As the United States sees the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak, school closures are holding back the US economy and more support is needed to sustain a recovery, a top Federal Reserve official said on Wednesday. The country schools and universities have not reopened or only done so partially, which, Fed Vice Chair Randal Quarles told مزید پڑھیں

Saudi Arabia has announced a phase-wise restoration of Umrah services in the country keeping in view the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Arab media reports quoted Saudi Hajj and Umrah Minister Muhammad Saleh Benten during Umrah Forum as saying that Umrah pilgrims would be allowed in the country in a phase-wise manner keeping in view the existing مزید پڑھیں

China on Monday increased its rhetoric over Taiwan, describing any support for its independence as “doomed to fail”, and threatened retaliation against US diplomatic visits to the island. Taiwan has been ruled separately from China since the end of a civil war in 1949, but Beijing considers the island part of its territory awaiting reunification. مزید پڑھیں

At least 14 Afghan soldiers and police were killed during intense fighting with the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday, as unabated violence gripped the country despite ongoing peace talks. Taliban fighters launched an overnight assault late on Sunday on several Afghan security force positions in the southern province of Uruzgan, inflicting a مزید پڑھیں

US President Donald Trump on Monday — throwing into doubt a deal to restructure ownership of the popular video app TikTok — vowed to block any deal that allows its Chinese parent firm to retain any control. The comments raised fresh concerns over a weekend deal that appeared to avert a US-ordered ban of TikTok, مزید پڑھیں

The United Kingdom is on track for about 50,000 COVID-19 infections a day by mid-October and a surging death toll unless the public gets serious about preventive action, top British advisors warned on Monday. Rates of infection in England are replicating the strong resurgence of COVID-19 seen in France and Spain, roughly doubling every seven مزید پڑھیں

China’s air force has released a video showing nuclear-capable H-6 bombers carrying out a simulated attack on what appears to be Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam, as regional tensions continue to rise. The video, released on Saturday on People’s Liberation Army Air Force Weibo account, came as China carried مزید پڑھیں

Britain is at a tipping point on COVID-19, health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday, warning that a second national lockdown could be imposed if people don’t follow government rules designed to stop the spread of the virus. COVID-19 cases have risen sharply in recent weeks to more than 4,000 per day. Prime Minister Boris مزید پڑھیں

President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he will nominate a woman to sit on the US Supreme Court, and will put forward the nomination next week after controversy erupted over the replacement of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died earlier this week. “I will be putting forth a nominee next week. It will be مزید پڑھیں

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday said that the world community should oppose the United States’ use of sanctions to impose its will as a “bully,” or expect to face sanctions itself. Separately the chief of the elite Revolutionary Guards rejected as a “bluff” any possibility of a military conflict with the United مزید پڑھیں