UK’s Johnson vows action over early release of terrorism offenders
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that is was time to take action over the early prison release of those convicted of terrorism offences after an Islamist militant attacked people days after he was freed from jail.
Jailbreak in the ‘city of blood’: Brazil’s drug gangs overrun Paraguay
Luis Alves da Cruz awoke around 3 a.m. to a commotion in the Paraguayan prison he called home.
In virus-stricken Wuhan, animal lovers break into homes to save pets
A 43-year-old native of Wuhan, a central Chinese city ravaged by a coronavirus outbreak, said he climbed up rusty pipes to the third-floor balcony of an apartment to gain entry into the home of a middle-aged couple.
Uzbekistan resists as U.S. seeks to rally Central Asians against China
Uzbekistan on Monday gently resisted Washington’s efforts to rally China’s central Asian neighbors against Beijing over its treatment of Muslim minorities, a contentious issue for the region which has close economic ties to China.
Turkey informed Russia of developments in Syria’s Idlib: official
Turkey informed Russia of developments in Syria’s Idlib region, a spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party said on Monday, denying Moscow’s assertion that it was not informed of movements before six Turkish troops were killed by Syrian shellin…
Hong Kong suspends four more border crossings to curb spread of virus
Hong Kong’s leader announced the closure of four more border crossings with mainland China on Monday, leaving just three checkpoints open, but stopped short of demands for the entire border to be closed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.
Turkey says its overnight death toll up to six in Syria’s Idlib
A Turkish soldier and a civilian member of the Turkish forces died as a result of wounds inflicted by Syrian government forces’ shelling in Idlib on Monday, raising the death toll to six from four in the incident, Turkey’s defense ministry said.
WHO chief says widespread travel bans not needed to beat China virus
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday there was no need for measures that “unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade” in trying to halt the spread of a coronavirus that has killed 361 people in Chin…
Japan to quarantine cruise ship on which virus patient sailed
Japan’s government said it would quarantine a cruise ship that is set to dock in Yokohama on Monday after a Hong Kong man who sailed on it last month later tested positive for the coronavirus.
Weinstein trial revives #MeToo, a hashtag with movement’s longevity
The Harvey Weinstein rape trial opened in January with celebrity appearances, noisy protests and graphic accounts of alleged assaults – and a spike in usage of the #MeToo hashtag that has become closely associated with the former Hollywood powerbroker….
