Netanyahu announces plans for 3,000 new settler homes near East Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he was reviving a plan for the construction of 3,000 new settler homes near East Jerusalem, a project effectively frozen after international opposition.
Vietnam eases border trade restrictions with China to help virus-hit businesses
Vietnam has eased restrictions on cross-border trade with China to prop up economic activities hit by the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Thursday.
Suspected German gunman posted ‘deeply racist’ manifesto: prosecutor
A German man suspected of killing nine people overnight in a shooting rampage before turning the gun on his mother and himself had posted a manifesto online with conspiracy theories and deeply racist views, the public prosecutor general said.
China’s Wenzhou city to re-open entrances and exits of highways after coronavirus lockdown: government statement
China’s Wenzhou city will re-open entrances and exits of highways, and cancel some highway checkpoints to support economic recovery during virus, according to a post on social media from the city government on Thursday.
Super-spreaders: What are they and what do they do?
South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has described an outbreak of coronavirus infections linked to a church in the city of Daegu as a “super-spreading event”. But experts, including the WHO, say the term is poorly defined.
Togo’s president seeks re-election to extend 50-year dynasty
Many people in Togo have only known just two presidents in their lifetime – Faure Gnassingbe, who is running for a fourth term in an election on Saturday, and his father Eyadema Gnassingbe – and some Togolese are sick of the long-running dynasty.
‘Historic’ U.S.-Taliban pact to be signed soon, says Taliban leader
The Taliban’s deputy leader said the group would soon sign a agreement with the United States to reduce violence for seven days, adding that militant commanders were “fully committed” to observing the “historic” accord.
Iran prepares for vote seen as litmus test for establishment
Campaigning officially ended on Thursday for Iran’s parliamentary election, a day before a vote seen as a litmus test of the popularity of the clerical establishment.
Lesotho PM faces charge of murdering first wife, says to step down
Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will be charged with the murder of his late wife, the deputy police commissioner said on Thursday, the latest twist in a love triangle murder case that has stunned the southern African highland kingdom.
Two passengers from coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan die, authorities defend quarantine
Two elderly passengers became the first people from aboard a cruise ship moored near Tokyo to die of the coronavirus, the Japanese government said on Thursday, as hundreds more passengers disembarked after two weeks’ quarantine.
