26.1.2020 18:22 UAE Ready to Offer China Support in Efforts to Curb Coronavirus Outbreak – Crown Prince

CAIRO (Sputnik) - Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has stated that the United Arab Emirates is ready to provide China assistance in efforts to control the spread of a deadly new form of coronavirus.

26.1.2020 18:0 WHO Chief Traveling to Beijing to Discuss Coronavirus Outbreak With Chinese Officials

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on 26 January that he is travelling to Beijing to discuss measures to contain an outbreak of a deadly new form of coronavirus with Chinese officials and health experts.

26.1.2020 17:46 British Islamic School Sues Government Education Agency for Inadequate Rating

The dispute started after inspectors found a 1994 leaflet in the school’s library that spoke about Muslim supremacy in the world. Rehana Mora, head teacher at Birchfield Independent Girls School, said she was very disappointed with the agency’s rating, which she said was based on a negative attitude towards religious schools.

26.1.2020 17:46 US Reportedly Threatens to ‘Respond’ in Kind to EU Over Carbon, Digital Taxation

The US and EU have to a certain extent been at loggerheads on climate since President Trump chose to withdraw from the Paris Accord – a landmark deal on CO2 emissions beginning in 2020. However, concerns have mounted that the environmental row may spill over to the trade domain.

26.1.2020 17:35 Wuhan Mayor Says Over 5 Million People Left City Since Coronavirus Outbreak

BEIJING (Sputnik) - More than five million people have left Wuhan since the beginning of the outbreak of the fatal coronavirus, the city’s mayor Zhou Xianwang said on 26 January.

26.1.2020 17:28 US Radio Station Stands by Journo After Pompeo Accuses Her of ‘Lying Twice’ Over Ukraine Question

Following an interview with veteran National Public Radio (NPR) reporter Mary Louise Kelly on Friday, in which Mike Pompeo refused to say whether he owed former US envoy to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch an apology, the US secretary of state lashed out at the journalist for allegedly deceiving him.

26.1.2020 17:24 Protests Break Out in Hong Kong Over Government’s Coronavirus Quarantine Plans – Reports

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Police and protesters have clashed in the town of Fanling in the Hong Kong Special Autonomous Region over the government’s proposals to quarantine patients suspected of having contracted a new form of coronavirus in uninhabited, newly-constructed residential buildings, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported.

26.1.2020 16:56 Germany Urges EU States to Fulfill Pledge to Criminalise Holocaust Denial – Foreign Minister

BERLIN (Sputnik) - On Monday, in the Polish town of Oswiecim, 200 former inmates and numerous foreign dignitaries will attend a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp by Soviet Red Army troops.

26.1.2020 16:55 Israeli Forces Carry Out Strike in Gaza in Response to Rocket Fire - IDF

The news comes as the Israeli military announced that it had struck several Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, targeting a weapons production site and a military compound.

26.1.2020 16:50 Five Rockets Strike Near US Embassy in Baghdad - Reports

Iraqi activists held a rally on 25 January in the capital of Baghdad against the United States’ presence in the country, Iraq’s Alsumaria broadcaster reported.

26.1.2020 16:19 German Defence Ministry Draws Criticism After Reported Rise of 'Right-Wing Extremism' in Military

The head of the Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD), Christof Gramm, has revealed to the German outlet Welt am Sonntag that his office has seen a sharp increase in cases of staffers in the German Armed Forces, Bundeswehr, being suspected of right-wing extremism.

26.1.2020 15:56 One Killed in Truck Bomb Blast in Northern Syria - Reports

The blast reportedly occurred in front of a restaurant and a gas station in the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo.

26.1.2020 15:28 Iranian Plane Catches Fire After Leaving Gorgan Airport - Reports

An incident has taken place on board of an Iranian passenger plane mere minutes after taking off from an airport in the administrative centre of Golestan province, the city of Gorgan, located in northern Iran.

26.1.2020 14:37 Israel Officially Allows Citizens to Travel to Saudi Arabia - Reports

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - Israelis will now be allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia for up to 90-days for the country’s Muslim minority to partake in Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages.

26.1.2020 14:20 Trump to Allocate 4 Years to Preparations for 'Deal of The Century' - Reports

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump is expected to announce that the period to prepare for the implementation of the Israeli-Palestinian "deal of the century" will take four years and that during that time Palestine will still have the chance to come on board with the peace plan, the Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported.

26.1.2020 14:6 Palestinians Could Abandon Oslo Accords Over Trump’s 'Deal of the Century' – PNA Official

The Oslo accords, signed in the 1990s, officially created the Palestinian Authority as a structure tasked with exercising self-governance over the territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, while also marking the start of the Oslo Peace Process, which was aimed at achieving peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

26.1.2020 14:2 French Defence Minister Reportedly Tries to Prevent US Withdrawal From Africa

The US has been recently thinking about reducing its military presence in the Islamist-infested continent in order to focus more on countering Russia and China globally, despite the dire situation with terrorism in certain African countries.

26.1.2020 13:46 Bill Clinton Says Why He Feels Terrible About What Happened to Monica Lewinsky

The former US president candidly spoke about the sex scandal that shook America in the 90s in a new documentary called Hillary, dedicated to his wife. The series, which studied the ex-secretary of state’s controversies and slips during the 2016 campaign, was shown recently at the Sundance Film Festival.

26.1.2020 13:45 China May Start Importing Protective Gear to Contain Deadly Coronavirus

BEIJING (Sputnik) - China is encountering a shortage of face masks and protective clothing to contain the spread of the coronavirus due to the 40 percent drop in the production volumes during the Lunar New Year holidays and may have to import protective gear, the industry and information technology vice-minister, Wang Jiangping, said on Sunday.

26.1.2020 13:15 Millions of Locusts Infest Eastern Africa, Threatening to Cause Mass Famine - Videos

Swarms of locusts appeared in Africa searching for food, with millions of hungry insects contaminating fields in the eastern part of the continent after heavy rains at the end of 2019 made their numbers grow dramatically.