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Papua New Guinea PM declares state of emergency after deadly riots

11 Jan 2024

Port Moresby: Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape declared a 14-day state of emergency in the capital on Thursday, after 15 people were killed in riots as crowds looted...

California officially ends Covid state of emergency

02 Mar 2023

California has officially ended the Covid-19 state of emergency, nearly three years after Governor Gavin Newsom issued the country's first statewide stay-at-home order. Since March 2020, the statewide emergency...

Myanmar junta extends state of emergency

01 Aug 2022

Myanmar's military government has extended a state of emergency by six months, state media said Monday, with the junta chief saying elections could only take place when the conflict-wracked country...

Sri Lanka extends state of emergency, arrests key protest leaders

27 Jul 2022

Sri Lanka's parliament approved the extension of a state of emergency for a month on Wednesday, a lawmaker said, in a bid to get a grip on a political and...

Nationwide state of emergency urged by top Japan medic amid coronavirus surge

03 Aug 2021

Gulf Today Report Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who announced the change on Monday, said the government would ensure people isolating at home can be hospitalised if necessary. Previous policy...

President extends state of emergency for another 3 months in Egypt

22 Jul 2021

President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has extended the state of emergency across the Egypt for another three months; starting at 1:00am on July 24 (Saturday). The decision, which was published...

Japan to extend virus emergency for 2 weeks for Tokyo area

05 Mar 2021

Japan’s government will extend a state of emergency in the Tokyo region for another two weeks because its medical systems are still strained by COVID-19 patients, the minister in charge...

Japan hopes to end state of emergency for 6 prefectures this month

26 Feb 2021

The Japanese government is looking to end a state of emergency in all but Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures at the end of this month, a week earlier than scheduled,...

Japan to widen state of emergency beyond Tokyo as coronavirus surges

12 Jan 2021

Gulf Today Report Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told a meeting of ruling party executives on Tuesday he would declare a state of emergency for the three western prefectures of...

Japan declares virus state of emergency in Tokyo region

07 Jan 2021

Gulf Today Report Japan's government declared a month-long coronavirus state of emergency in the greater Tokyo area on Thursday as the capital reported another record surge in daily infections. Prime...

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