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Maldives confirms first two coronavirus cases

Maldives confirms first two coronavirus cases

-- 2020-03-08 13:58:17

The Maldives on Saturday reported its first two confirmed cases of new coronavirus, and placed two of its island resorts under lockdown, as authorities conducted further tests to try to limit the spre...

Four die at collapsed China quarantine site

Four die at collapsed China quarantine site

-- 2020-03-08 11:52:01

Four people have died in the collapse of a hotel in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Sunday, after state media said the place was being used to quarantine ind...

Coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses in China

Coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses in China

-- 2020-03-07 22:02:07

A hotel building in south-eastern China's Quanzhou city collapsed Saturday night, according to the city government statement. Several state media, including People’s Daily, confirmed the hotel h...

Iranian MP dies of coronavirus

Iranian MP dies of coronavirus

-- 2020-03-07 19:24:13

An Iranian lawmaker has died from coronavirus, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday. This is just another sign the disease is spreading within state institutions. Iran is one of...

Iran's COVID-19 death toll jumps to 145

Iran's COVID-19 death toll jumps to 145

-- 2020-03-07 17:44:13

Iran's Health Ministry said Saturday the death toll from the virus climbed to 145 while more than 1,000 infections were confirmed overnight totaling some 5,823 cases nationwide. Some 21 new deaths we...

S Korea's coronavirus cases rise to 6,767

S Korea's coronavirus cases rise to 6,767

-- 2020-03-07 15:24:01

South Korea’s coronavirus cases rose to 6,767 on Saturday, up by 174 from late Friday, with more than 60 per cent of the total cases linked to a secretive church at the centre of the country&rsq...

China reports almost all new infections outside Wuhan originated abroad

China reports almost all new infections outside Wuhan originated abroad

REUTERS 2020-03-07 15:02:06

About a quarter of China’s new confirmed cases and almost all of those outside the epidemic’s epicentre in Wuhan originated outside the country on Friday, according to official data. Most...

UAE reports 15 new coronavirus cases

UAE reports 15 new coronavirus cases

-- 2020-03-07 15:01:37

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reported 15 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 45, the Ministry of Health and Prevention said on Saturday. The minis...

Saudi Arabia detains three senior members of royal family

Saudi Arabia detains three senior members of royal family

-- 2020-03-07 11:39:34

Three senior members of Saudi Arabia's royal family, including the king's brother, have been arrested for unexplained reasons, US media report. Two of the men were among the kingdom's most influentia...

Attack in Kabul leaves 27 people dead

Attack in Kabul leaves 27 people dead

-- 2020-03-06 17:37:01

Gunmen attacked a ceremony in Kabul on Friday, killing at least 27 people in the first major attack on the Afghan capital since the United States reached an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw US t...

As virus cases near 100,000, fear of ‘devastation’ for poor

As virus cases near 100,000, fear of ‘devastation’ for poor

AP 2020-03-06 15:30:30

The number of people infected with the new virus charged toward 100,000 Friday, with the global scare upending routines, threatening livelihoods and prompting quarantines in its spread. Asian shares...

Bhutan bans tourists after first coronavirus case

Bhutan bans tourists after first coronavirus case

-- 2020-03-06 14:42:36

Bhutan said on Friday it had banned the entry of tourists for two weeks after it confirmed its first case of the coronavirus, in a tourist who arrived from neighbouring India. The tiny Himalayan king...

South Korea declares new 'special care zone' as coronavirus spreads

South Korea declares new 'special care zone' as coronavirus spreads

REUTERS 2020-03-05 11:58:31

South Korea declared a “special care zone” on Thursday around a second city hit hard by the coronavirus and the US military confirmed two new cases among relatives of its troops in the cou...

India lifts some internet restrictions in Kashmir

India lifts some internet restrictions in Kashmir

Reuters 2020-03-05 11:12:11

India lifted some restrictions on internet access in Kashmir on Wednesday, including allowing access to social media websites for the first time since the restive Himalayan region was locked down and...

India's coronavirus cases near 30, hit major payments firm

India's coronavirus cases near 30, hit major payments firm

REUTERS 2020-03-05 10:39:26

The total number of known coronavirus cases in India rose sharply to 29 on Wednesday, including 16 Italian tourists who had tested positive for the disease as well as an employee of a digital payments...

Coronavirus: India confirms 28 cases

Coronavirus: India confirms 28 cases

-- 2020-03-04 14:21:23

India recorded its biggest jump in coronavirus cases on Wednesday as 15 Italian tourists and one Indian, who was travelling with them, tested positive for the illness, taking the total number of cases...

China reports dwindling new cases, pivots to control risk from overseas

China reports dwindling new cases, pivots to control risk from overseas

REUTERS 2020-03-04 12:24:59

China reported on Wednesday another drop in new coronavirus cases as its attention turns to controlling the risk of infection from abroad, as clusters of the disease that originated in China appear ar...

Thousands wait for hospital beds in S Korea as virus cases surge

Thousands wait for hospital beds in S Korea as virus cases surge

Reuters 2020-03-04 12:13:33

South Korea reported 516 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as thousands of sick people waited for hospital beds in Daegu, the city at the centre of the worst outbreak outside mainland China. The n...

Coronavirus spreading fast outside China

Coronavirus spreading fast outside China

REUTERS 2020-03-03 10:56:55

The new coronavirus appears to now be spreading much more rapidly outside China than within, and airports in hard-hit countries were ramping up screening of travellers. World Health Organization (WHO...

North Korea fires two missiles in 'first test of the year'

North Korea fires two missiles in 'first test of the year'

-- 2020-03-02 16:36:44

North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles off the east coast into the sea on Monday, South Korea’s defense ministry said, in its first apparent weapons test of the year. The projectiles we...

China Uighurs in ‘forced labour for western brands’

China Uighurs in ‘forced labour for western brands’

BBC 2020-03-02 14:56:03

Thousands of Muslims from China's Uighur minority group are working under coercive conditions at factories that supply some of the world's biggest brands, a new report says. The Australian Strategic...

COVID-19: More than 89,000 infected, over 3,000 dead

COVID-19: More than 89,000 infected, over 3,000 dead

AP 2020-03-02 14:19:19

A new virus first detected in China has infected more than 89,000 people globally and caused over 3,000 deaths. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin la...

South Korea reports 476 new coronavirus cases

South Korea reports 476 new coronavirus cases

Reuters 2020-03-02 12:06:53

South Korea reported on Monday 476 new coronavirus cases, taking its national tally to 4,212, as the government of Seoul sought a murder investigation into a controversial church at the centre of the...

Afghan peace deal hits first snag over prisoner releases

Afghan peace deal hits first snag over prisoner releases

-- 2020-03-01 17:21:13

Afghanistan's president said Sunday that he will not free thousands of Taliban prisoners ahead of all-Afghan power-sharing talks set for next week, publicly disagreeing with a timetable for a speedy p...

COVID-19 patient undergoes lung transplant in China

COVID-19 patient undergoes lung transplant in China

-- 2020-03-01 16:54:18

Chinese doctors on Saturday completed a double-lung transplant surgery on a COVID-19 patient infected with the novel coronavirus, Wuxi People's Hospital in east China's Jiangsu Province said Sunday....

Taliban start diplomatic outreach after US deal on Afghanistan

Taliban start diplomatic outreach after US deal on Afghanistan

Reuters 2020-03-01 11:35:30

The Taliban’s political chief has met with senior diplomats from countries including Russia, Indonesia and Norway, hours after signing a deal with Washington aimed at ending the Afghan war, the...

Gatherings banned, travel restricted as coronavirus cases grow worldwide

Gatherings banned, travel restricted as coronavirus cases grow worldwide

REUTERS 2020-03-01 10:18:35

Leaders in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings, and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world. The United States on S...

US, Taliban sign peace agreement ending 18-year war

US, Taliban sign peace agreement ending 18-year war

-- 2020-02-29 19:56:58

The US and the Taliban have signed a peace agreement aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan, America’s longest, reports theguardian.com. The signing could help Donald Trump fulfil a key...

Muhyiddin Yassin named as new PM of Malaysia

Muhyiddin Yassin named as new PM of Malaysia

-- 2020-02-29 17:00:22

Malaysia's king named former interior minister Muhyiddin Yassin as the new prime minister on Saturday in a shock decision that sidelined old rivals Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim after a week of p...

Afghans hope for peace as US-Taliban gear up for troop withdrawal deal

Afghans hope for peace as US-Taliban gear up for troop withdrawal deal

-- 2020-02-29 12:36:19

Millions of Afghans are anticipating that America’s longest war fought in their country will end on Saturday as US and Taliban negotiators are expected to sign a deal to allow a US troop reducti...