Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the former head of the NATO mission in Iraq, Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, will lead the federal government’s coronavirus vaccine rollout. ( read original story ...)
Demonstrators in Iraq take to street unmasked amid pandemic
BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of Iraqis — most of them not wearing protective masks — took to the streets in Baghdad on Friday in a show of support for a radical cleric ahead of elections next year, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, South Korea, industry oppose EU plan to cut shipping emissions
Japan, South Korea and a fleet of international shipping groups have warned the European Union against its plan to add greenhouse gas emissions from the maritime sector to Europe's carbon market. ( read original story ...)
North Korea executed people, shut capital, South Korean spy agency says
Kim Jong Un has also banned fishing and salt production at sea to prevent seawater from being infected with the virus, lawmakers were told. ( read original story ...)
Iran’s nuclear mastermind ‘assassinated’
An Iranian nuclear scientist long suspected to be the mastermind of the Islamic republic’s alleged nuclear military programme was killed on Friday by “armed terrorists”, officials said, blaming Israel ... ( read original story ...)
Iran’s top nuclear scientist shot dead near Tehran
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, identified by Israel as director of nuclear weapons programme, ambushed in street ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: Iran reports new daily infection record; Swiss advised against watching oom-pah bands
Singing and playing wind instruments ‘can increase risk of infection’, say Swiss authorities; Iran tightens pandemic measures by all but closing government offices ... ( read original story ...)
Iran Demands Global Condemnation of Alleged Israeli ‘State Terror’ Over Scientist’s Assassination
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said "terrorists murdered" Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, calling for global condemnation of Israel—which he suggested carried out the assassination. Iran's defense ministry ... ( read original story ...)
Iran nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated, state media reports
Iran's top nuclear scientist was reportedly killed Friday in an apparent assassination that the country's foreign minister linked to Israel.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has not ... ( read original story ...)
Iran FM: Indications of Israeli role in scientist’s killing
Iran’s foreign minister is alleging the killing of a scientist linked to the country’s disbanded military nuclear program has “serious indications” of an ... ( read original story ...)