Social media users condemn new measure, as means to turn pandemic into opportunity for cash-strapped regime

Number of cases exceeds 15.73M worldwide, while death toll hits 639,652, shows Johns Hopkins University data

Death toll reaches 85,238 in Brazil, 42,645 in Mexico and 31,358 in India

Total of 1,009 patients overcome disease over past 24 hours, says Turkey's health minister

Madrid is considering limiting size of gatherings, exercising stronger control over nightclubs and bars

Major TV channels, newspapers dub first prayers at mosque after 86 years a 'landmark moment'

International Air Transport Association estimated air transport industry to lose $84.3B in 2020 due to Covid-19

Lyricist of popular song on Occupied Kashmir slams Youtube for banning his song

Test was of Russian anti-satellite space weapon according to 2 Western allies, though Russia denies this

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency renovates mosque built 135 years ago in Cape Town