Headlines- At a site that was the target of hostile Iranian attacks, a fire was brought under control..
- On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that attacks on Iran "will continue until I say it's enough."
- Early on Wednesday, air defenses around the Bushehr nuclear power station in southern Iran were activated, according to Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency.
- According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), U.S. forces have resumed their naval blockade of vessels traveling to and from Iranian ports.
- In a statement to Iran's leaders at the Negev Conference, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel would become aggressive if tensions persisted.
- Over the past two days, as the U.S.-Iran war has resumed, including Iranian strikes on cargo ships, the price of crude oil has shot up.
Category: News & Views
China Targets Thousands Who Spoke Out...
Since state news agency Xinhua first reported that President Xi Jinping would lead “a people’s war” on the epidemic on Jan. 20, police had handled 5,111 cases of “fabricating and deliberately disseminating false and harmful information,” according to a Feb. 21 statement from the ministry of public security
COVID-19 May Reverse the Recent Progress...
Observers are concerned that some of these returnees might be asymptomatic carriers of the virus and therefore unwittingly spread it all throughout the country on their way back to their homes in both the country’s urban and rural areas
Manila’s Double War’: Coronavirus and Drugs,...
On April 1, Rodrigo Duterte ordered the police and military to shoot people who do not respect the lockdown of the nation. “We are really worried and shocked. We are living a double battle every day: with the pandemic or with the drug-related murders”, says Sebastian Cruz, 23, to Fides, who lives in a slum in Manila, where people are forced to leave the house to get food.
COVID-19: Fake Chloroquine Circulating In Hospitals
The Cameroonian regulator of the drug is concerned that ” the prescription or use for therapeutic purposes of this chloroquine not containing active ingredient can be dangerous for patients’ health after an alert from the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the circulation of falsified anti-malarials in Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria
Can You Fix Ventilators? A Fuel...
While most people with the coronavirus have only mild or moderate symptoms, it can cause more severe illness in some, including pneumonia — an infection that can cause the lungs to fill with fluid, making it difficult to breathe. That’s where the ventilators come in
Coronavirus Pandemic In India Has Seen...
In Delhi, police arrested a man for allegedly calling a woman “coronavirus” after he had spit ‘paan’ on her face. The woman has filed a police complaint alleging that the discriminatory remarks made by the man. The man was arrested under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which deals with the crime of using words, gestures or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman
Indonesia Records Second Highest COVID-19 Death...
Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim festival marking the end of the Ramadan, Islam’s holy month of fasting, is expected to fall on May 24, subject to the sighting of the new moon. Last year, almost 15 million people traveled from the greater Jakarta region to their hometowns across the world’s largest Muslim-majority country
Myanmar Migrant Workers Risk Fines And...
Thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar already have returned home China and Thailand, with one returnee in Yangon testing positive for COVID-19 on Monday, prompting the Ministry of Health and Sports to warn of the possibility of a major outbreak
Covid-19 Emergency, Help Arrives at the...
As a gesture of faith and communion, countless Chinese Catholics remained awake or woke up on purpose in the middle of the night to follow via internet the extraordinary act of prayer in times of epidemic presided over by Pope Francis on Friday 27 March in St. Peter’s Square (in Beijing it was already one in the morning ,Saturday 28 March). A large number of them are following the Pope’s spiritual suggestions every day (reciting the rosary, novena, daily prayers) to live their own Lenten spiritual journey in this time devastated by the global health emergency
Proposed Emergency Powers in Cambodia Would...
The draft law contains no checks and balances or periodic reviews of states of emergency, with the government only obliged to “inform on a regular basis” the National Assembly and the Senate of emergency measures taken. It also allows for the invocation of martial law “in the event of war, or in any other circumstances in which there is a serious risk to national security”