A cruise ship that was stranded at sea for two weeks over coronavirus fears has finally docked in Cambodia.
The MS Westerdam, which has 1,455 passengers and 802 crew onboard, had been turned away by Japan, Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines and Thailand despite no cases of Covid-19 onboard.
Regular health checks have been conducted so far, the ship operator confirmed.
The ship is set to anchor outside Sihanoukville so Cambodian authorities can carry out health checks, after which passengers will be able to disembark and begin their journey home.
It comes as 175 people on board another cruise liner docked in Japan tested positive for the virus.
The flu-like virus has killed more than 1,300 people so far, with almost all of them in China.
Lebanon's Hezbollah warned Israeli residents to evacuate towns within 5 km of the border between the countries in a message posted on its Telegram channel in Hebrew early on Friday.
The US House of Representatives rejected an effort on Thursday to stop President Donald Trump's air war on Iran and require that any hostilities against Iran be authorized by Congress, backing the Republican president's military campaign.
Foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union have strongly condemned the Iranian attacks targeting GCC states, calling them a direct threat to regional and global security.
US President Donald Trump claimed the right to join Iran in deciding its next leader as the war escalated, with US and Israeli jets hitting areas across the country and Gulf cities coming under renewed attack.
The United States and interim authorities in Venezuela have agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday, aiming to foster a peaceful transition to elect a new government in the South American country.
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