Afghanistan: 6 wounded as car bombing hits governor’s vehicle

KHOST (Afghanistan), April 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — Six persons were injured as a car bombing targeted the vehicle of a provincial governor in Khost city, the capital of eastern Khost province on Tuesday, provincial government spokesman Talib Mangal said. The blast took place at around 10 a.m. local time when the…

Virgin Australia slumps into voluntary administration

Ticket revenue had dried up amid coronavirus travel bans SYDNEY, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Virgin Australia has confirmed it has entered voluntary administration – making it Australia’s first big corporate casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. The country’s second-largest carrier cut almost all flights last month following wide-spread travel bans. It was already…

Update: Lesotho government agrees ‘dignified’ exit for scandal-hit prime minister Thabane

Thomas Thabane denies being involved in the murder of his then-wife in 2017  MASERU, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lesotho’s government has agreed that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who is accused of murdering his estranged wife, will immediately resign. The deal brokered with the help of South African mediators is said…

Israel: Netanyahu and Gantz sign unity government deal

Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a coalition to tackle the coronavirus crisis JERUSALEM, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political rival, Benny Gantz, have signed an agreement to form an emergency unity government. The deal will see the pair rotating the leadership of the country, with…

Pres Trump wants to use oil crash to fill US national stockpile

WASHINGTON, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump said the United States would take advantage of the historic drop in oil prices to replenish its national strategic stockpile, pending approval by Congress. “We are filling up our national petroleum reserves… You know, the strategic reserves,” Trump told reporters at his…

Covid-19: Mexico, US extend curbs on non-essential border traffic

MEXICO CITY, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico and the United States agreed to extend restrictions on non-essential travel across their border by another 30 days, Mexico’s foreign ministry said. The move covers “all non-essential land traffic” on the common border “after reviewing the development of the spread of COVID-19 ”…

Covid-19: Turkey orders four-day curfew in major cities

ISTANBUL, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a four-day lockdown from Thursday in Istanbul and 30 other major cities as part of measures to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. “We are planning to implement confinement between April 23-26 in 31 cities,” Erdogan said in…

Covid-19: US records 1,433 coronavirus deaths in past 24 hours – Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The coronavirus death toll in the United States — the country with the most fatalities in the pandemic — has climbed by 1,433 in the past 24 hours to reach 42,094, the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University showed. The US has recorded more than…

Covid-19: WHO insists it hid nothing, sounded alarm from start

GENEVA, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization insisted that it sounded the alarm on the novel coronavirus right from the very start and had hidden nothing from Washington about the deadly pandemic. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there were no secrets at the UN agency after being…

US Pres Trump says will ‘temporarily suspend’ immigration due to coronavirus

WASHINGTON, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump said that he would temporarily suspend immigration to the United States because of the new coronavirus pandemic, as the US already being the worst-hit country in the world. Trump referred to the “Invisible Enemy,” a phrase he has used to describe the…