India will ground all domestic passenger flights from today to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, the government said, as more

Two more doctors have died after contracting the coronavirus in France, officials said yesterday, a day after the country reported the first

Communist-run Cuba said it dispatched a brigade of doctors and nurses to Italy for the first time this weekend to help in the fight

Greece yesterday put out a call for health volunteers to help combat the spread of the coronavirus, a government official said.

Police in Belgium’s capital have handed out hundreds of fines to residents ignoring lockdown rules in city parks, as restrictions intensify

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, US media reported Sunday. Weinstein, 68, is

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Afghan capital yesterday to help break a poisonous political deadlock that has further

Chancellor Angela Merkel was on Sunday in quarantine after meeting a doctor who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, as Germany

Filipino teacher Raven Kate De Leon is in demand, spending up to 10 hours a day at her home computer surrounded by mini cars and stuffed toys that she uses as props to inject fun into her English classes for students far away in China.

Syria says it has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, in a person who came from abroad.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for a global ceasefire so the world can focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

The United States should lift sanctions if it wants to help Iran to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says, adding that Iran had no intention of accepting Washington’s offer of humanitarian assistance.

The US Department of Justice announces it had shut down a website claiming to sell a coronavirus vaccine, in its first act of federal enforcement against fraud in connection with the pandemic.

Saudi Arabia imposes a nationwide curfew starting after reporting a jump of almost a quarter in coronavirus cases, while the United Arab Emirates will suspend all passenger and transit flights to and from the country.

Authorities across Asia ramped up efforts this weekend to stem the coronavirus amid fears of a second wave of infections in places where outbreaks had appeared under control.

Up to 1.5 million vulnerable people in Britain, identified as being most at risk from the coronavirus epidemic, should stay at home for at least 12 weeks, the government said yesterday.

The head of the World Health Organization believes China’s battle with the coronavirus offers a beacon of hope, but others question whether Beijing’s strategy can be followed by other countries -- particularly Western democracies.

Gamers, bitcoin “miners” and companies large and small have teamed up for an unprecedented data-crunching effort that aims to harness idle computing power to accelerate research for a coronavirus treatment.

Donald Trump has sent a letter to Kim Jong Un detailing a plan to develop ties, state media reported citing the North Korean leader’s

Rwanda imposed a nationwide shutdown and border controls to combat the coronavirus at the weekend in some of the strictest