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One British, two American personnel killed in Iraq rocket attack
WASHINGTON: One British and two American personnel were killed and about a dozen people were wounded when 18 small rockets hit Iraq’s Taji military camp north of Baghdad yesterday, US officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. The officials,
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Actor Tom Hanks, wife Rita Wilson down with coronavirus
Hollywood legend Tom Hanks and wife, Rita Wilson have been tested positive for COVID-19. In a post on his social media, Hanks, 63, said both he and his wife are currently in Australia, where they started feeling sick. “We felt
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‘White House told federal health agency to classify coronavirus deliberations’
WASHINGTON: The White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step that has restricted information and hampered the US government’s response to the contagion, according to four Trump administration officials. The officials
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WHO: COVID-19 is now a pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. There are 118,000 cases, more than 4,000 deaths, the agency said, and the virus has found a foothold on every continent except for Antarctica. “We have never
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NZ mosque attack survivor scarred for life
NEW ZEALAND: A man shot three times by an armed attacker who stormed a mosque in New Zealand last year says, the incident has left him physically and mentally damaged for life. Sheikh Hasan Rubel, 35, was offering prayers at
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COVID-19: Closing border won’t stop virus
BERLIN: Sealing Germany’s borders to prevent the spread of the coronavirus would not work, Health Minister Jens Spahn said today, rejecting calls to follow neighbour Austria in denying entry to visitors from Italy. Interviewed on Deutschland funk radio, Spahn said
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Gunfire, burning vehicles in Mexican city, officials deny gang leader held
MEXICO CITY: Gunmen blocked roads with burning vehicles and exchanged fire with security forces in a central Mexican city yesterday, while security officials denied that a wanted gang leader had been captured. The brazen skirmishes in the city of Celaya
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Dutch Court postpones MH17 crash hearings until March 23
AMSTERDAM: The Hague District Court today decided to postpone the hearings in the case of the Flight MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine in 2014 until March 23, reported Sputnik news agency. The hearings began at the Schiphol Judicial Complex yesterday.
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Tokyo Olympics may be postponed – Japan Organising Committee Board
MOSCOW: The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo may be postponed by one to two years because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Sputnik news quoted the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report citing Japanese organising committee board member Haruyuki Takahashi. “I don’t think
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MH17: Dutch prosecutors accuse Russia of trying to sabotage probe
NETHERLANDS: Dutch prosecutors accused Russia yesterday, of trying to sabotage the investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine in 2014, saying this cast “a dark shadow” over the impending trial of four suspects in the crash.
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