For days now, several cities at the heart of China’s deadly coronavirus epidemic have not recorded any new infections -- so residents such as factory worker Tang Wushan have a message for the authorities: it’s time to lift their quarantine.

Moscow city authorities yesterday threatened prison terms of up to five years for people failing to self-isolate in their homes for two weeks after visiting countries hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday gave prominent women control of his social media accounts to mark International Women’s Day in a move critics dismissed as a publicity stunt.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will hold talks in Brussels today as he called on Greece to “open the gates” for migrants at Turkey’s border trying to get to Europe.

It was supposed to be a relaxing cruise with plenty of time to read, take in the sights and sip martinis.

Saudi Arabia released images of King Salman carrying out his royal duties yesterday, after a stunning purge of at least three princes

Malaysia and Thailand have barred a cruise ship carrying about 2,000 people, including dozens of Italians, from docking due to fears

Saying he felt “caged,” Pope Francis delivers his Sunday blessing over the internet from inside the Vatican instead of from a window to stop crowds gathering during Italy’s coronavirus outbreak.

With the first confirmation of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, when asked whether educational institutions will be closed, State Minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury says they will act in line with the directive of the health ministry.

At least 10 people are killed following the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China, authorities say.

UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths calls for an immediate end to military action by Yemen’s warring parties as renewed violence between the Houthi movement and a Saudi-led coalition threatens peace efforts.

The Indian government backtracked yesterday after slapping a 48-hour ban on two TV channels for what officials called biased coverage

The number of international tourist arrivals is expected to drop sharply this year, the World Tourism Organization said Friday, reversing a

The World Health Organization said Friday it needs $20 million to fight Ebola in DR Congo, even as the end of the devastating 19-month epidemic finally seemed within grasp.

A quarter of all lawmakers serving in national parliaments worldwide are women, the International Parliamentary Union said Friday, warning though that progress towards gender parity was slowing amid significant “pushback”.

South Korea’s coronavirus cases jumped above 7,000 yesterday, up by 448 from the previous day, with more than half of the total number linked to a secretive church at the centre of the country’s outbreak, health authorities said.

President Donald Trump on Friday said the Taliban could “possibly” overrun the Afghan government after the United States withdraws from the country, leaving the US-backed authorities to fend for themselves.

Sprinting shoppers, rationed mineral water and not a roll of toilet paper to be seen: panic-buying sparked by the new coronavirus soared in Los Angeles this week.

Twenty-one people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus, US officials said on Friday, as eight more states reported their first cases of the fast-spreading respiratory disease.

At least 20 people were killed and dozens more injured in Pakistan as torrential rainstorms destroyed several homes, officials said