Coronavirus: Death toll rises to 81 as China extends holiday

The Chinees national new year holiday has been extended by three days to Sunday, in an attempt to contain the spread. On Monday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and centre of the outbreak.The number of deaths in Hubei rose from 56 to 76, with five deaths elsewhere. Wuhan is in lockdown and several other cities have imposed travel bans.In Shanghai, the government has stopped businesses from returning to work until 10 February. The ban applies to all companies apart from utilities, medical firms, medical suppliers, and supermarkets. The newly death virus rapidly spreds around the world. USA, Canada, Australia, UAE, Thailand, Malasia, Nepal, Few other Europian countries also suffering from Corona Virus. The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 81 on Monday, as the government extended the Lunar New Year holiday and more big businesses shut down or told staff to work from home in an effort to curb the spread. Premier Li Keqiang visited the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, as the central government stepped up its response while city authorities faced growing accusations from the public of mismanagement and a failure to respond to the outbreak in time. Asian shares tumbled, with Japan’s Nikkei average sliding 2.0%, its biggest one-day fall in five months, as investors grew anxious. Demand spiked for safe-haven assets such as the Japanese yen and Treasury notes. The total number of confirmed cases in China rose about 30% from the previous day, to 2,744, with about half in the central province of Hubei, the capital of which is Wuhan. But some experts suspect the number of infected people is much higher.Meanwhile, the director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is in Beijing to discuss the outbreak with the Chinese government and health experts.

Russian ISIS women urge to Putin to bring them home

Russian women who were held in Kurdish-controlled camps in Syria as Daesh (ISIS) supporters have recorded emotional appeals to President Vladimir Putin to help them return home.The audio recordings released by RBK news website late Saturday were provided by Chechen rights ombudswoman Kheda Saratova, who has been involved in repatriating Daesh widows and children. It was not clear when they were made. Thousands of Russians joined ISIS forces in Syria and Iraq. Russia has repatriated some of the women and children."My request is to help me return home. I don't want to go back to the ISIS," says one woman, who gives her name as Yulia Kryukova from the city of Saint Petersburg, her voice breaking as she starts crying. One woman says she fears she could be beaten up by other women in the camp who still support ISIS. "I appeal to President Vladimir Putin, Kheda Saratova and Natalya Moskalkova," she says, misnaming Russia's rights ombudswoman Tatiana Moskalkova. The women referred to two different camps holding alleged IS family members Al-Hol in northeastern Syria and Ain Issa near the Turkish border.

Ferry with 55 people on board disappears from radaes off Yemen`s Eastern coast

A ferry from the Yemeni port of Mahrah towards to the island of Socotra disappeared today on sunday. The ferry with at least 55 people went missing and a search and rescue operation was launched an official as said. It is disappeared from the radars off the eastern coast of Yemen, media reported. The poorest nation in  Middle East Yemen has been engulfed in an armed conflict between the government forces, led by President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi, and the rebel Houthi movement for several years now. The Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes against the Houthis at Hadi's request since March 2015. Some military units of the Saudi-led Arab coalition have a presence in the Yemen's eastern provinces in an attempt to enhance local security and combat smuggling.The United Nations has repeatedly observed that the Yemeni conflict the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with an estimated 24 million people - nearly 80 percent of the country’s population - currently in need of aid and protection.

Ceasefire violation:15 residential houses destroyed in pak shelling in gurez

Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and resorted to shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in the border town of Gurez in north Kashmir district of Bandipora. In this provocative pak action as many as 15 residential houses were damaged Bagrang area in the Gurez sector. ‘A residential house caught fire after a Pak shell landed on it. Official sources on Saturday told Press.They said before the fire was doused, 15 houses were completely damaged. ‘The Pak shelling was retaliated effectively by Indian troops,’ they added.They said the affected families were evacuated to safer areas.Meanwhile, the Deputy Commissioner of Bandipora said, ‘One month ration, besides aid from Red Cross have been given to the affected families. Expressing concern over the escalation in tension along the LoC, he said it is the civilians who die on the both sides during ceasefire violation. ‘I request both the countries to come on a table and talk so that people living in borders can live peacefully,’ he added.