Greece says tightens sea, land borders after Idlib
Greece has tightened sea and land borders with Turkey after overnight developments in war-torn Idlib, government sources said on Friday.
Afghan officials to meet Taliban ahead of U.S. troop withdrawal agreement
Afghan officials are set to meet Taliban members in Qatar on Friday ahead of a crucial agreement between the U.S. and Taliban negotiators that will set the timeline for the withdrawal of American troops who have been fighting in Afghanistan for 18 year…
EU sees risk of slide into major international conflict in Idlib
The tensions in Syria’s Idlib region could escalate into a major international conflict, the European Union’s top diplomat said on Friday, adding that the bloc would consider all necessary measure to protect its security interests.
Mexico says may have first coronavirus case from man who was in Italy
Mexico is reviewing a suspected coronavirus infection after a man who recently arrived from Italy came up positive in an initial test, the government said, in what would be the first case to be confirmed in the country and only the second in Latin Amer…
Coronavirus spreads in three continents; markets brace for global recession
Countries on three continents reported their first cases of the coronavirus on Friday as the world prepared for a pandemic of the disease and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession.
Passenger plane lands in Moscow after being diverted over cracked window – RIA
A Boeing-777 passenger plane landed safely at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport on Friday after it was forced to turn around en route to Bangkok because of a cracked cockpit window, the RIA news agency cited emergency services as saying.
Some guests leave Canary Islands hotel in lockdown over coronavirus
A small group of guests out of 130 cleared to leave the Tenerife hotel in its fourth day of quarantine over the coronavirus could be seen boarding a minibus on Friday, a video recorded by one of the remaining guests showed.
Mahathir’s colleague to be his party’s PM candidate for Malaysia
A party colleague of Malaysia’s interim leader Mahathir Mohamad will be its prime ministerial candidate, and not the veteran leader who quit as prime minister this week, the party said on Friday.
Malaysia palace says king not confident of majority support for any lawmaker to be PM
Malaysia’s palace said on Friday the king does not have the confidence that any parliamentarian has majority support to form a new government, after meeting all of the country’s lawmakers.
Number with coronavirus rises to 45 in Kuwait as two more cases detected
Kuwait confirmed two more cases of coronavirus on Friday, bringing the total number of infections to 45, a Health Ministry official said, reporting no death.
