Iranian ‘action man’ sets sights on parliament
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf’s record as a Revolutionary Guards air force commander, a war veteran and a national police chief has endeared him to Iran’s supreme leader and boosted his chances of becoming the next speaker of parliament after Friday’s electio…
Countries evacuating nationals from coronavirus-hit areas
A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from parts of China and a cruise ship in Japan hit by the new coronavirus.
Westminster bells ring out for Prince Andrew’s 60th birthday despite controversy
The bells of London’s Westminster Abbey rang out for Prince Andrew’s 60th birthday on Wednesday even though he has stepped down from public life following a backlash about his friendship with convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Malaysian firm offers AI-based profiling of Chinese visitors for virus
Malaysia’s MYEG Services Bhd said on Wednesday it had developed a coronavirus risk-profiling system for visitors from China and was offering the artificial intelligence-based service to the governments of Malaysia and the Philippines.
‘Made in Russia’ passenger jet finds a single buyer: Aeroflot
Russia’s main home-grown passenger jet, the Sukhoi Superjet 100, conceived as a rival to Airbus, Bombardier and Embraer, has no confirmed orders this year beyond a long-standing deal with state carrier Aeroflot , two sources told Reuters.
Haiti political morass fuels growing crisis of hunger, malnutrition
Farmhand Celavi Belor has lost so much weight over the past year his clothes hang limply off his angular frame.
Crisis drives Lebanese abroad in search of better future
Sick of Lebanon’s political instability, Habib Rahhal had been mulling leaving since 2018 to seek a better future. But the final straw came in November when he was unable to get money out of the bank because of a national financial crisis.
Convicted criminals are among the special police terrorizing Venezuela
Since President Nicolas Maduro founded the Special Action Force of Venezuela’s National Police two-and-a-half years ago, the squad has earned a fearsome reputation in poor neighborhoods across Venezuela.
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo to visit Saudi Arabia until Friday
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan during a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia starting on Wednesday, the U.S. State Department said.
Pompeo says prepared to talk to Iran ‘anytime’, pressure to continue
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said authorities in Washington were prepared to talk to Iran “anytime”, but that it needed to “fundamentally” change its behavior and that a campaign of maximum pressure against it would continue.
