Italy has announced that it will be banning arrivals from 13 “at-risk” countries.
Roberto Speranza, the European country’s health minister, says the pandemic is at its most acute phase so certain countries will not be allowed in for the time being.
He explained that this includes Armenia, Brazil, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kuwait, North Macedonia, Moldova and Peru.
South Korea suspends anti-North Korea radio broadcasts
South Korea has suspended a military radio broadcast that transmits to North Korea as part of measures aimed at easing tensions with Pyongyang, Seoul's defence ministry said on Monday.
Deadly Indonesia protests force U-turn on lawmakers' perks
Indonesian political parties have agreed to cut lawmakers' benefits, President Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday, in a bid to calm anti-government protests that have killed at least five people in the country's worst violence in decades.
Houthis raid UN premises in Yemen, detain at least 11 people
Yemen's Houthis raided United Nations offices in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday and detained at least 11 UN personnel, the body said.
Israel says Hamas armed wing spokesperson killed in Gaza
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that Hamas' armed wing spokesperson Abu Ubaida has been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza.
Israel pounds Gaza, Netanyahu to convene security cabinet
Israeli forces pounded the suburbs of Gaza City overnight from the air and ground, destroying homes and driving more families out of the area as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet was set on Sunday to discuss a plan to seize the city.
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