Iran’s coronavirus death toll rises to 15 amid surge of new infections

Iran‘s deputy health minister has tested positive for coronavirus as the crisis deepened in the Islamic republic today.  Iraj Harirchi was taken into quarantine just a day after insisting that Iran’s death toll was lower than feared in a sweaty appearance at a press conference.  Harirchi’s diagnosis is the latest sign of Iran’s blundering efforts … Read more

New coronavirus fears for tourists as ‘Italian doctor’ tests positive while holidaying on Tenerife

British tourists are trapped in a quarantined hotel in Tenerife today with police patrolling the complex after an Italian visitor tested positive for coronavirus.  Around 1,000 guests are on lockdown at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace with the resort ‘closed down’ over virus fears.  One couple, David Hoon and Pamela Scott, say they fear that ‘we … Read more

Italian bus driver with cough sparks coronavirus panic in France

An unwell coach driver sparked a coronavirus panic at a French bus station today after arriving with virus symptoms from Italy, where six people have now died in Europe’s first major outbreak.  French police impounded the FlixBus coach in Lyon today after it arrived from Milan with the driver reportedly suffering a bad cough. After a … Read more

World reaches coronavirus ‘tipping point’ as three deaths spark panic in Italy

Experts have warned the world has reached a coronavirus ‘tipping point’ after an explosion of cases in the last few days, including three deaths in Italy, and another four infected in Britain, sparked panic in Europe. It comes as Austria last night briefly halted all trains moving to and from Italy which has locked down … Read more

Four Britons on board cruise ship test positive for coronavirus

Four of the Britons evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus after returning to the UK. Health officials confirmed yesterday that tests at Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral – where 32 passengers were being quarantined – showed the quartet had contracted the Covid-19 strain. The new cases, which bring … Read more

Iran’s hardliners win in general election marred by lowest turnout since the 1979 Islamic Revolution

Iran‘s hardliners took victory today in a general election marred by the lowest turnout since the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid anger at the government. Tehran, which reported its first case of coronavirus two days before Friday’s ballot, accused ‘enemies’ of fuelling fears of the deadly contagion to stifle voting.  Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said: ‘Their media … Read more

Seven nations including Turkey and Pakistan ban people crossing the border from Iran

Seven countries have imposed bans on people entering from Iran after the country announced that eight people had died from the new Covid-19 coronavirus and 43 have been infected.  Iraq has barred Iranians from entering the country altogether, Pakistan has suspended almost all traffic across the border with Iran and Turkey has temporarily closed its … Read more

Coronavirus experts say it’s NOT the rising numbers of infections they fear

Coronavirus experts are more worried that they are unable to trace where clusters of the bug are breaking out than they are about the rising numbers of infections.    In South Korea, Singapore and Iran, clusters of infections are leading to a jump in cases of the new viral illness outside China.    World Health Organization officials … Read more

Conservative Iranian hardliners are set to sweep to victory in elections today

Conservative Iranian hardliners are expected to sweep to victory in elections today after seizing on US killing of terrorist general Qassem Soleimani. Sitting moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is unlikely to pick up adequate support as many voters are expected to stay away from the polls. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was pictured voting in … Read more

Anne Hathaway and Ben Affleck go head-to-head in trailer for Netflix’s The Last Thing He Wanted

Anne Hathaway and Ben Affleck go head-to-head in the high-stakes, historical fiction drama The Last Thing He Wanted. The Netflix original, slated for a February 21st release, places Hathaway in the role of veteran D.C. journalist, Elena McMahon, who ‘loses the thread of her own narrative’ after accidentally acquiescing her way into what would become the … Read more

Flaw in Twitter Android app lets researcher match 17 MILLION phone numbers with user accounts

Flaw in Twitter Android app lets researcher match 17 MILLION phone numbers with user accounts Researcher discovered a security flaw in Twitter’s Android app When he uploaded phone numbers, he could match them with user accounts  Users were mostly from Israel, Turkey, Iran, Greece, Armenia and Germany  By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com Published: 20:48 GMT, … Read more

Iran may have ‘murdered’ more than 1,000 in recent protests over fuel prices claims US

Iran may have ‘murdered’ more than 1,000 in recent protests over fuel prices claims US, as Supreme Leader Khamenei orders victims should be treated as ‘martyrs’ Washington’s top envoy to Tehran Brian Hook made the grim death toll estimate Came as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged compensation to families of the killed Iran has yet to … Read more