Sri Lanka will reimpose selective lockdown restrictions from Sunday to restrict large gatherings after recording its biggest daily surge in coronavirus infections -- most found in citizens repatriated ... ( read original story ...)
Britain closes embassy in North Korea, evacuates diplomats
Britain has shuttered its embassy in North Korea and all its diplomats have left the country, its ambassador said Thursday as Pyongyang maintains strict entry controls to try to prevent a coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Yemen aid lifeline near ‘breaking point’: UN food agency
A family from Amran Governorate in Yemen shares lunch. — courtesy UNICEF Workers stack food assistance in a warehouse in Lahj, Yemen. — courtesy WFP ROME — Humanitarian aid projects to war-torn Yemen ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia Reports 10 New Coronavirus Cases With No New Deaths
A man reads a book outside a makeshift centre set up in the Kuala Lumpur Hospital parking lot, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kuala ... ( read original story ...)
Trump stumbles toward a big blunder in Afghanistan
President Trump reportedly wants to bring all U.S. soldiers home from Afghanistan by Election Day so that he can brag on the campaign trail about fulfilling his promise to "end endless wars." But if ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq’s Local Businesses Thrive amid Lockdown
Iraqis walk through a fresh produce market in the southern Iraqi city of Basra as some lockdown restrictions imposed during the novel coronavirus pandemic have been eased. AFP A national lockdown in ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq virus cases pass 5,000 mostly in Baghdad
Since then, more people have died of the virus in the U.S. than those in the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam combined. The U.S. leads the world in both deaths and confirmed cases, with 1.69 ... ( read original story ...)
Interview: Chinese aid, experience-sharing beneficial for Iraq in combating COVID-19, Iraqi official says
Members of Chinese medical experts team talk with local radiologists in Baghdad, Iraq, March 30, 2020. (Xinhua) "The Chinese medical assistance to Iraq and other Middle East countries is a pure ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea tightens distancing measures as COVID-19 cases begin to surge again
South Korea is tightening social distancing measures in the Seoul metropolitan region as the country reported its highest number of new COVID-19 cases in nearly two months. ( read original story ...)
As U.S. Ramps Up Reopening, Coronavirus Restrictions Return in South Korea
U.S. cities and states progressed with plans to restart their economies, but South Korea reimposed some social-distancing measures around the capital after its biggest daily rise since early April and ... ( read original story ...)