Новости за 06.03.2020

MOSCOW — The leaders of Russia and Turkey met in Moscow on Thursday after a surge in fighting in Syria raised fears of their armies clashing and launched a new migrant crisis.

AMMAN — The Ministry of Health on Thursday confirmed that no new cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected in the Kingdom.

DUBAI — The Houthi rebels arrived without warning, heavily armed and in a furious mood, as they barged into Ophelia, the only cafe for women in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, and demanded it be shut down immediately.

KHARTOUM — Sudanese security forces deliberately killed scores of people, possibly as many as 241, in a crackdown on a pro-democracy protesters last June, an international rights group said Thursday.

THE HAGUE — International war crimes judges ruled on Thursday that a probe into wartime abuses in Afghanistan must go ahead, including looking into possible atrocities committed by US forces, as they overturned a previous court ruling.

AMMAN — The Jordan Press Association (JPA) on Thursday warned against a possible merger of three governmental media institutions in Jordan.

AMMAN — The lack of production input and raw materials imported from China will “reflect negatively” on the local industries they support, Chairman of the Zarqa Chamber of Industry's (ZCI) board of directors Fares Hammoudeh said on Thursday. 

KASTANIES, Greece — It is nightfall in Poros, a small village in north-eastern Greece. Tractors lie idle and the streets virtually deserted.

VIENNA — Ministers from the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel on Thursday recommended a drastic production cut of 1.5 million barrels per day to their allies to counter a slump in demand.

BEIRUT — A Lebanese prosecutor on Thursday ordered an asset freeze for 20 banks and their board directors, two judicial sources said, in the latest move targeting the crisis-hit country's under-fire banks.