New Zealand has reported two new COVID-19 cases, both related to recent travel from the UK.
It's the first cases reported in the country over the last 24 days.
New Zealand had lifted all social and economic restrictions except border controls last week, after declaring itself free of the coronavirus,
However, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had warned that new cases could come up as citizens return home.
So far, the country has recorded 22 deaths from the virus.
US and Iran inch towards short-term deal to end fighting
The United States and Iran are edging toward a limited, temporary agreement to halt their war, sources and officials said on Thursday, with a draft framework that would stop the fighting but leave the most contentious issues unresolved.
Israel says it killed Hezbollah commander in first strike on Beirut since ceasefire
Israel said on Thursday it had killed a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force in an airstrike on Beirut a day earlier, the first Israeli attack on the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire agreed last month.
Israeli strikes kill five, injure son of Hamas chief in Gaza
Israel has launched air strikes that killed at least five people across the Gaza Strip and critically wounded the son of Hamas’s top negotiator on Wednesday, according to medics and Hamas sources.
Israel strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire
Israel struck Beirut on Wednesday for the first time since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last month, saying it targeted a commander of the group's elite Radwan force in the city's southern suburbs.
US and Iran closing in on memorandum to end war, sources say
The United States and Iran are closing in on an agreement on a one-page memorandum to end the war in the Gulf, a source from mediator Pakistan and another source briefed on the mediation said.
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