Incidents

The Australian government said Friday that two of the roughly 160 people evacuated to Australia from a virus-stricken cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Two elderly passengers from the Diamond Princess, a coronavirus-hit cruise ship docked in Yokohama, have died, a Japanese government source said Thursday.

According to the paper, the gunman started shooting at a local bar, and subsequently opened fire at passers-by on one of the city’s squares.

In less than 48 hours, the Dubai Police recently apprehended a gang for stealing AED20 million worth of jewellery from the residence of a European investor.

Passengers on the coronavirus-hit cruise ship Diamond Princess started disembarking Wednesday in Yokohama after a two-week quarantine period that raised questions about the Japanese government's response to the outbreak.

At least 10 people were killed in an attack on a church in northern Burkina Faso, local media reported Sunday, citing security sources.

Another 10 people on a cruise ship quarantined near Yokohama have tested positive for a new coronavirus originating in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

A passenger plane skidded off the runway at an airport in Istanbul on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring 179 others, officials said.

Two women were found dead and a 2-year-old was wounded after a shooting in a residence hall on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce, police said Monday.

About 150 firefighters and 25 fire engines battled a blaze in Holborn, a historic law district in central London, on Sunday morning after the fire broke out in a six-storey office building, local media reported.