Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday extended a ban on flights from the United Kingdom by another two weeks.
The ban will remain in place until mid-January in a bid to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus variant.
Duterte also ordered a 14-day quarantine for passengers that came from or transited in the UK, and from countries where the more infectious COVID-19 variant was detected.
Report says Iran and US reach outline ceasefire deal after latest attacks
The US and Iran have reached an outline agreement to extend their ceasefire pending the approval of President Donald Trump, according to an Axios report, after Iran targeted a US air base in Kuwait in the wake of US strikes on Iranian drone operation.
Kenyan girls' school fire kills 16 students, injures 79
A fire tore through a dormitory at a girls' secondary school in a town in Kenya's Rift Valley overnight, killing 16 students, the government said on Thursday.
Israel carries out strike on Beirut suburbs, first near capital in weeks
An Israeli strike hit a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Thursday, the first strike to hit near Beirut in weeks amid a ceasefire that has failed to halt fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah in south Lebanon.
Kenya approves US Ebola quarantine request as WHO chief heads to Congo
Kenya has approved a request from the US to open a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to Ebola, two US officials told Reuters on Thursday, as the head of the World Health Organisation was travelling to the epicentre of the outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kuwait strongly condemns Iranian attacks targeting its territories
Kuwait's Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the Iranian attacks targeting its territories with missiles and drones, describing it as a dangerous escalation and a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.
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