U.S. reviewing options to assist Turkey after attack in Syria: Pompeo
The United States is reviewing options to assist Turkey after an attack by Russian-backed Syrian government forces killed 33 Turkish soldiers in Syria’s Idlib province, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.
Cape Verde court finds Russians guilty in record cocaine bust
The Russian captain and crew of a cargo ship captured last year in Cape Verde with the biggest cocaine haul ever seized in the country were found guilty of drug trafficking and sentenced to jail on Friday.
Guinea delays constitutional referendum due to electoral roll concerns
Guinea’s president Alpha Conde has delayed Sunday’s constitutional referendum and legislative polls for two weeks because of concerns raised by the opposition and international observers about the electoral roll, he told state television late on Friday…
Lebanon closes schools until March 8 to curb coronavirus spread
Lebanon’s Education Ministry on Friday announced the closure of all schools until March 8 as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus.
Germany enacts new health security measures against coronavirus infections
A German government crisis committee on Friday widened cross-border travel guidelines and canceled major international events, measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak.
Just one American with coronavirus still in hospital: Vice President Pence
Of dozens of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, only one patient is still in the hospital, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday.
A small Delhi hospital overwhelmed by wave of violence
As deadly violence erupted in the northeast of New Delhi this week, with armed mobs rampaging the streets, a small hospital located in a densely packed Muslim neighborhood found itself at the epicenter of the unrest.
UK’s Johnson says coronavirus top priority, as first Briton dies
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said slowing the spread of the coronavirus was now his government’s top priority, shortly after news on Friday that the first Briton had died of the disease after contracting it on a cruise ship moored in Japan.
‘Risk is very high,’ warns WHO, as coronavirus wipes $6 trillion off markets
The coronavirus spread further on Friday, with cases reported for the first time in six countries across three continents, battering markets and leading the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise its impact risk alert to “very high.”
UK says number of coronavirus cases has risen to 20
Britain’s health ministry said on Friday that the number of people infected with coronavirus in the United Kingdom had risen to 20, after another patient in England had tested positive for the disease.
