Taliban attack kills 4 Afghan police in northern Kunduz province

Mar 5,2020
Four Afghan police were killed after the Taliban militants stormed a security checkpoint in Imam Sahib district of the northern Kunduz province on Thursday, head of the provincial council Mohammad Yusuf Ayubi said.
Former UN chief Perez de Cuellar dies
Mar 05
Peruvian diplomat Javier Perez de Cuellar, who led the United Nations for 10 years, has died. He was 100 years old.
Italy to close schools nationwide to contain virus
Mar 05
Italy's government announced on Wednesday that it is closing all schools and universities nationwide as the number of confirmed infections of the new coronavirus in the country have topped 3,000.
Oil producing countries eye production cuts
Mar 05
The world's major oil-producing countries are considering cuts to production as the spread of the coronavirus weighs on demand.
Former UN chief Javier Perez de Cuellar dead at 100
Mar 05
Former UN chief Javier Perez de Cuellar, who was known for his peace-making efforts including brokering a ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq war, died Wednesday in his native Peru, aged 100, his son said.
290 million students out of school as global virus battle intensifies
Mar 05
Almost 300 million students worldwide faced weeks at home on Thursday with Italy the latest country to shut schools over the deadly new coronavirus, as the IMF urged an all-out, global offensive against the epidemic.
7 injured after police helicopter crashes south of Manila
Mar 05
Seven people including Philippine National Police chief General Archie Gamboa and four other police officers were injured after a police helicopter crashed on Thursday during take-off in Laguna province, south of Manila.