Bahrain will close shopping malls, restaurants and coffee shops for two weeks as part of efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Beauty salons, spas and barber shops will also close as part of the heightened measures that will come into effect on Thursday, May 27.
No event or conference should be held during this period, state TV reported, citing the national committee to combat the pandemic.
Head-on train crash near Peru's Machu Picchu kills driver, injures dozens
A train driver has been killed and 40 more people injured on Tuesday after two trains collided head-on on the railway leading to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the Andean nation's top tourist site that draws well over 1 million visitors each year.
MSF expects to be barred from Gaza after missing Israel deadline
Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières expects to be barred from operating in Gaza once it misses Wednesday's deadline to comply with new registration rules for relief agencies that Israel says are meant to prevent Hamas from exploiting international aid.
Granddaughter of JFK Tatiana Schlossberg dies of rare form of leukemia
Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of the 35th US president, John F. Kennedy, has died on Tuesday at 35 years-old after revealing in a November essay that she had been diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia.
UK, France, others state Gaza humanitarian deterioration of serious concern
Britain, Canada, France and others have stated that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has worsened again and is of serious concern in a joint statement on Tuesday that also called on Israel to take urgent action.
China encircles Taiwan in massive military display
China has fired rockets into waters off Taiwan on Tuesday, showcased new assault ships and dismissed prospects of US and allied intervention to block any future attack by Beijing to take control of the island in its most extensive war games to date.
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