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

The offer by the United States to help Iran fight the coronavirus pandemic is strange, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Authorities in Gaza yesterday confirmed the first two cases of novel coronavirus, identifying them as Palestinians who had travelled

At least 13,444 deaths have been recorded since the virus first emerged in December, according to an AFP tally compiled at 1200

A giant cargo plane carrying over 100 tons of medical material from China, including millions of face masks, has landed at a Czech

Air quality is improving in countries under coronavirus quarantines, experts say, but it is far too early to speak of long-term change.

Countries can’t simply lock down their societies to defeat coronavirus, the World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said yesterday, adding that public health measures are needed to avoid a resurgence of the virus later on.

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.

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the Croatian capital Zagreb, leaving a teenager critically injured after an apartment building in the city collapsed, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences and a hospital official say.

Countries can't simply lock down their societies to defeat coronavirus, the World Health Organization's top emergency expert Mike Ryan says, adding that public health measures are needed to avoid a resurgence of the virus later on.

To check the spread of coronavirus, India announces a halt to movement of most trains and inter-state buses till March 31, our New Delhi correspondent reports.

The death toll from coronavirus outbreak in Italy has leaped by 793 to 4,825, officials say, an increase of 19.6% -- by far the largest daily rise in absolute terms since the contagion emerged.

North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast yesterday, the latest in a series of such

China reports no new local cases for a third consecutive day, but confirms the highest one-day tally yet in infections from abroad, with another 41 cases. China has 81,008 cases, including 3,255 fatalities and 71,740 people recovered.

Singapore yesterday reported 47 new cases of coronavirus, which were mainly imported, taking the city-state’s tally to 432 infections.

The Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Friday took the rare step of closing its borders with several neighbouring states because of the

Hong Kong yesterday said a surge in imported cases of coronavirus would likely lead to a community outbreak and pile pressure on the

President Emmanuel Macron yesterday announced that Iran has freed a French researcher imprisoned in the Islamic republic after France