Prayers at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound to resume next week: statement
Muslim prayers at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound will resume next week after a nearly two-month pause now that the spread of the new coronavirus has slowed, a religious council said on Tuesday.
Tested in harbour, Spanish fishermen return to sea
Spanish fishermen are taking coronavirus tests before returning to sea to avoid spreading infection among colleagues at close quarters in boats as the industry creaks back into action.
Iran’s judiciary sentences couple to death over money laundering and gold hoard
An Iranian couple has been sentenced to death for having smuggled hard currency and laundering $200 million of money, as well as having been found with a stash of gold at their home, the judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday.
Zimbabweans in South Africa use app to send food home after border restrictions
Petronella Mabhena, a domestic worker in South Africa, has been paying bus drivers to ferry food to her relatives in Zimbabwe for over a decade.
Syrian government seizes assets of Assad cousin Makhlouf: document
The Syrian government decided on Tuesday to seize assets belonging to Rami Makhlouf, a cousin of President Bashar al-Assad and one of Syria’s richest men, and his wife and children, according to a government document seen by Reuters.
U.S. to send Russia 200 ventilators as Russian coronavirus cases near 300,000
The United States said on Tuesday it would this week start delivering 200 medical ventilators to Russia, which has the world’s second highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases.
Rwandan genocide fugitive Kabuga due before French court
Rwandan genocide fugitive Felicien Kabuga is due to appear before a Paris court on Tuesday, three days after French police swooped on his hideout in a Paris suburb, ending a 26-year manhunt.
Merkel, Visegrad states: We’ll dismantle border controls when pandemic allows
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of the Visegrad Four group of countries on Tuesday agreed that in was in their interests to gradually dismantle border crossing restrictions and controls as soon as the coronavirus pandemic allowed.
Kyrgyzstan to lift most coronavirus-linked restrictions
Kyrgyzstan will lift most of the remaining coronavirus-related restrictions in the coming days, reopening the retail and services sectors and public transportation, the government said on Tuesday.
Myanmar says eight coronavirus cases among returnees from Malaysia
Myanmar authorities said on Tuesday said they have found eight coronavirus cases among scores of people who returned from Malaysia, where the authorities have recently been detaining undocumented migrants.
