Another Iran Revolutionary Guards Senior Officer Dies Of Coronavirus

A long-serving, senior Revolutionary Guard general has died of coronavirus in Iran on Friday, March 13. Lt. General Nasser Sha’abani was a member of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) for 37 years and had held many senior posts and commands in Iran’s elite military force. His record includes deputy commander of IRGC’s Sarollah unit in […]

Corona Is Slowing Down, Humanity Will Survive, Says Biophysicist Michael Levitt

CTech – Nobel laureate Michael Levitt, an American-British-Israeli biophysicist who teaches structural biology at Stanford University and spends much of his time in Tel Aviv, unexpectedly became a household name in China, offering the public reassurance during the peak of the country’s coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. Levitt did not discover a treatment or a cure, just […]

Brazilian President denies testing positive for coronavirus

“Don’t believe in the fake news media!” says Jair Bolsonaro after reports say he tested positive for COVID-19. Elad Benari, Canada, 13/03/20  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday denied having tested positive for coronavirus, after local media reported he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was awaiting the results of a second test to confirm. […]

Trump orders mass oil buys to ‘fill up’ reserve

President Donald Trump ordered the federal government to begin buying tens of millions of barrels of crude oil to be stored in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Friday, in a bid to aid the domestic oil and gas industry after crude prices collapsed this week. After declaring the coronavirus outbreak a national emergency, Trump said the […]

Trump declares national emergency as coronavirus spreads

After weeks of criticism, President Donald Trump Friday declared a national emergency for dealing with the spread of coronavirus in the United States. He said it would free up $50bn for states and allow the federal government to cut through regulations and laws to extend fast care to coronavirus patients. He also outlined agreements with […]

Iraqi Military Condemns U.S. Air Strikes as Violation of Sovereignty

‘This action is against the will of the Iraqi state and a violation of its sovereignty, it strengthens outlaws,’ said Iraq’s Joint Operations Command Mar 13, 2020 1:23 PM   Iraq’s military condemned overnight U.S. air strikes on Friday, saying they had killed six people and describing them as a violation of sovereignty and a […]

Twenty-four hours in Iraq: How the US built its case for airstrikes

“Let me be clear: The U.S. will not tolerate attacks against our people, our interests or our allies,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters at the Pentagon on Thursday. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 13, 2020 06:18 “Let me be clear: The U.S. will not tolerate attacks against our people, our interests or our allies,” Defense […]

Top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader infected with coronavirus

10:44 March 13, 2020 A top adviser to Iran’s utmost authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been infected with the new coronavirus, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday. “Ali Akbar Velayati, who also is the head of Tehran’s Masih Daneshvari hospital, had contacts with many coronavirus patients in past few weeks. He […]