Ukraine wants larger compensation for its citizens killed in plane shootdown in Iran
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Kiev was not satisfied with a size of compensation Iran had offered to families of Ukrainians killed in the downing of a plane near Tehran last month and would seek larger payments.
China not embracing U.S. help on coronavirus, Americans in next-door Kazakhstan
China has been more transparent about the coronavirus than it has been in previous crises but Beijing has not yet accepted a U.S. offer of help to contain the epidemic, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday.
Financial market website Zero Hedge knocked off Twitter over coronavirus story
Twitter Inc has banned financial market website Zero Hedge from the social media platform after it published an article linking a Chinese scientist to the outbreak of the fast-spreading coronavirus last week.
Man shot by police in London was under surveillance: Sky News
A man shot by police in what they described as a terrorist incident in south London on Sunday was “under active police surveillance”, Sky News reported.
Police shoot man dead after London stabbing attack described as terrorism
Police shot a man dead on a busy south London street on Sunday after three people were wounded, one critically, in a stabbing attack that police called terrorism-related.
Paris asks Iran to free two detained French citizens said to be unwell
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has urged Iran to free two French nationals held in prison since last June, who he said were both unwell.
Saudi Arabia blocks Iran from Islamic grouping’s meeting: Tehran
Saudi Arabia has barred an Iranian delegation from an Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Jeddah on Monday where U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan will be discussed, the Iranian foreign ministry said.
China has not yet accepted U.S. help with coronavirus: White House adviser
China has been more transparent about the coronavirus than it has been in previous crises but Beijing has not yet accepted a U.S. offer of help to contain the epidemic, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday.
Head of Sudan’s sovereign council invited to visit Washington
The United States on Sunday invited General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan’s sovereign council, to visit Washington, the council said, highlighting warmer bilateral ties since the army toppled President Omar al-Bashir last year.
Mexico reports no infections, after one person with new coronavirus visits country
Mexico’s health ministry said one person carrying the new coronavirus had visited Mexico City, but since left the country, and nobody identified as having been in contact with them has so far shown symptoms.
