The United States on Wednesday declared a powerful Iraqi Shiite paramilitary leader to be a terrorist after a series of rocket attacks, vowing to step up pressure on his ally Iran. The State Department listed Ahmad al-Hamidawi, secretary general of armed faction Kataib Hezbollah, as a “specially designated global terrorist,” freezing any US assets he […]

Sao Paulo’s stock exchange plummeted seven percent Wednesday over fears of the coronavirus after a local resident became the first such case recorded in Latin America. The 61-year-old patient returned on February 21 from the Lombardy region of Italy, the epicenter of an outbreak in the European country, Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said. Mandetta […]

A former employee who had just been sacked opened fire Wednesday at the Milwaukee campus of brewing giant Molson Coors, killing six before dying in the rampage, local media reported. The shooter had been fired earlier in the day, according to the local Fox affiliate, citing multiple sources. Police in the Midwestern city said earlier […]

With porous borders Afghanistan and Pakistan face a potentially devastating health crisis after the new coronavirus erupted in neighbouring Iran. Islamabad has closed official border crossings while Kabul has suspended all travel to the Islamic republic, which has reported 19 deaths and a total of 139 infections — making it one of the hardest-hit countries […]

The Duke of Sussex today embarked on his final round of engagements as a senior working royal as he launched a new eco-friendly travel firm in Edinburgh – and asked delegates ‘just to call him Harry’. Prince Harry, who will step down as a senior royal in less than five weeks, is in the Scottish […]