Headlines- The United Nations warns that 800,000 people in Yemen have lost access to life-saving food aid due to the conflict's escalation, and hospitals are overcrowded with injured combatants.
- Since October 1, 20 attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have been reported, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. Two of these incidents were reported on Wednesday.
- Iran was accused by a U.S. official of lying about a cargo ship that sank on Wednesday and of attacking it, most likely with a missile.
- A cargo ship struck a naval mine on Wednesday while trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz via "an unauthorized and hazardous route," according to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
- Protests against the government in the capital of Albania Tirana turned violent on Wednesday, leaving several official buildings severely damaged and at least one on fire.
- After the arrest of a Japanese journalist on suspicion of espionage by Russia's FSB security agency, Japan's Foreign Ministry summoned in Russia's ambassador on Wednesday.
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Bangladesh Imposes COVID-19 Lockdown in District...
Bangladeshi authorities meanwhile on Thursday confirmed 112 new cases of the pneumonia-like disease and one death from it. That took the national tally to 330 cases and 21 deaths since the first case was detected in the country of 165 million people early last month
Wuhan Lockdown Diary Author Says She...
She talked about her friends and family, how uncomfortable it is to wear a mask, and the deaths of coronavirus patients, as well as poking fun at her nationalist critics who crowded onto Maoist patforms to criticize her
Prisoners in Iran Killed by Security...
In recent days, thousands of prisoners in at least eight prisons around the country have staged protests over fears of contracting the coronavirus, sparking deadly responses from prison officers and security forces
Easter in Africa, Between Covid-19 and...
South Africa is the most affected state on the continent, with 1505 cases of contagion and 9 deaths. The lock-down imposed by the executive is total with the army lined up in the streets and very tight measures. The Church faithfully follows government guidelines. “The Bishops have declared that the masses and the liturgical celebrations will not be public under any circumstances”
Is Zimbabwe Planning to Extend 21-Day...
According to the state controlled Herald newspaper, Mnangagwa said, “I cannot tell you whether at the end of 21 days we will extend the lockdown or not. Let’s observe lockdown measures and prevent the spread of the virus.”
Turkey-based Businessman First Uyghur in Exile...
Ghoji Abdullahajim Hotan, 55, died at 10:00 a.m. at the VM Medical Park Maltepe Hastanesi in Istanbul, Turkey, where he had lived with his wife Mahpiret and their four children since relocating in 1992 from Hotan (in Chinese, Hetian) prefecture, in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
WHO: COVID-19 Update
In order to manage resources needed to ware off the pandemic, the Director-General of the UN world health body asked the world to “quarantine politicizing” and called for “a genuine, genuine solidarity.”
Armed Clashes Stop for “Coronavirus Crisis”...
dozen days ago, Samuel Ikome Sako, interim president of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia, announced a total lockdown, with the closure of the borders of the English-speaking regions due to the virus
Amid Coronavirus Scare, Indian Authorities Make...
Hiding of travel history – particularly to a foreign land, has become a trend all over India. Very recently, a person in the northern Union Territory of Kashmir was slapped with multiple sections of the IPC, including Section 270, for hiding his travel history to Pakistan and for trying to circumvent the screening and surveillance process imposed to try and prevent the spread o coronavirus pandemic
Interview: ‘I Don’t Know What I’ll...
Myanmar nationals comprise the largest migrant worker population in Thailand, with recent estimates putting the figure at 2.3 million, according to a 2019 report by the International Organization for Migration. Most of the laborers are from Mon and Kayin states and Bago and Yangon regions, according to labor activists