Singapore to mount second evacuation flight from virus-hit Wuhan: sources
Singapore is preparing a second evacuation flight in the coming days from Wuhan, the locked down Chinese city at the center of the coronavirus epidemic, officials familiar with the plans said.
Syrian air defenses intercept Israeli missiles: state media
Syrian air defenses intercepted Israeli missiles over the capital Damascus early on Thursday that were fired at military targets in southern Syria including near the capital Damascus, the defense ministry said.
Saudi Arabia suspends travel of citizens and residents to China: SPA
Saudi Arabia has suspended travel to China for both citizens and non-Saudi residents of the kingdom, state news agency SPA said on Thursday.
Lesotho PM’s wife released on bail ahead of murder trial: lawyer
The Lesotho prime minister’s wife Maesaiah Thabane was released on bail overnight, ahead of her trial for the murder of his previous wife, her lawyer told Reuters on Thursday.
China troubled at UK PM Johnson’s silence over coronavirus: BBC
China expressed concern to Boris Johnson’s father that the British prime minister had not sent a personal message of support to Beijing over the coronavirus outbreak, the BBC reported.
Turkey’s Pegasus shares fall 4% after accident at Sabiha Gokcen airport
Shares of Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines were down more than 4% in early Thursday trade after an accident a day earlier at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport which killed three people and injured 180.
Maldives police arrest three over stabbing of Chinese, Australian
Maldives police on Thursday arrested three men over the stabbing of two Chinese nationals and an Australian, and were probing their suspected links with Islamic State, officials said.
Twenty virus infections on cruise ship in Japan; passengers confined to cabins
Ten more people on a quarantined cruise liner in a Japanese port have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Thursday, taking the number of infected passengers to 20 with test results on more than 170 still pending.
Factbox: Countries evacuating nationals from China virus areas
A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from parts of China hit by the new coronavirus.
Australia receives a bittersweet bushfire reprieve with floods, cyclone
Many Australians were experiencing a bittersweet break from the threat of bushfires on Thursday, with flooding rains deluging some parts of the eastern states and a tropical cyclone forecast to hit the country’s northwest over the weekend.
