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Pakistan to host SAARC virtual conference on Covid-19
Foreign Office says conference will deliberate on ways to promote cooperation to combat pandemic
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Iran prisoners 'on edge' over virus threat
The situation of the prisoners is a human time bomb, NCRI spokesman Shahin Gobadi
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PM Imran, President Trump discuss Covid-19 pandemic over phone
Two leaders discuss challenges being faced by international community and its implications on global economy
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Breast implants saved woman shot in chest
The 30-year-old's left breast implant deflected the bullet away from her vital organs into the other breast
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Germany makes face masks compulsory in public
All federal states announced new measures, cloth masks to be mandatory in shopping, public transport
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Can dogs detect Covid-19? Canines in training to sniff out virus
The approach is based on a belief that each disease triggers a distinct odour
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Chinese city tightens coronavirus travel curbs in biggest outbreak
Harbin, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang and its biggest city, has banned entry to residential zones
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WATCH: UAE princess schools Indian expat over Islamophobic tweets
'You make your bread and butter from this land which you scorn and your ridicule will not go unnoticed'
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Pandemic: Saudi mosques to alter prayers for holy month
Special holy month of Ramadan prayers to be shortened and held without public, as approved by Saudi king amid outbreak
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Meet the donkey getting paid to crash boring Zoom meetings
Mambo and his friends will surely up your conference call game
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Iran launches first military satellite, say Revolutionary Guards
The powerful force said a "Messenger" satellite carrier was used to launch the Noor satellite
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UK PM Johnson under fire over handling of coronavirus crisis
Johnson initially refrained from approving the stringent controls that other European leaders imposed
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Acute food shortages worldwide could double due to Covid-19, says UN
Comparing 50 countries in the reports this and last year, number of people in food crisis rose by nearly 10 per cent
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Trump immigration ban to last 60 days, target those seeking permanent residency
Says pausing immigration would put 'unemployed Americans first in line for jobs' as the country re-opened
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In role reversal, Egypt sends virus aid to US
Country gives 200,000 masks, 48,000 shoe covers and 20,000 surgical caps among other supplies to US
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No benefit, higher death rate for malaria drug in coronavirus study
Hydroxychloroquine, with or without azithromycin was more likely to be prescribed to patients with more severe illness
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Turkish mosque turned into temporary 'supermarket'
Country's death toll from the virus is at 2,259
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Coronavirus second wave may be even worse: US health chief
Country has recorded more than 800,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19
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North Korean media silent on Kim's whereabouts as speculation on health rages
White House says it is closely monitoring the matter
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India’s bonhomie with Gulf on edge amid Muslim prejudice
Hate-filled comments by Hindu nationalists compel UAE, Saudi figures to slam India’s anti-Muslim policies
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Indonesia locks quarantine violators in 'haunted house'
Indonesian politician orders communities to re-purpose abandoned houses feared to be haunted
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Bipartisan US Senate report backs spy agencies' findings on Russia
CIA, NSA and FBI had well-constructed grounds to conclude Putin aimed to undercut Trump’s 2016 rival, Hillary Clinton
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27% of Pakistan's Covid-19 cases linked to Raiwind Ijtima: report
Mass religious gatherings across Asia spark coronavirus clusters, reports Bloomberg
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Turkey targets return to normal toward end of May, Erdogan says
This pandemic has become the biggest crisis since the Second World War, says the president
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No faithful, no cash: Lockdown proves critical for German mosques
Mosques are going through a massive crisis, says Imam Mohamed Taha Sabri
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More unrest, vandalism break out in Paris suburbs
Strict lockdown rules to curb the coronavirus threaten fragile social peace in deprived areas
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Coronavirus case detected at workers' quarters in India's presidential palace
So far nobody else has been infected on the premises
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Russia: Virus cases cross 50,000, deaths near 500
Authorities report 51 more deaths, say nearly half of 5,642 new COVID-19 patients 'asymptomatic'
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Global hunger could double due to Covid-19 blow: UN
Coronavirus pandemic is expected to leave some 130 million people acutely hungry this year
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Trump to consider halting Saudi oil imports, says US has 'plenty'
Collapse in prices has threatened to tilt the once-booming US oil industry into bankruptcy
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WHO warns worst of coronavirus yet to come
WHO chief also denies US claims that the organisation hid information from member countries
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Coronavirus travel bans hit South Asia migrant workers
Travel restrictions threaten livelihoods of millions of South Asian labourers
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Denmark says public gatherings will not exceed 500 people until September
Current upper limit on public gatherings of 10 people is in effect until May 10
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Thailand records 19 new coronavirus cases, one new death
It has a total of 2,811 cases, 48 deaths
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Singapore reports 1,111 new coronavirus cases
WHO says Singapore is facing very difficult challenges but has the healthcare system to handle it
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India using Covid-19 to 'mow down' Kashmiris: AJK president
AJK President Sardar Masood Khan says New Delhi using COVID-19 pandemic to change region's Muslim-majority status
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Police in IoK target journalists for alleged 'fake news'
Journalist says police want to silence and suppress her for bringing out the repressed voices and stories from Kashmir
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Trump to suspend all immigration into US over coronavirus
Says he is taking the action to protect the US workforce
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South Korea plays down report North Korea's Kim Jong Un in 'grave danger' after surgery
Excessive smoking, obesity, and fatigue were the direct causes of Kim's urgent cardiovascular treatment, reports
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WHO warns lifting of coronavirus lockdowns must be gradual
Until a vaccine is found, the process of adapting to the epidemic will have to become a new normal
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Afghan prisoner exchanges, US peace plan threatened by coronavirus
Khalilzad tells officials that he is 'incredibly worried' that the pandemic could undermine the US-led peace process
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China owes Germany $162 billion in 'coronavirus damages': report
Beijing responded by claiming the invoice 'stirs up xenophobia and nationalism'
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Pakistanis stuck in India appeal for safe return
Stranded citizens urge Indian, Pakistani governments to expedite efforts for repatriation
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US oil crashes below $0 for the first time in history
Physical demand for crude dried up, creating a global supply glut
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Fauci breaks with Trump, discourages US protests
Top infectious disease expert warns protests will 'backfire' after Trump says he stands with demonstrators
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Israel's Netanyahu, rival Gantz sign unity government deal: joint statement
Deal follows elections in which neither won a governing majority in parliament
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The woman who discovered the first coronavirus
A pioneer in virus imaging, June Almeida's work has once again come under the spotlight after the Covid-19 outbreak
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Coronavirus puts missile showdown between Turkey and US on hold
There is no going back on decision to activate S-400s but it has been delayed amid Covid-19, says official
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Europe takes cautious steps to ease virus lockdowns
Some shops reopened in Germany and Denmark and parents dropped their children off at nurseries in Norway
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Business as usual in Iran as malls, bazaars reopen amid coronavirus
Authorities fear that measures to limit public life could finish off an already sanctions-battered economy
















































