U.S.-Taliban agreement to cut violence will start in next five days: minister
An agreement between the Taliban and U.S. forces to reduce violence will come into force within the next five days, Afghanistan’s acting interior minister said on Tuesday.
Britain’s new finance minister keeps March 11 budget date
Britain’s new finance minister Rishi Sunak said he will stick with the March 11 date for the government’s first post-Brexit budget, dispelling speculation that the plans, likely to entail a big increase in spending, would be delayed.
Palestinians channel protests through dawn prayers
Before sunrise, thousands of Palestinians streamed toward the mosque in Nablus’s Victory Square, swelling the usual crowds of morning worshippers to launch a new front in their protests against Israel and the United States.
Philippine workers allowed to travel to Hong Kong, Macau amid virus fear
The Philippines on Tuesday allowed Filipino workers to travel to Hong Kong and Macau, relaxing the travel ban it imposed on China and its special administrative regions to control the spread of the coronavirus.
Latest on coronavirus spreading in China and beyond
The death toll from the coronavirus in mainland China passed 2,000 on Wednesday, although new cases fell for a second straight day, as authorities tightened containment measures in the worst-hit city of Wuhan.
‘North Macedonia, Albania will deliver,’ EU enlargement chief says
North Macedonia and Albania can deliver on the reforms required to join the European Union, the EU enlargement commissioner said on Tuesday, in the latest sign that the Balkan neighbors are set to overcome France’s freeze on their aspirations.
British leader’s adviser chides critics after aide’s resignation
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior adviser on Tuesday hit back at “political pundits” who had questioned the appointment of an aide forced to resign over racist remarks.
Khamenei says voting in Iran’s election ‘a religious duty’
Voting in a parliamentary election this week is “a religious duty” for Iranians, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, days before the vote seen as a referendum on the clerical establishment’s popularity.
Malaysian Belt and Road project tells some staff to work from home in China’s Wuhan
The contractor for a Malaysian rail project that is part of China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative has advised some Chinese staff to work remotely while a coronavirus outbreak delays their return from holidays, a company official said on Tuesday.
Taiwan to evacuate citizens from virus-stricken cruiseship in Japan
Taiwan said on Tuesday it would charter a plane to evacuate its citizens from the Diamond Princess cruise liner quarantined off the Japanese port of Yokohama due to a coronavirus outbreak.
