President Donald Trump admits he tried to minimize the seriousness of the threat from COVID-19 at the outset of the pandemic in audio recordings released Wednesday from interviews with veteran US journalist Bob Woodward. “I wanted to always play it down,” Trump said in an interview with Woodward on March 19, according to a CNN مزید پڑھیں

Add 100 international goals to the extraordinary list of milestones achieved by football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. The 35-year-old Ronaldo become just the second male player to reach a century of goals for a national team when he curled a free kick into the top corner from 25 metres for the first of his two strikes مزید پڑھیں

The United States has revoked visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a May 29 presidential proclamation to suspend entry from China of students and researchers deemed security risks, a State Department spokeswoman. The acting head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, said earlier that Washington was blocking visas “for certain مزید پڑھیں

The United States military on Wednesday announced that it would be reducing its presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 troops this month, formalising a move that had been long expected. Last month, Reuters reported that the United States was expected to reduce its troops presence in Iraq by about a third. The United States مزید پڑھیں

A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted First Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning, but he escaped unharmed, his spokesman said. The blast killed at least four people and wounded 16, a health ministry spokesman said, including some of Saleh’s bodyguards. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which comes just مزید پڑھیں

President Donald Trump will announce a further drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq on Wednesday, a senior administration official told reporters on Tuesday. That announcement will be followed by another one in the coming days on a further reduction in U.S. forces in Afghanistan, the official said. The decision comes as Trump, a Republican, faces مزید پڑھیں

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said that the country has passed “an extraordinary and historic test” with its handling of the coronavirus. He said this at a triumphant awards ceremony for medical professionals decorated with bugle calls and applause. The nation’s propaganda machine has churned out praise for China’s COVID-19 response, reframing the public مزید پڑھیں

A powerful typhoon lashed South Korea on Monday after smashing into southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that left up to eight people dead or missing. More than 300,000 households were still without power on Monday afternoon after Typhoon Haishen roared past Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, ripping off roofs and dumping half مزید پڑھیں

Malaysia announced on Monday that it was restricting the entry of people from 23 countries, including Pakistan to stem the spread of coronavirus. Malaysia’s immigration department announced on social media that it was restricting the entry of “Long Term Visit Pass Holders” from the 23 countries as they had reported over 150,000 COVID-19 cases. Apart مزید پڑھیں

President Trump on Monday ripped into Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris after the senator said she doesn’t trust Trump when it comes to a coronavirus vaccine. The president stressed that the vaccine will be “very safe and very effective,” and could be delivered as early as October before the election, he said. “You could مزید پڑھیں