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Pakistan condemns 'inhuman and cowardly' terrorist attacks in Afghanistan
At least 38 people, including women and babies, died in two terror strikes in the war-torn country
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Pandemic hits India's poorest trying to return home
The Modi government last week announced that special trains to ferry migrant workers
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WHO sees 'potentially positive data' on Covid-19 treatments
'very tricky viruses' that are 'difficult to produce vaccines against', says WHO official
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Newborns among 13 dead in Kabul hospital attack; 24 killed in funeral bombing
Health ministry officials say that mothers, nurses and children are among the dead and wounded
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Lebanese designers fight coronavirus with fashion face masks
Profits from the masks, costing about $35, goes to nurses on the frontline of Lebanon’s fight against the contagion
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Pakistani nurses: First line of defense in fight against Covid-19
Many nurses who tested positive, returned to attend patients after recovery, an act beyond the call of duty
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‘Saudi austerity drive to make pilgrimage costly’
Saudi government triples VAT rate suspends allowance for employees amid plunge in oil prices and Covid-19 lockdown
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Gunmen attack Afghan hospital where MSF aid group runs a clinic
Series of bloody attacks have taken place in the capital in recent months claimed by the militant Islamic State group
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Russia ranks 2nd globally in number of Covid-19 cases
Country outnumbers UK, Spain with its number of coronavirus infections
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Afghan airlines at risk of collapse, taking women's jobs with them
Airlines are struggling globally but the loss of Afghanistan’s aviation sector have extra collateral damage
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UK gears up to make workplaces safer as lockdown unwind begins
Health Secretary Matt Hancock says business ministry will set out details of how employers could make workplaces safer
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Japan to approve its first coronavirus antigen test kits on Wednesday
Antigen tests scan for proteins that can be found on or inside a virus
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Stocks falter as anxiety grows over second coronavirus wave
Recovery in markets is likely to be fragile for now
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Pandemic politics costing lives in Brazil
Death toll of the country crossed the threshold of 10,000
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New Zealand says virus will not stop September election
Country will hold two referendums alongside the September 19 election on legalising cannabis and allowing euthanasia
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China's Wuhan plans city-wide testing for coronavirus over period of 10 days: sources
A months-long lockdown was lifted on April 8
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White House staff to wear masks in West Wing: report
Staffers also being asked to 'avoid unnecessary visits' to White House
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113-year-old Spanish woman beats coronavirus
Maria Branyas is world’s oldest survivor of Covid-19, according to researchers
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Qatar Airways offers 100,000 medical staff free tickets
Move to say thank you to frontline healthcare professionals for their heroic work during coronavirus pandemic
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COAS discusses Balochistan terror attack on Pakistani troops with Iranian military chief
Army chief informs Iranian counterpart of border fencing by Pakistan, urges cooperation
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In pictures: Worshippers turn to their mosques as lockdowns ease
Social distancing still being observed in mosques where Muslims normally pray shoulder-to-shoulder
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Iraqi who recovered from Covid-19 faced some social stigma
Some people had avoided him in the street, says Mohannad Ennezi
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In major twist, 'gang-rape' message sent by girl from fake Snapchat account
Officials say girl, supposed target of crime created a fake account to test values, character of her male friend
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Turkey's Erdogan imposes four-day lockdown from Saturday
Ankara has imposed lockdowns in major cities over the past four weekends
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All mosques in Iran to reopen on Tuesday
The decision to reopen the mosques was made in consultation with the ministry of health
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US says Chinese hacking vaccine research: reports
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are planning to release a warning about the Chinese hacking
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Britain would not support Israeli West Bank annexation: minister
We do not support the annexation of parts of the West Bank, says James Cleverly
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Cheers and tears as Europe's kids go back to school
Pupils toted backpacks for first time since March in France and the Netherlands as primary schools partially reopened
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Virus symptoms multiply as pandemic deepens
What began as a familiar flu-like cluster of chills, headaches, fever has rapidly expanded into catalogue of syndromes
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Nepal, India in diplomatic row after border road launch
Nepal's foreign affairs minister summoned Indian enovy; expressed displeasure over a new link road
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Lebanon fears second coronavirus wave as new infections surge
Lebanon started lifting restrictions last week as part of a longer-term plan, letting businesses open
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Germany surge sounds coronavirus alarm as world takes steps to reopen
Govts around the world are struggling with question of how to reopen economies while still containing coronavirus
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India to restart some passenger trains even though coronavirus infections jump
The railway ministry says it would gradually restart passenger services with 15 trains from Tuesday
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EU, Britain restart push on post-Brexit ties amid virus gloom
The UK left EU on January 31 and both sides have until the end of the year to forge a new basis for relations
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Nine die in retirement home fire outside Moscow
Russian agencies said 37 people were in the building at the time of the fire
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Iran: Daily virus death toll at 45, cases pass 109,000
Almost 87,500 recovered so far, while some 2,700 are still in critical condition
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3 UN peacekeepers killed in Mali
Such cowardly acts will not deter the UN from its resolve to continue supporting Malian people, government, says UN
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Russia overtakes Italy and Britain after record rise in coronavirus cases
Becomes the third highest in the world with 221,344 infections and 2,009 deaths
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Brazil sees around 500 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours
Latin American country registers 11,123 fatalities, diagnosed cases climb to nearly 162,700
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Afghan capital rocked by four bomb blasts
Blasts come as authorities are trying to impose a lockdown on the capital to curb the spread of coronavirus
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Containing Covid-19: Minister appeals for precautions by public
Syed Nasir Hussain Shah warns the people with the number of coronavirus cases
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Face masks and slippers: Museums preserve lockdown life
More than 900 pieces of work have already been submitted to the Covid Art Museum from around the world
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New Zealand to reopen malls, cafes from Thursday as virus curbs eased
As the health ministry says 93% of all confirmed and probable cases have recovered
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Wuhan reports first coronavirus cluster since lockdown lifted
China does not include asymptomatic cases in overall tally, currently at 82,918, until they exhibit signs of infection
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Yemen declares Aden an 'infested' city as coronavirus spreads
As the number of cases in areas under the Saudi-backed government’s control jump to 51, with eight deaths
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Turkey lifts weekend coronavirus curfew in 24 provinces
Country's fifth weekend-long stay-at-home order to curb spread of Covid-19 ends at midnight
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Italian rice puts pasta in the shade during pandemic
Country boasts more than 200 varieties in all, each with its own peculiarities
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Global coronavirus recoveries top 1.4 million
Deaths approach 283,000 worldwide, with over 4.1 million infections, according to US-based Johns Hopkins University
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Hong Kong leader vows education overhaul after protests
Hong Kong has some of Asia's best schools and universities with academic freedoms unseen in mainland China
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Coronavirus cases worldwide surpass 4.1 million
Death toll stands at 282,700 with over 1.4 million recoveries, according to US-based Johns Hopkins University








































