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India arrests top Kashmiri leaders under controversial law
Published On: February 7, 2020 03:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JAMMU, India, Feb 7: Indian authorities have arrested two former top elected officials of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir under a controversial law that allows authorities to imprison someone for up to two years without trial, officials said on Friday.
Trump says U.S. operation killed al-Qaida leader in Yemen
Published On: February 7, 2020 12:10 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Feb 7: President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. at his direction has conducted a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen that killed Qassim al-Rimi, an al-Qaida leader who claimed responsibility for last year’s deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, where a Saudi aviation trainee killed three American sailors.
Japan finds 41 more cases on ship as virus alarm doctor dies
Published On: February 7, 2020 11:08 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Feb 7: Japan on Friday reported 41 new cases of a virus on a cruise ship that’s been quarantined in Yokohama harbor while the death toll in mainland China rose to 636, including a doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the disease threat.
China opens new hospitals for virus patients, deaths top 560
Published On: February 6, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Feb 6: China on Thursday finished building a second new hospital to isolate and treat patients of a virus that has killed more than 560 people and continues to spread, disrupting travel and people’s lives and fueling economic fears.
Modi says Indian Muslims had nothing to fear in new law
Published On: February 6, 2020 06:54 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, Feb 6: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Parliament on Thursday that Indian Muslims had nothing to fear from a new citizenship law and accused opposition parties of toeing rival Pakistan’s propaganda to create fear.
Not a break, but fissures in US-Iraqi military alliance
Published On: February 6, 2020 03:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Feb 6: A new watchtower rose over an American military base in northern Iraq, and cranes lifted hefty slabs of concrete to reinforce the barricades in beefed-up protections. The danger, soldiers there said, came not from the constellation of militant sleeper cells embedded in the landscape but further afield in Iran.
Baboon grooms little lion cub in South Africa’s Kruger park
Published On: February 6, 2020 02:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
A male baboon carrying and grooming a lion cub is an unusual sight, yet it happened over the weekend in South Africa’s Kruger National Park.
Not guilty: Senate acquits Trump of impeachment charges
Published On: February 6, 2020 12:33 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Feb 6: President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country, tested civic norms and fed the tumultuous 2020 race for the White House.
10 more sick with virus on one of two isolated cruise ships
Published On: February 6, 2020 12:19 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Feb 6: Ten more people were sickened with a new virus aboard one of two quarantined cruise ships with some 5,400 passengers and crew aboard, health officials in Japan said Thursday, as China reported 73 more deaths and announced that the first group of patients were expected to start taking a new antiviral drug.
International court gathering evidence in Rohingya case
Published On: February 5, 2020 06:12 PM NPT By: Associated Press
DHAKA, BANGLADESH, Feb 5: Investigators from the International Criminal Court have begun collecting evidence for a case involving alleged crimes against humanity by Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims causing them to flee to neighboring Bangladesh, a court official said Tuesday.
Avalanche in Turkey wipes out rescue team; 13 dead overall
Published On: February 5, 2020 06:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey, Feb 5: An avalanche slammed into a mountain road in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, wiping out a huge team of rescue workers sent to find two people missing in an earlier avalanche. Officials said eight rescue workers were killed and an estimated 15 others were buried under the snow.
New virus has infected more than 24,500 people globally
Published On: February 5, 2020 02:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CHINA, BEIJING, Feb 5: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 24,500 people globally.
Virus blocks 3 Chinese brands from Milan Fashion Week
Published On: February 5, 2020 02:14 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Italian fashion officials on Tuesday forecast a nearly 2% drop in first-half revenues due to the virus emerging from China, which also is preventing three Chinese fashion houses from traveling to Milan Fashion Week later this month.
After Oprah’s exit, Russell Simmons doc acquired by HBO Max
Published On: February 5, 2020 08:18 AM NPT By: Associated Press
The documentary about several women who have accused Russell Simmons of sexual abuse has found a distributor after Oprah Winfrey’s exit from the film left it in the lurch.
Hong Kong reports virus death as workers strike at hospitals
Published On: February 4, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Feb 4: Hong Kong hospitals cut services as thousands of medical workers went on strike for a second day Tuesday to demand the border with mainland China be shut completely, as a new virus caused its first death in the semi-autonomous territory and authorities feared it was spreading locally.
Shows canceled as virus outbreak spooks Asian entertainers
Published On: February 4, 2020 06:12 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Concerts and shows are being canceled, not just in China but across much of Asia, as a virus outbreak that has killed more than 300 people and reached more than 20 countries spooks the entertainment industry.
New virus has infected more than 20,600 globally
Published On: February 4, 2020 06:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CHINA, Feb 4: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 20,600 people globally.
Former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi dies at 95
Published On: February 4, 2020 03:54 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NAIROBI, KENYA, Feb 4: Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving president and presided over years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, has died. He was 95.
Belgium confirms its 1st case of coronavirus
Published On: February 4, 2020 02:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BRUSSELS, Feb 4: Belgium has reported its first case of a new virus in a person who was repatriated from the Chinese epicenter of the outbreak.
Bad start for Democrats: Big delay for leadoff Iowa results
Published On: February 4, 2020 11:08 AM NPT By: Associated Press
DES MOINES, LOWA, Feb 4: The Iowa Democratic Party said Monday night that results from the state’s first-in-the-nation caucus were greatly delayed due to “quality checks” and new reporting rules, an embarrassing complication that added a new layer of doubt to an already uncertain presidential primary season.
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