New Delhi : India saw a record single-day jump of 9,851 coronavirus cases and 273 deaths on Friday, pushing the nationwide infection tally to 2,26,770 and the death toll to...

Tokyo: Global stock markets rose Wednesday, extending three days of gains, as more economies reopened from shutdowns they had imposed to stem the coronavirus pandemic. Asian indexes closed higher and...

Jakarta (Indonesia):  Indonesia's government has decided not to participate in this year's Hajj pilgrimage because of the coronavirus outbreak, an official said Tuesday. Indonesian Religious Affair Minister Fachrul Razi said...

Tokyo:  Global stock markets rose Tuesday as more economies reopened for business after long and painful shutdowns to contain the coronavirus pandemic. While the social unrest in the US continued...

Washington:  Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus and thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic...

Dubai: Tens of thousands of mosques across Saudi Arabia reopened Sunday for the first time in more than two months, but worshipers have been ordered to follow strict guidelines to...

Minneapolis (US), May 31 : Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black people grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles,...

Jerusalem, May 31 :  Israel's defense minister apologised on Sunday for the Israeli police's deadly shooting of an unarmed, autistic Palestinian man. The shooting of Iyad Halak, 32, in Jerusalem's...

Moscow, May 31 :  Russia reported 9,268 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, the first time in a week that the daily tally exceeded 9,000, but the lowest death...

Moscow, May 28 :  India saw another record daily jump in coronavirus cases Thursday while Russia reported a steady increase in its caseload even as it moved to swiftly ease...