China has suspended public transport in 10 cities and closed temples in order to contain the new coronavirus which has killed 25 people and infected more than 800 people. The country has also started constructing a new hospital to treat those infected by the virus. Our correspondent reported that World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared
It was reported that sanctions have been imposed on six companies and two people for helping Iran’s state-owned National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to export millions of dollars of goods in violation of U.S sanctions. The U.S Treasury Department stated on Thursday that the six companies blacklisted are Hong Kong-based Triliance Petrochemical Co. Ltd and
There is nothing wrong if a region set up a security outfit to protect the citizens living and working in that region. All that is required would be for the state government within the area of operation of such security outfit to have the backing of the state’s law, doing so would assist the federal
It is good to dream big but fulfilling those dreams is where the problem is. Like we (Viewers Corner News team) said in the past, Nigeria as a nation has the capability to land herself in space only if the right Minister of Science and Technology was appointed. Again, science and technology is the future
It was reported that Brazilian state prosecutors have charged Fabio Schvartsman, the former chief executive of mining giant (Vale SA) and fifteen others with homicide for a last year dam disaster that killed more than 250 people. The German company (Vale and TUV SUD) responsible for inspecting the dam was also charged with environmental crimes.
The Iranian-backed Lebanese group “Hezbollah” has been officially declared a terrorist organization by a Honduras government. Luis Suazo (Honduras’ deputy security minister) said that the country has included Hezbollah (a Shi’ite Muslim group) in the registry of persons and institutions linked to acts of terrorism and its financing. Hezbollah was also designated a terrorist organization
It was reported that China’s new coronavirus outbreak has killed nine people in China and about 450 cases have been reported globally, after the virus broke out in the central city of Wuhan. According to the report, the infection is spreading faster in China. The Global health authorities feared that the transmission rate of the
It was reported that at least six people including two policemen were killed as protesters and security forces clashed on Monday in Baghdad and other cities in Iraq. According to the report, as Iraqi protesters resumed their anti-government demonstration last week, two protesters were shot by live bullets on Monday while the third person was
The Islamic Republic of Iran said on Monday that it would quit the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement. The 1968 global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has been the foundation of global nuclear arms control since the Cold War, including the 2015
It was reported that about 75 highly dangerous gang members escaped through an underground tunnel from Paraguayan prison near Brazil border on Sunday. The escaped inmates includes gang members from First Capital Command (Brazil’s most powerful and sophisticated organized crime group). It was alleged that prison officials were aware of the operation, the director of
