While the world is battling the coronavirus crisis, Afghanistan continues to grapple from endless warfare. The scale of violence has escalated in the country even during the pandemic.

Why the Afghan peace process is dead even before getting underway

Mike Pompeo, on Thursday, accused China of stealing America's research on COVID-19. "The US condemns attempts by cyber actors and non-traditional collectors affiliated with People's Republic of China (PRC) to steal US intellectual property and data related to COVID-19 research.

Mike Pompeo accuses China of stealing American research on COVID-19

China confirmed on Friday that it had commanded unauthorised laboratories to destroy samples of the coronavirus in the early stage of the outbreak. Liu Dengfeng, an official with the National Health Commission’s science and education department, said this was done at unauthorised labs to ''prevent the risk to laboratory biological safety and prevent secondary disasters caused by unidentified pathogens''.

China confirms ordering 'unauthorised labs' to destroy early COVID-19 samples

US Vice-president Mike Pence’s press secretary has become the second White House staffer to test positive for coronavirus this week. Earlier, US President Donald Trump's valet had tested positive for the deadly virus after which Trump had announced that he will get tested ''everyday''.

After Trump's valet, Pence's press secretary tests positive for COVID-19

The Chinese regime has found a new villain. Chinese state media is trolling Mike Pompeo for calling the Coronavirus 'lab-manufactured'. WION's Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: China goes after Mike Pompeo

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday renewed his aggressive criticism of China, blaming it for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people from the coronavirus and demanding again that it share information about the outbreak.

Mike Pompeo: China could have prevented thousands of deaths

Venezuelan state television broadcast on Wednesday (May 6) a video of captured American Luke Denman, in which he said he was instructed to seize control of Caracas' airport and bring in a plane to fly President Nicolas Maduro to the United States.

Venezuela state TV airs confession video of alleged American mercenary

The United States is pressuring its allies and trying to coerce other countries to help it plant accusations against China on issues concerning COVID-19 responsibility, said a spokeswoman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.

China lambasts US for coercing countries to plant COVID-19 accusations against it

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has once again hit out at China as the war of words between the two sides rages on over the COVID-19 Pandemic. Watch report.

Mike Pompeo hits out at China: COVID-19 originated in Wuhan lab

Backing US President Donald Trump's assertion, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the Coronavirus was made in a lab. WION's Palki Sharma tells you more about how the fight between the US and China is escalating.

Gravitas: Pompeo says Coronavirus was made in a lab

The Chinese state media lambasted US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for backing President Donald Trump's assertion that coronavirus originated in China. Earlier, during a television interview on May 3, Pompeo had said that there is “significant amount” of evidence that the virus originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.

China lashes out at Pompeo, calls his coronavirus origin theory 'insane'

US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo backed President Donald Trump's assertion that coronavirus had originated in a research lab in Wuhan. China state broadcaster CCTV hit back fiercely. Watch report.

Chinese state media CCTV: 'Wuhan lab theory hype completely fake'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said "enormous evidence" showed the new coronavirus originated in a lab in China, further fueling tensions with Beijing over its handling of the outbreak.

Pompeo claims evidence shows virus came from China's lab

British government reports 315 more coronavirus deaths The figure is just below Europe's worst-hit country, Italy. A total of 186,599 people have tested positive, up 4,339 on Saturday's figures.

Top 10 world news: Pompeo says 'enormous evidence' virus came from Wuhan lab, and more

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that there was "enormous evidence" that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China. "There is enormous evidence that this is where it began," he said on ABC's "This Week.

US Secretary of State Pompeo says 'enormous evidence' virus came from Wuhan lab

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has praised India for lifting the export bans on critical medical supplies including pharmaceuticals used to treat COVID-19. Watch report.

Mike Pompeo praises India's efforts for lifting export restrictions

US slamming Bejing said the country is using COVID-19 distraction to further its hold in the South China Sea. US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said, "Even as we fight the outbreak, we must remember that the long-term threats to our shared security have not disappeared. In fact, they’ve become more prominent."

US slams China's aggression in South China sea

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the COVID-19 pandemic shows the need to overhaul the World Health Organization, warning that Washington may never restore WHO funding and could even work to set up an alternative to the U.N. body instead.

Mike Pompeo: US may never restore funding to WHO

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the United States of America will still be keeping eye on North Korea and will endeavour denuclearisation of the country no matter who heads the nation after Kim Jong-un.

'Challenge remains the same!', says Mike Pompeo in case of leadership change in North Korea

Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the United States Secretary Mike Pompeo hit out at China over coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday. During media briefings, Pompeo refused to rule out that deadly coronavirus leaked out of a laboratory in China's Wuhan city and pressed to allow inspectors into the sensitive laboratories surrounding the city.

Coronavirus: Mike Pompeo hits out at China over not allowing lab inspections

Afghanistan's government late on Thursday announced a 21-member team to negotiate with the Taliban in a tentative sign of progress for the United States-brokered peace deal.

Afghan government selects negotiators for talks with Taliban

In an interesting development on Friday, US President Donald Trump refrained from writing coronavirus pandemic as "Chinese virus" amid the tense row with China over the same.

After Pompeo, Trump refrains from calling coronavirus, 'Chinese virus'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the Group of Seven powers were united in opposing China's coronavirus "disinformation," but European allies emphasized cooperation to fight the global pandemic.

Pompeo attacks Chinese virus campaign at G7 as Europeans seek cooperation

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Group of Seven foreign ministers agreed with him in talks Wednesday that China was waging a "disinformation" campaign about the coronavirus pandemic.

G7 agrees China spreading coronavirus 'disinformation', says US State Secretary Mike Pompeo

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