A German court on Thursday handed youth sentences to three 15-year-old boys for the gang-rape of a young woman in the city of Muelheim an der Ruhr in July 2019. One of the boys received a custodial sentence of two years and six months. The two others were each handed suspended sentences of 18 months, […]

Switzerland will start gradually relaxing from April 27 the drastic restrictions it brought in last month to tackle the spread of the new coronavirus, the government said on Thursday. Hospitals will be allowed to perform all procedures, even elective surgeries, while hair salons, massage parlours and cosmetic studies will be allowed to reopen. This will […]

Iran’s official coronavirus death toll rose to 4,869 on Thursday but a parliamentary report said the actual number could be much higher and a deputy minister warned the infection could spread further in autumn. Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur, speaking on state television, said the death toll had risen by 92, while the total number […]

Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed a Yemeni man convicted over a knife attack on a Spanish theatre group, the interior ministry said, amid a controversial push to ease decades-old restrictions on entertainment. The man, identified as Imad al-Mansouri, had been sentenced to death for the November 11 attack during a live performance in Riyadh, which state […]

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said large gatherings such as concerts and major sporting events are unlikely in his city until 2021. Garcetti said this in an interview with CNN and reported by DPA. “Nothing I’ve heard indicates that we’ll be in those large thousands of people gathering anytime soon and probably not for the […]