Jordan has suspended flights to and from the United Kingdom from today until January 3rd due to a new strain of the coronavirus detected in Britain, officials said on Monday.
Meanwhile, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia have announced the closure of borders.
Anutin Charnvirakul elected Thai PM after rout of ruling party rival
Thailand's Anutin Charnvirakul was elected prime minister on Friday after breezing through a parliamentary vote, trouncing the candidate of the Shinawatra family's once-dominant ruling party to end a week of chaos and political deadlock.
15 dead in Sri Lanka bus crash
A passenger bus veered off a road and plunged into a deep ravine in a mountainous region in Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and injuring 16 others.
Two powerful aftershocks hit Afghanistan after earthquakes killed 2,200
Two powerful aftershocks shook eastern Afghanistan in a span of 12 hours, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said, triggering fears of more deaths and destruction on Friday in a region where about 2,200 people died in quakes in four days.
Thai parliament to vote on new PM, as Thaksin jets off amid chaos
Thailand's parliament was set to choose a new prime minister on Friday, after days of political chaos, in a vote that could be overshadowed by the dramatic departure from the country of its most powerful politician Thaksin Shinawatra.
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