Two charity vessels that have rescued 484 migrants over the past days were on Monday waiting to bring their passengers ashore to Italy or Malta. The Ocean Viking, run by SOS Mediterranee, has picked up 407 people over five rescue operations since Friday. Among them there are 152 minors, including 10 under the age of […]

Authorities on Tuesday have urged all Chinese to avoid travelling abroad in a bid to stop the new coronavirus as the death toll in the country climbed to 106. Twenty-six people died since Monday morning, including a first casualty in the capital, Beijing, health authorities said. They said 4,515 cases were confirmed and many more […]

Japan will send a chartered flight to the central Chinese city of Wuhan later in the day to repatriate about 200 of its citizens, the government says. The government will also send doctors, nurses and quarantine officers so that those Japanese citizens can undergo checkups on a plane, according to the health ministry. The aircraft […]

Protests on Monday are in full swing in Lebanon’s capital Beirut as demonstrators continue to voice their objection to the government recently formed under new Prime Minister Hassan Diab. Beirut has been engulfed in protests over the poor economic situation and endemic corruption since October 2019. READ ALSO: Osun Government, Muslim group disagree over Amotekun […]

Police in Russia have discovered a newborn baby dead in a washing machine. Russian authorities said in an official report that the mother of the newborn Nadezhda Z, is facing a murder investigation after the baby was found dead.