The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that around 100 new coronavirus cases were being reported outside of China each day with large outbreaks in Southeast Asia, Italy and the Middle East. This week, that figure shot up to 300 cases per day.
Suspected attacks left two tankers in flames in the Gulf of Oman, bumping up oil prices and further raising regional tensions triggered by a bitter United States (US)-Iran standoff.The strikes on Thursday follow last month's sabotage attacks on four ships off the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that Washington blamed on Tehran.Amid rising fears of a conflict, here is what we know:What happened?In the early daylight hours of Thursday, two vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz towards
