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Outside mainland China there have been 26 deaths and more than 1,500

Virus has now claimed more than 2,400 lives in China

Iran's confirms death toll rising to eight, prompting travel bans from neighbouring countries

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte urges people not to give in to panic and follow the advice of health authorities

US president lauds Washington-Islamabad joint efforts in fight against terror

Coronavirus has infected nearly 77,000 people and killed more than 2,500 in China

Mahathir quits as chairman of his party Bersatu

Allawi calls a vote of confidence in parliament after Mahdi stepped down due to a months-long protest movement

Syria says its air defences shot down "enemy missiles"

As the nationwide total climbs to 763 since a cluster of infections emerged from the Shincheonji Church

Expert says path of negotiations has been chosen as it is impossible to eliminate Taliban

US president says temporary truce in Afghanistan holding up

At least nine people died and 37 others injured in 5.9 earthquake in eastern Turkey near Iran border

Dates for the all-important visit are being finalised, according to sources

Michael O'Leary is known for his controversial views

Iran's neighbours have started to take precautions after confirmation of eight deaths from COVID-19 virus

37 people also injured in magnitude 5.9 quake that struck near Iran border region

Tehran has confirmed eight deaths from COVID-19 virus, the highest toll of any country outside China

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said seven people were killed, five injured in eastern Turkey

Donald Trump likely to call for easing tensions between Islamabad, New Delhi

A low turnout was expected after thousands of candidates were disqualified

Bernie's Saturday triump has left all of his rivals contending they were best positioned to curb his momentum

Nearly 80,000 infections have been reported worldwide

His trip includes a rally at the world's largest cricket stadium, watching the sunset with Melania at the Taj Mahal

Trump's India visit will be big on optics

She is the first passenger from the ship to have tested positive in Japan after having been cleared to disembark

Killed alongside Qasem Soleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis is revered as a martyred icon of anti-US resistance

Core departments like the security services have remained funded but many other areas have suffered

China's numbers of daily new infections are well down from the outbreak's early height

Such attacks have been on the increase and were again in the news this week with the murder of nine people in Hanau

Activists have brought a case to Constitutional Court asking it to declare a law protecting animal rights

March 5 summit to discuss escalating violence in Syria’s last rebel enclave of Idlib

India mines between 2 to 3 tonnes of gold annually, relying on expensive imports to fulfil nearly all of its demand

The moves comes after Iranian authorities reported one more death among 10 new cases of the virus

Over 300,000 tablets exported to China as CEN is now collecting clues for heroes who made it possible

Friday's election came after months of steeply escalating tensions between Iran and its old foe the United States

Her mother says that Vasilisa wants to go train every day and she asks for snow, even in summer

China has reported 75,569 cases to the WHO, including 2,239 deaths

A second reactor is to be taken off line on June 30

Three people have already tested positive for the virus

Taliban, US and Afghan forces have agreed to cut violence for seven days ahead of planned Feb 29 peace deal signing

The 78-year-old democratic socialist US senator is considered the front-runner for the Democratic nomination

Iran confirms 13 new coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing its total to 18

One of the afghans says that he wants to go to Nuristan, run, laugh, sing, dance, whistle and eat yogurt

Reports suggest they may agree on a modest trade pact covering items including imports of motorcycles, dairy products

Ruling could edge the politically febrile kingdom closer to the street protests that have scored much of last 15 years

Says he plans to donate blood plasma for an experimental treatment using cells from coronavirus survivors

Since the US invasion in 2001, there has only been one other pause in the fighting

Another 397 new cases were reported nationwide, bringing the total number of cases to over 76,000

Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party denies any bias against the country’s 180 million Muslims