As reported by Straitstimes.com, two women have died of the coronavirus MERS in Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Friday, bringing the total number of fatalities in the kingdom to 44. The victims were identified as a 41-year-old expat who was working in the health sector in Riyadh and a 79-year-old Saudi who suffered from chronic illnesses and who came into contact with a patient stricken by the virus in the northeastern city of Hafr al-Baten.. Read article
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Dailycaller.com reported in an unprecedented statement, a former Iranian official has warned of mass abductions and brutal killings of American citizens around the world and the rape and killing of one of Obama’s daughters should the United States attack Syria. Read Article
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FARC MAY BE BEHIND PROTESTS Telegraph.co.uk reported that Troops deployed in Colombian capital amid deadly clashes Troops were ordered onto the streets of Bogota on Friday after deadly violence broke out amid nationwide protests, in the first major military deployment in the Colombian capital since the peak of the country’s civil conflict. President Juan Manuel […]
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Trend.az reported that, some 64 people were infected with cholera in Iran, corresponding measures have been taken, the condition of the infected is satisfactory, the head of the Center for Disease Management of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education Mohammad Mehdi Gouya said, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. He noted that, the infected […]
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Presstv.ir reported that, at least four people have been killed and six others injured after a car bomb attack rocked the western area of the Syrian capital, Damascus, local media report. The blast took place on Thursday near a research and testing center affiliated with the Syrian Ministry of Industry in Damascus’s Sumaria neighborhood, the […]
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As reported by Oregonlive.com, Syed Wali desperately wants to immunize his three young children against polio but fears the Islamic militants who banned the vaccine from this remote area in northwest Pakistan will catch him if he tries to smuggle it in. “I can afford to bring the vaccine for my children, but what answer […]
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Reuters reports that Tropical Storm Juliette blew through the Pacific Mexican tourist resort of Cabo San Lucas early on Thursday, killing one man, knocking down trees and causing electricity blackouts, local emergency services said. By mid-morning, Juliette had weakened as it moved along the west coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, about 80 miles northwest […]
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Thousands of Israelis continued to queue up for gas masks or ordered them by phone, spurred on by fears that any Western military response to last week’s alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria could ensnare their own country in war. A shortage of gas masks caused a mini-melee among panicky moms pushing strollers here Wednesday, […]
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According to a Financial Times report, Chinese visitors are descending on Paris in record numbers and their lavish spending on luxury brands has made them an irresistible target for thieves. Petty crime between January and the end of June in one of the world’s most-visited cities jumped 7.8 per cent compared with the same period […]
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