The total number of coronavirus cases in Singapore exceeded 10,000 on Wednesday as infections among migrant workers living in dormitories continued to surge. ( read original story ...)
Lebanon is in a big mess. But on coronavirus, it’s doing something right.
After an initial surge, the country has reported far fewer cases than many places with equivalent populations. ( read original story ...)
First virus case recorded in refugee camp in Lebanon
A Palestinian woman from Syria has become the first refugee living in a camp in Lebanon to test positive for the coronavirus, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees and ... ( read original story ...)
UN agency: 1st virus case recorded in Lebanon refugee camp
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says that a Palestinian woman from Syria living in a refugee camp in Lebanon has become the first refugee to test positive for the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Laos’ Covid-19 cases remain at 19
Laos tested 83 more cases of Covid-19, all of which were tested negative, with the total number in the country remaining at 19, Lao Deputy Minister of Health Phouthone Meaungpak told a press ... ( read original story ...)
22 Thais back from Laos leave quarantine
NAKHON PHANOM: Twenty-two Thais who returned home from working in Laos have been released after undergoing 14 days of quarantine. Jinnapipat Chupanya, head of the provincial public health office, said ... ( read original story ...)
Israel demolishes several buildings near West Bank settlements
Israeli soldiers, police and civil authorities on Wednesday demolished several buildings they say were illegally erected in the West Bank, drawing condemnations from settlement leaders. ( read original story ...)
Emboldened by closures, foxes prowl an ancient port city in Israel
Red foxes have been making appearances in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, drawn out from the seclusion of the desert dunes by the coronavirus lockdown that has kept people off the streets. The animals, ... ( read original story ...)
Jews are paying up to $650K for private jets to fly their dead relatives to Israel
Despite their age difference – she was 24 and he was 42 – she agreed. They moved to America and raised seven children as the Sanz sect spread around the world, with communities in Brooklyn, New Jersey ... ( read original story ...)
Israel police kill Palestinian who launched van, stabbing attack
A Palestinian man was shot dead Wednesday after he hit an Israeli police officer with a van at a West Bank checkpoint and then stabbed him with a pair of scissors, police said. A pipe bomb was found ... ( read original story ...)