Iran’s leader Khamenei says Tehran is not a threat to any country: TV
Iran is not posing any threat to other countries, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday, according to State TV, adding that Tehran was determined to guarantee its own security.
Iran’s Khamenei says enemies’ plots against nation are doomed to fail
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said the Islamic Republic should become strong enough to confront enemies’ plots, state TV reported on Saturday.
Khamenei says U.S. sanctions against Tehran are ‘criminal act’
The sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States are a “criminal act” against the country, Iranian’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday, according to state TV.
U.S. awaits China’s approval to send in experts as part of WHO team
U.S. experts on infectious diseases, including government officials, are awaiting approval to enter China to help fight the coronavirus epidemic, having been included on a list proposed by the World Health Organization, a U.S. embassy spokesman told Re…
China calls for work to resume on road, waterway projects by February 20
China Ministry of Transport said on Saturday that road and waterway projects in the country, except those in coronavirus stricken province of Hubei and other severely affected areas, should aim to resume construction by Feb. 20.
Beijing relaxes traffic restrictions as virus keeps drivers off roads
Beijing’s transport authorities said the usual restrictions on road traffic during workdays will not be enforced in key parts of the capital when people return on Monday from a Lunar New Year break that was extended due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Turkmen president promotes son to role of industry minister
Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov named his son Serdar as minister of industry and construction on Saturday, the gas-rich Central Asian nation’s state news agency reported.
China’s Wuhan opens another makeshift hospital to fight virus
The Chinese city at the center of the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 700 people across the country opened another makeshift hospital on Saturday, providing 1,500 beds, state media reported.
American dies of coronavirus in China as toll set to surpass SARS
An American became the first confirmed non-Chinese victim of the new coronavirus, U.S. officials said on Saturday, and a Japanese man also died with symptoms consistent with the disease, as the epidemic looked set to pass the death toll from SARS.
UAE says total of seven cases diagnosed with coronavirus, as two more cases detected
Two new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in the United Arab Emirates, bringing the total number of people diagnosed with the disease to seven, the country’s health ministry said on Twitter on Saturday.
