The new coronavirus is forcing more top Israeli officials into isolation after the country's health minister, who has had frequent contact with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, tested positive, the Health Ministry said Thursday. The... >>>

The Filipino island of Luzon — including the capital Manila — is under lockdown until at least April 14 as authorities try and contain the novel coronavirus.The controversial president — who has been accused of crimes against humanity over his... >>>

The Australian government will punish people convicted of illegally exporting masks, hand sanitizer or other personal protective equipment with hefty fines, officials said.Home Minister Peter Dutton's office said in a statement Wednesday that the... >>>

China logs fewer coronavirus infections but tightens some curbs on movementChina had 35 new cases of the disease on April 1, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on... >>>

A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the death sentence for British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who had been convicted in the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl. Defence lawyer Khawja Naveed told AFP his client's... >>>

A city in southeastern China is banning the consumption of dogs and cats as well as wild animals due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Dogs and cats as pets have established a much closer relationship with humans than all other animals, and banning the... >>>

Iran has no proxies, as Trump claims, but has friends-Foreign Minister tweets"Don't be misled by usual warmongers, AGAIN, @realDonaldTrump: Iran has FRIENDS: No one can have MILLIONS of proxies. Unlike the US — which surreptitiously lies, cheats &... >>>

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Confirmed coronavirus infections around the world approached one million Thursday as the pandemic spread at a "near-exponential" rate, with a six-week-old baby becoming one of the youngest known victims. Half the planet is under some form of... >>>

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has announced plans to donate 10 million masks to countries that have been most severely impacted by the coronavirus. On the heels of an estimated $35 billion stimulus package intended to bolster the island nation's... >>>

Hundreds of new Covid-19 cases have been linked to a conference held by the Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi.The organisation was founded in 1926 in the northern Indian region of Mewat by prominent Islamic scholar Maulana Mohammed Ilyas... >>>

President Donald Trump has held an unequivocal position about China and the coronavirus — several of them. Trump initially praised China, then excoriated Beijing after it made unsubstantiated claims that the virus originated in the United... >>>

Since becoming mayor of Prague more than two years ago, Zdenek Hrib has repeatedly irked China by meeting dissidents, criticizing its treatment of ethnic minorities and promoting ties with Taiwan. © Photographer: Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images... >>>

Panama is taking a new -- if somewhat unorthodox — measure to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus: separation of the sexes. © Erick Marciscano/Reuters Police officers are pictured during the curfew as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)... >>>

When six Chinese doctors landed in Belgrade two weeks ago, Serbia's president greeted them with elbow-bumps before laying a kiss on their country's flag, a gesture of gratitude that sent Chinese social media aflutter. These doctors are... >>>