Hungarian PM Orban: 130,000 migrants already in Balkans must be stopped
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday that 130,000 migrants had already passed the Turkish-Greek border in the Balkans, and that they must be stopped as far south as possible.
Coronavirus has affected almost all Iranian provinces: president
An outbreak of novel coronavirus has affected almost all of Iran’s provinces, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, according to the official presidency website.
UK police charge another man over deaths of 39 Vietnamese in truck
British police said on Wednesday they had charged another man as part of their investigation into the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in the back of a truck near London last year.
Thailand says peace talks with main southern insurgent group making progress
Peace talks with the main insurgent group in southern Thailand have made progress, the government said on Wednesday after the two sides met in Kuala Lumpur earlier in the week.
Egypt executes top militant extradited from Libya
Top Egyptian militant suspect Hisham al-Ashmawy was executed on Wednesday following his conviction over several high-profile attacks, the country’s military spokesman said.
Researchers identify two coronavirus types as China cases dwindle
Scientists in China studying the coronavirus outbreak said they had found two main types of the disease could be causing infections.
‘Never happier’: Quarantine over for diplomats in North Korea
Relieved foreign diplomats in North Korea were finally getting out of their compounds this week after the end of a month-long quarantine over the coronavirus outbreak.
Driving trucks, blasting rocks – Women break the mold at Burkina Faso gold mines
Tene Konate takes pride in telling incredulous relatives about her job driving a 72-tonne dump truck around the vast open pit at the Hounde gold mine in western Burkina Faso.
Sanitizers get priority over South Korea’s soju drink in virus crisis
Makers of soju, South Korea’s national drink and one of the world’s best selling spirits, are jumping into the fight on the largest outbreak of coronavirus outside China by sharing their stockpiles of alcohol with makers of sanitizers.
Philippines’ Duterte resumes loan talks with backers of U.N. drugs war investigation
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has allowed talks about loans and grants from countries that backed a U.N. investigation into his bloody war on drugs to resume, his office said on Wednesday.
