Headlines- After a temporary suspension, Emirates said the airline "will resume operations."
- On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said that Iran will be "hit very hard" and that he was thinking about extending the strikes to other targets..
- At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
- Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
- The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
- Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
- To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
- In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
- Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.
Tag: coronavirus (nCoV)
COVID-19: A Reporter’s Notebook
In Europe, many families are finding themselves split up with parents who send their children to study abroad finding it complicated to be reunited as flights are cancelled across the continent
G20 Virtual Summit on Covid-19 Pandemic
view of the screen in the Invited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ conference room as he takes part in the extraordinary Virtual Leaders’ Summit of the Group of Twenty (G-20)
COVID-19: Afghanistan lockdowns frontline provinces
President Ashraf Ghani urged the Taliban a day earlier to a cease-fire to allow screening and health services to combat areas under the group’s control.
In a televised address, he said peace remains his top priority and the government remains committed to serving people in need in all corners of the country
Serbia Turns Belgrade Exhibition Hall Into...
Serbian troops continued to set up a 3,000-bed, makeshift hospital for expected coronavirus patients inside a Belgrade exhibition hal
“If the Chinese Press Were Free,...
Wuhan Central Hospital emergency department director Ai Fen and a group of doctors launched the alert online on December 30. Eight of them, including Doctor Li Wenliang , who died after the illness, will be arrested by the police on January 3 for having circulated “false rumors”
Coronavirus Pandemic Likely to Have Major...
The coronavirus pandemic has shut down movie theaters and caused movie releases to be postponed in the U.S. and China, the two largest film markets in the world
COVID 19: Turkish Students Produce Masks...
People are rushing to stock up on supplies as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. That’s making masks and disinfectant hard to find. A handful of Turkish vocational school students are trying to deal with that shortage by making masks and disinfectant materials themselves
South Korea to Provide Coronavirus Test...
South Korea, which has been among the best in the world at coronavirus testing, has agreed to provide the United States with badly needed test kits. Seoul says U.S. President Donald Trump asked South Korea for the coronavirus help on Tuesday
Launch of COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres launches a COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan together with Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO); and Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Robots Rise to Battle Coronavirus
Before the coronavirus outbreak, a Beijing technology company was already working to integrate autonomous vehicles into daily life in China with pint-sized sidewalk sweepers and delivery robots. Now there is a demand to re-version the technology to take the place of workers who are staying home in the hopes of containing the virus