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The global death toll from the coronavirus infection has topped 1.612 million, over 72.2 million cases of the infection have been detected, and over 46.8 million have recovered, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.
Last week, US Congress approved new sanctions against Turkey over its purchase of Russian-made S-400 air defence systems. At the same time, the European Union signalled agreement on a roadmap to comprehensive restrictions against Ankara over Turkey's unauthorised gas drilling in the eastern Mediterranean waters claimed by Greece and Cyprus.
Bellingcat, CNN, Der Spiegel, and The Insider claim that they have unearthed a “long-running FSB operation" to track Russian opposition blogger Alexei Navalny. It allegedly involves chemical weapons experts linked to the development of Novichok-type nerve agents. International observers have questioned the timing of the report, and its main target.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States is imposing sanctions against two Iranian intelligence officers over their alleged role in the disappearance and probable death of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, senior government officials said in a conference call with reporters on Monday.
In 2014 Matthew Harrod was jailed for 10 years for supplying drugs but he was back on the streets in 2017. Detectives have now revealed that Harrod and 18 members of his gang have been jailed for 138 years after they fell into a fresh police dragnet.
Earlier, media reported that an explosion had taken place aboard the BW Rhine, a Singapore-flagged oil tanker, off the Saudi port of Jeddah in the Red Sea. Saudi ships have previously faced similar attacks in the body of water by Yemen's Houthi militia. Riyadh launched a military operation in Yemen to try to oust the Houthis in 2015.
The baseball team, which has borne the name ‘Indians’ for more than a century, is reportedly planning to follow in the footsteps of the Washington Football Team (formally the Washington Redskins) and rename itself after having been urged to do so for decades by Native Americans and activist groups.
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