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Iran began reopening government offices Saturday after a brief nationwide lockdown to help contain the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, which has killed more than 4,300 people in the country. Authorities had ordered…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s leading virus expert has hammered China for misleading the world about the coronavirus. Fauci, an influential member of President Trump’s coronavirus task…

The U.S. has overtaken Italy by becoming the country with the highest COVID-19 deaths in the world. Reports by Johns Hopkins University, New York Times and Reuters news agency, all showed that the country has recorded no fewer than…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left hospital after being treated for coronavirus, but will not immediately return to work, Downing Street says. Mr Johnson, 55, was taken to St Thomas' hospital, in London, on Sunday - 10 days after…

Iran’s death toll from COVID-19 has risen by 117 in the past days to 4,474, Health Ministry spokesman, Kianush Jahanpur, said on Sunday. The Islamic Republic has…

Russia has defended the World Health Organisation (WHO) against recent criticism by U.S. President Donald Trump, arguing that the UN body is contributing significantly to the fight against…

Bangladesh has executed a military captain less than a week after he was arrested after nearly 25 years on the run over the assassination of the country’s founding leader, a minister…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange secretly fathered two sons while holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The Mail on Sunday made the shocking revelation today. It said the…

The coronavirus death toll in the UK rose by 917 to 9,875 on Saturday. It was the third successive day of high deaths in the country. On Thursday, the country lost 938 people to the…

Spain appears to be shaking off the coronavirus epidemic after it posted another set of low figures of cases and deaths. According to the update provided by worldometers.info, the new deaths on…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded a stern warning against lifting coronavirus restrictions too soon, saying it could lead to a deadly resurgence. WHO issued the warning on Friday as some of the European countries…

The United States has recorded 2,108 Coronavirus deaths in one day, setting a new world record as the first country to reach that figures. According to figures from Johns Hopkins University, 2,108…

South Korea said on Saturday that it would use electronic wristbands on people who violated self-isolation rules to better contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun…

United States President Donald Trump ordered his government to give support to coronavirus-hit Italy, in a memorandum published late on Friday. “(Italy), one of our closest and oldest Allies, is being ravaged by the COVID-19…

United States has reached another grim milestone in coronavirus spread, recording over 500,000 cases on Friday. Worldometers.info which tracks coronavirus puts the cases in the world’s leading…

Mainland China reported on Saturday 46 new coronavirus cases, four more than the 42 reported on Friday Forty-two of them involved travellers from overseas. China’s National Health Commission said…

Global coronavirus death toll crossed the 100,000 mark on Friday. And it is still rising. It now stands at 101,557, with over 60 per cent of the fatalities accounted for by just five…

More than 90 people who fully recovered from the novel coronavirus have tested positive for COVID-19 again, health authorities Seoul said on Friday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a total of 91 people had…

The South Korean city of Daegu, which endured the first large coronavirus outbreak outside of China, on Friday reported zero new cases for the first time since late…

Major supermarkets in Dubai including Carrefour and Union Co-op will provide space for suppliers to sell basic commodities to people in an initiative aimed at maintaining the price of goods amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to…

PRIME Minister Boris Johnson was on Thursday taken out of intensive care in a sign he is winning his coronavirus battle. Johnson, who has been in hospital since Sunday, spent three…

Chinese health authorities said Friday that they received reports of 42 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Thursday, of which 38 were imported. Four new domestically transmitted…

In Italy, the death toll among doctors from COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus, reached the grim milestone of 100 on Thursday. “The latest victim was a…

The United States coronavirus death toll is now the second highest in the world, after Italy. The U.S. overtook Spain early today, with new deaths recorded, taking the country’s tally to 14,797.…