Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia fear an imminent food crisis as the lockdown continues amid the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the Southeast Asian country.

A crystal clear view of the snow-clad peaks of the majestic Dhauladhar range of Himalayan mountain chain becomes visible after the air quality of Jalandhar, an industrial town of Punjab about 260 kilometres from the mountain range, has shown remarkable improvement as all the industries and all modes of transport are suspended during the ongoing lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak across India.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in a stable and improving condition in intensive care, his culture minister says.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that now was not the time to assess the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, calling instead for the international community to focus on working in solidarity to stop the virus.

A couple of videos shared this month on Facebook purportedly show recent lootings in shops in South Africa, while the country undergoes a 21-day lockdown to minimise the spread of the novel coronavirus. However, both videos show footage of earlier looting incidents and were already circulating online last year.

The Afghan government yesterday released 100 Taliban prisoners, an official told AFP, a day after the insurgents said they were walking

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday placed on special leave a minister seen lunching at a friend’s house in violation of the

Not even a nearly $40 billion divorce can topple Amazon (AMZN) founder and CEO Jeff Bezos from being the world’s richest person. For

A deadly Pacific storm slammed into Fiji yesterday, tearing off roofs and flooding towns, after leaving a trail of destruction in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

EU finance ministers yesterday failed to agree on a rescue plan to help hard hit member states face the coronavirus outbreak, after the Netherlands blocked the deal over bailout conditions.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson began a third day in intensive care yesterday battling the coronavirus.

At least 83,568 people have died around the world in 192 countries since the virus emerged in China in December, according to a JHU tally at 1300 GMT.

India is considering plans to seal off coronavirus hotspots in Delhi, Mumbai and parts of the south while easing restrictions elsewhere as a way out of a three-week lockdown that has caused deep economic distress, officials said yesterday.

India’s Supreme Court orders that Covid-19 tests in approved government or private laboratories should be conducted free of cost.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders suspends his campaign for the White House, making former Vice President Joe Biden the presumptive nominee to face Republican Donald Trump in the November 3 election.

The story of a Malaysian man, who walked 70km over three days from Kota Kinabalu to get to his hometown of Kota Marudu (some 120km away) with a dog as his companion, is getting much attention from internet users.

The Australian High Commission in Bangladesh arranges a non-scheduled commercial flight to take back the Australians currently in Bangladesh.

The Chinese city where the coronavirus epidemic first broke out, Wuhan, ends a two-month lockdown, but a northern town started restricting the movement of its residents amid concerns of a second wave of infections in mainland China.

President Donald Trump threatens to cut US funding to the World Health Organization, accusing it of bias toward China, where the authorities lifted a two-and-a-half-month travel ban on Wuhan, the city that spawned the global coronavirus pandemic.

Two elderly South Korean coronavirus patients recovered from severe pneumonia after being treated with plasma from survivors, researchers said yesterday, offering hope in the face of the global pandemic.