A video of a mother running behind a van carrying Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra and begging him to save her husband from COVID-19, has gone viral.

The United States this week accused Russia of having tested an anti-satellite weapon in space, a charge Moscow has denied, saying the device was a “special instrument” for inspecting orbiting Russian equipment.

Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week, around double the number that did so the previous week, according to a Reuters tally showing a pick-up in the pandemic in every region of the world.

The Trump administration moved Friday to ease controls on exports of armed drones, saying that allies need US technology and that other countries

The UN warned Friday against using excessive force against demonstrators and media in the United States, and said the deployment of unidentified

Three polls released this week show gains for President Jair Bolsonaro, putting him as favorite to win re-election in 2022 despite his controversial

Voters should be on high alert for foreign interference in the Nov 3 US election, the US counterintelligence agency chief said on Friday in a rare warning that the public should screen information and report suspicious actions.

Vietnam is back on high alert for the coronavirus after medical officials in the central city of Danang detected the country’s first locally transmitted case for three months.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said that he tested negative for the novel coronavirus after weeks quarantined in his residence due to an infection.

Walt Disney Co has postponed the debut of its movie “Mulan” indefinitely, dealing a new blow to theater operators that were counting on the live-action epic to help attract audiences during a pandemic.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced his new Cabinet, in a reshuffle that will see six of the fifteen ministries headed by new ministers.

A 103-year-old man has recovered from Covid-19 in Pakistan to become one of the oldest survivors of the disease in the world, beating the odds in a country with a weak healthcare system.

Security is tight outside the US consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu as staff inside prepare to leave, a day after China ordered it to close in response to a US order for China to shut its consulate in Houston.

The United States has announced it will not take in any new foreign students seeking online-only study, after rescinding a hotly contested order to expel those already here and preparing for that because of the pandemic.

A Singaporean man who set up a fake consulting site to solicit information from US government and military workers has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent of Chinese intelligence, the Justice Department says.

The World Health Organization reports a record increase in global coronavirus cases, with the total rising by 284,196 in 24 hours.

President Donald Trump told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday that he hopes to avoid an “expensive” US arms race with Russia and China, the White House said.

The World Health Organization chief on Thursday rejected as false an allegation by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that he owed his position to a deal with China.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on “free nations” to triumph over the threat of what he said was a “new tyranny” from China, in a provocative speech likely to worsen fraught US-China relations.

Malaysia reached a $3.9 billion settlement with Goldman Sachs yesterday over the Wall Street titan’s role in the 1MDB scandal in exchange for the country ending all criminal proceedings against the bank.