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

The United States announced Friday it has successfully tested an unarmed prototype of a hypersonic missile, a nuclear-capable weapon

Two Republican US senators defended themselves on Friday against heavy criticism, including calls that they resign, for selling large amounts of stock before the coronavirus-induced market meltdown and after closed-door briefings on the outbreak.

Southern California residents on Friday appeared to heed calls to stay home as the most populous state in the US battles the coronavirus pandemic.

Britain’s government will pay a massive share of private sector wage bills to discourage bosses from firing staff as it resorts to war-time levels of borrowing to prop up the economy during its coronavirus shutdown.

Old nation: One of the first factors almost everyone who looks at the figures points to is Italians’ average age. The median age of the

Pakistan yesterday suspended all international flights for two weeks to limit the spread of coronavirus, as governments across densely populated South Asia ramped up their efforts to contain the virus.

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

Close to one billion people worldwide were confined to their homes on Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000, with 4,000 alone in worst-hit Italy where the daily number of fatalities has shot up relentlessly over the past week.

Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rises by more than 100 to 1,556 and the total number of people infected now exceeds 20,000, a health ministry official says.

The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy leapt by 627 to 4,032, officials say, an increase of 18.4% -- by far the largest daily rise in absolute terms since the contagion emerged.

At least two dozen Afghan security forces were killed yesterday in an insider attack on their base in southern Afghanistan, officials told AFP, as fighting raged in the war-weary country while efforts to start talks with the Taliban stalled.

China’s imported coronavirus cases have risen to a record 228, data showed yesterday, as infected travellers spread to ever more provinces, adding pressure on authorities to toughen entry rules and health protocols.

Malaysia will mobilise the army to help enforce curbs on movement aimed at reining in the coronavirus, the government said yesterday, as it grapples with the highest number of infections in Southeast Asia.

With millions of face masks, low interest loans and teams of medical experts, China is trying to paint itself as a Good Samaritan while deflecting criticism over its initial missteps in handling the coronavirus.

Millions of people could die from the new coronavirus, particularly in poor countries, if it is allowed to spread unchecked, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday, appealing for a coordinated global response to the pandemic.

As coronavirus closes churches, synagogues and mosques worldwide, religious leaders are taking faith online to ensure God’s word gets to the millions marooned by the pandemic.

People suspected of having the coronavirus in India have received hand stamps and are being tracked using their mobile phones and personal data to help enforce quarantines, raising concerns about privacy and mass surveillance.

Mosques in Sri Lanka were shut indefinitely from yesterday, and the island imposed a countrywide curfew over the weekend, as South Asian countries step up efforts to check the spread of Covid-19 cases.