Day: January 4, 2020

Bolivia to hold presidential vote May 3: electoral tribunal

2:35 pm January 4, 2020

La Paz: Bolivians will choose a new president on May 3, more than six months after a disputed election sparked a social revolt and the resignation of Evo Morales. Interim leader Jeanine Anez has been overseeing a caretaker government since then, after Morales fled the country for Mexico. The new presidential election will be “the […]

Iran vows revenge for US attack that killed powerful general

2:12 pm January 4, 2020

Baghdad: Iran promised to seek revenge for a US airstrike near Baghdad’s airport that killed the mastermind of its interventions across the Middle East, and the U.S. said Friday that it was sending thousands more troops to the region as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing. The death of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, […]

Hong Kong steps up response to mystery disease from China

2:08 pm January 4, 2020

Hong Kong: Hong Kong authorities activated a newly created serious response” level Saturday as fears spread about a mysterious infectious disease that may have been brought back by visitors to a mainland Chinese city. Five possible cases have been reported of a viral pneumonia that has also infected at least 44 people in Wuhan, an […]

US long watched Soleimani, but feared risks of a strike

US says decision to kill Iran’s Gen Soleimani was designed to prevent further bloodshed

2:04 pm January 4, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s decision to kill Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards commander General Qasem Soleimani was designed to prevent further bloodshed and was defensive in nature, his National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien has said. O’Brien alleged that Soleimani, who was travelling around the Middle East, had just come to Iraq from Damascus where he […]

Libya’s Haftar makes ‘call to arms’ over possible Turkey intervention

2:01 pm January 4, 2020

Benghazi: Libya’s military strongman Khalifa Haftar has called on all Libyans to take up arms in response to a prospective military intervention from Turkey aimed at shoring up the UN-backed government in Tripoli. The beleaguered Tripoli government, headed by Fayez al-Sarraj, has been under sustained attack since April by Haftar, who heads a rival administration […]