25 Passengers On Flight From Kano To Beirut Test Positive For COVID-19
At least 25 passengers on a flight from Kano to Beirut on Wednesday have tested positive for COVID-19, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has confirmed. The government of Lebanon had asked Middle East Airlines to evacuate its citizens from foreign countries last month. On May 5, an aircraft with flight number ME570 took off from Kano to Beirut, according to a flight...
Pakistan: Schools Shutdown Over Fear Of Attack By Taliban Fighters
Local schools in some suburbs in Pakistan on Tuesday closed from academic activities over fear of attacks as jailed Taliban fighters took hostage of a police station, an invasion which has lingered for three days. More than 30 members of the Tehreek–e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group separate from the Afghan Taliban but with a similar hardline Islamist ideology overpowered their jailers...
Coronavirus: Italy moves to ban kisses, handshakes
Italy has set Wednesday to urge people to stop greeting each other by kissing or shaking hands to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. Other measures to be approved by the government Wednesday, briefed in advance to the media, including what promises to be an unpopular plan to play all football matches without fans. Italy has borne the brunt in...
Champions League Draw To Be ‘Entirely Redone’ After Error — UEFA
The draw for the last 16 of the Champions League is to be “entirely redone” after an embarrassing technical error, European football’s governing body UEFA said on Monday. UEFA blamed a “material error” due to a “technical problem with the software of an external service provider” as it announced that the draw for the first knockout round of its flagship...
Ukrainian President Zelensky Visits Bucha
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited Bucha, agency video shows, after images of civilian bodies found strewn across a street sparked international outrage. He addressed the cameras around him briefly, saying that it was "very difficult" for Ukraine to negotiate with Russia following the atrocities carried out by Russian forces in Bucha. Zelensky said the atrocities carried out in the town typify "the nature...
Iran Blames Israel For Renewed Fight With Hamas
Iran on Friday blamed Israel and the United States for a resumption of fighting in the Gaza Strip. “After killing more than 15,000 Palestinians, the Zionist vampires have started a new round of killing under the continued support of the American government,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Deadly fighting restarted in Gaza...
India’s President Elect Draupadi Murmu Takes Oath Of Office As She Becomes India’s 15th President
The presidential election was held on July 18, and Draupadi Murmu received more than 64% of the votes Draupadi Murmu took the oath of office on Monday and officially became India's 15th president. The ceremony, which was broadcast live on Indian TV c...
Americans Arrested In South Korea Amid Attempt To Send Rice, Bibles To North Korea
Six American citizens were detained by South Korean authorities on Friday for allegedly trying to ship Bibles, rice, and U.S. dollar bills into North Korea via plastic bottles. The group was apprehended around 1:03 a.m. on Ganghwa Island, located northwest of Seoul, near the maritime border with North Korea. According to local police, the six individuals—aged between their 20s and...
Vietnamese Woman Sentenced To Death Over $44bn Bank Fraud
A Vietnamese billionaire, Truong My Lan, has been sentenced to death for looting one of the country’s largest banks over a period of 11 years. It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen. Truong My Lan was sentenced at the stately yellow portico of the colonial-era courthouse...
Kenya Supreme Court Begins Verdict On Election Petitions
Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday began delivering its judgment on petitions challenging the outcome of the August presidential election, with weeks of political uncertainty looming if the poll is annulled. Deputy President William Ruto was declared winner of the tightly-fought race, scraping to victory by a margin of less than two percentage points against Raila Odinga, a veteran opposition politician now...
