The US government on Wednesday charged a Defense Department linguist with transmitting classified intelligence to a Lebanese national linked to Hezbollah, saying she revealed the names of key American assets and put their lives at risk. Mariam Taha Thompson, 61, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, was arrested by FBI agents at an overseas military base in … Read more
A struggling UK airline, Flybe has collapsed due to the growing Coronavirus numbers that has stopped a lot of people from traveling. The airline announced that it had grounded all its flights and that its operations in the UK had ceased. Read Also: Oshiomole: We Are Appealing The Ruling According to the release circulated by … Read more
Italy will close all schools and universities from today Thursday, as it also rolled out other emergency measures to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Europe’s worst-hit country as the death toll and number of cases jumped. The total number of dead in Italy rose to 107 after 28 people died of … Read more
India on Tuesday suspended with immediate effect all regular visas or e-visas granted to the nationals of Italy, Iran, South Korea, Japan issued on or before March 3 to curb COVID-19, said a revised travel advisory. These visas also included visas-on-arrival for Japan and South Korea, according to the travel advisory. “Those requiring to travel … Read more
New Zealand police said on Tuesday they were investigating a threat made this week against one of the Christchurch mosques where 51 Muslim worshippers were killed in a mass shooting a year ago. Amid plans to mark the one-year anniversary of the March 15 mass killing, police said the threat to Christchurch’s Al Noor mosque … Read more
With one lopsided result in one Southern US state and a pair of prominent withdrawals, a lot has changed in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Saturday’s results in the South Carolina primary, in which Joe Biden trounced frontrunner Bernie Sanders by more than 28 percentage points, had already thrown a ratchet into the … Read more
The number of coronavirus cases in Italy climbed to 1,835, with 52 deaths reported so far, according to an update from the country’s Civil Protection Authority on Monday. More on this: Italy has the most coronavirus cases of any country outside of Asia. In Lombardy, the northern Italian region at the center of the country’s outbreak, 1 in 10 … Read more
Portugal confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus on Monday. The first case is a 60-year-old man who had travelled back from northern Italy, which is the European hotspot for the virus. A second person hospitalised in Portugal with coronavirus symptoms, a 33-year-old man who had returned from eastern Spain, where several COVID-19 cases … Read more
Italy’s regional minister Alessandro Mattinzoli has tested positive to coronavirus. The 60-year-old man who serves as Commissioner for Economic Development in Lombardy, the Italian region most affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak, has tested positive for the virus. The region said the entire 17-member Lombardy regional government would undergo testing for the novel coronavirus. Earlier, … Read more
The founder and leader of Shincheonji religious group, which is at the center of the rapid rise in South Korean coronavirus cases, apologized “sincerely” to the country today at his first news conference since the nation’s outbreak. The group has faced mounting criticism after more than half of South Korea’s positive cases was linked to the … Read more
United Nations Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock has disbursed US$15 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to help fund global efforts to contain the COVID-19 virus. The announcement came as the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded the global risk of the coronavirus outbreak to “very high” – its top level of risk assessment. The WHO … Read more
A landmark deal between the United States and Taliban aimed at ending the US’s longest war may already be facing obstacles as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced that his government had not agreed to a clause set out in the deal. Ghani objected to arrangements within the deal that would see the Afghan government release … Read more
Uruguay has ushered in a conservative government after 15 years of left-wing leadership under the Broad Front coalition The center-right National Party’s Luis Lacalle Pou was inaugurated on Sunday after winning by a runoff election in November against the Broad Front’s Daniel Martinez by about 37,000 votes. While the Broad Front presided over one of … Read more
Deaths continue to mount from the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, with Australia, USA, Thailand and Japan reporting new fatalities. In Australia, a 78-year-old man who had been quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship died in Perth, becoming that country’s first outbreak fatality, while in Thailand, a 35-year-old salesman described as having had contact with foreign tourists became … Read more
The man appointed interim president of Guinea-Bissau by the side beaten in the December presidential election has stepped down because of death threats, less than two days after being nominated. “Given the death threats against me and my bodyguards, I have decided to give up the role of interim president for which I was nominated, … Read more
A 78-year-old man evacuated from the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise liner in Japan died at a Perth hospital Sunday, becoming Australia’s first fatality from the disease, officials said. His 79-year-old wife was also infected with the disease during the cruise and remains in a Perth hospital, a spokeswoman for the Western Australian state health department … Read more
Lebanon has asked all schools, universities, and nurseries to close until March 8 as a precautionary measure against the new coronavirus.- The country has so far registered seven cases of the virus that was first detected in China late last year, while dozens have undergone testing and are either awaiting results or have tested negative. … Read more
Following the first death from coronavirus in the US, the existing travel ban on Iran would extend to foreign nationals who had been in that country the past 14 days on Saturday. He also urged US citizens not to travel to affected areas of Italy and South Korea. The US has already imposed restriction on … Read more
The novel coronavirus continues its spread like wild fire across the globe as first confirmed cases were reported in Belarus, Lithuania, Nigeria and New Zealand on Friday. The number of countries that confirmed coronavirus cases, has already exceeded 50. United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has urged countries to assume their responsibilities to fight the … Read more
Pope Francis has been taken ill and cancelled an event at a Rome basilica as coronavirus locks down towns in northern Italy UK mirror reports. The pontiff had earlier prayed for coronavirus sufferers on Ash Wednesday, and, while mask free, took time to shake hands and kiss worshippers, including a child, in St Peter’s Square … Read more