial measures are reversed.
Friday, 23 April 2021_Sabotage and terrorism at the nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz Iran in an attack widely attributed to Israel, backed by the United States, comes just as talks are underway in Vienna to revive the Iran nuclear deal.
Thursday, 22 April 2021_In 2020, a surge in gun sales to an all-time was widely attributed to nationwide anxiety due to the pandemic as well as social unrest following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
Wednesday, 21 April 2021_A US jury has found former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin guilty of third-degree murder in the May 2020 death of George Floyd.
Wednesday, 21 April 2021_The past week has marked a watershed moment in Russia’s relations with the West — and the US in particular. In two dramatic, televised moments, US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have changed the dynamics between their countries perhaps irrevocably.
Friday, 16 April 2021_US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made an unannounced visit to the Afghan capital Kabul. The visit comes hours after the US formally announced it would completely withdraw its troops from the country this year and end America’s longest war.
Wednesday, 14 April 2021_Iran increased its crude oil output in March by 6.3%, according to latest data by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), as the country moves to offset cuts to production suffered in recent years because of US sanctions.
Wednesday, 14 April 2021_A US official says the country will remove all troops from Afghanistan before this year's 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, ending America's longest war around five months later than planned.
Monday, 12 April 2021_Two Virginia police officers have been sued for allegedly drawing their guns on a uniformed Army officer during a traffic stop and spraying him with a substance.
Iran’s permanent representative to Vienna-based international organizations has said the United States’ sanctions on Iran must be removed in practice, rather than on paper, for Iran to fully comply with its nuclear obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal.
Friday, 09 April 2021_Washington is mulling over deploying warships to the Black Sea in coming weeks amid tensions with Moscow, according to a media report, despite repeated warnings against the same by latter.
Friday, 09 April 2021_Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says any US claim to having removed Iran’s sanctions must be verified by Tehran and this means that the Islamic Republic should be able to sell its oil under normal conditions and receive its money.
Thursday, 08 April 2021_Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the United States blocked Iran’s access to ten million doses of a coronavirus vaccine by pressuring the companies involved in the transferring of the vaccines to Iran.