Lesotho PM’s wife in court charged with killing his previous wife
The wife of Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane appeared in court on Wednesday charged with murdering his previous wife two days before he took office in 2017.
Russia says alarmed by U.S. deployment of low-yield nuclear missiles
Russia is alarmed by the U.S. Navy’s decision to deploy low-yield nuclear missiles on submarines since they heighten the risk of a limited nuclear war, a Russian official said on Wednesday.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank protest: medics
Israeli troops shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian who was taking part in a violent protest on Wednesday against U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan, witnesses and medical officials said.
WHO chief says 80% of China virus cases are in Hubei province
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that 80% of China’s coronavirus cases are in the central Hubei province, and that not all provinces have been affected.
Romanian lawmakers topple centrist cabinet, weeks of political jostling ahead
Romanian lawmakers toppled the three-month-old centrist minority government of Prime Minister Ludovic Orban on Wednesday, raising the prospect of an early parliamentary election which Orban’s party says it is confident of winning.
Cold, disease threaten more than half a million Syrians fleeing Idlib fighting
Cold weather, disease and a lack of shelter and medicine threaten hundreds of thousands of civilians as they flee fighting in Idlib province, in one of the biggest upheavals of Syria’s nine-year civil war, aid groups and doctors said.
Finland to grant Terrafame permit to mine uranium: source
The Finnish government will on Thursday give the green light for Terrafame to start mining and refining uranium at an existing mine in eastern Finland, a government source told Reuters on Wednesday.
China air force cleared for Singapore Airshow amid virus concerns
China’s air force will participate in the upcoming Singapore Airshow, the Chinese defense ministry and event organizers said on Wednesday, as concerns over the spread of a coronavirus overshadow Asia’s biggest aerospace and defense event.
U.S. bans Bulgarian judge who let suspected spy leave for Russia
The United States imposed a travel ban on Wednesday against a Bulgarian judge accused of having wrongly allowed a former lawmaker suspected of spying for Russia to leave the country.
International business meeting in Singapore linked to three coronavirus cases
At least three Asian businessmen who attended a meeting of more than 100 international delegates at a Singapore hotel have contracted coronavirus, while others are showing symptoms, authorities said on Wednesday.
